Backyard History: A Visit to Heritage Hill Historical Park (photos)

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This little guy is the "resident" bluejay.



Every good ranch needs a triangle to call the boys to dinner, right?



A stone grinder for corn



These are reproductions, an open fire pit and a brick oven. The oven, interestingly enough, was built from bricks salvaged from the El Toro Grammar School's 2nd location, a 2-room schoolhouse that replaced the 1-room school that I'll show you later. The 2-room school could not be saved, I guess.



A 150-year old pepper tree, one of three planted by Mrs. Serrano, and the only one still standing. (The others having fallen victim to some tree disease that causes hollow limbs which became a danger, so the trees were removed years ago).