Helen Hunt Jackson ‘returns' to Rancho Camulos in reenactment
On a cold January afternoon in 1882, author Helen Hunt Jackson pulled up in her carriage to the rustic Rancho Camulos, nestled among the citrus gro...
On a cold January afternoon in 1882, author Helen Hunt Jackson pulled up in her carriage to the rustic Rancho Camulos, nestled among the citrus groves in the Santa Clara River Valley outside of Piru, on her way to Santa Barbara. Coming off the heels of a scathing work of journalism titled 'A Century of Dishonor,' in which she reported on atrocities against Native Americans by researching U.S. government records, she wanted to further explore the lives and conditions of Native Americans in Southern California.