Saturday, May 18th, 2019
1:30 p.m. – Social Hour
2:30 p.m. – Dinner – Sticky Chicken
3:00 p.m. – Installation of Officers
Location: East Contra Costa Historical Society Museum
3890 Sellers Ave. Knightsen, Ca
Cost: $20.00
Please make a reservation by Monday, May 6th
For information, please call Shirley McCall at 925-634-4049
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East Contra Cost Historical Museum Opening Day Celebration has been postponed to
Saturday, June 1st 1:00-4:00pm
Due to the uncertain weather we have postponed the Opening Day Celebration but the Museum will be open for tours beginning Saturday, April 6, 2019 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and will follow our standard schedule of every Saturday and 3rd Sunday of the month.
Enjoy listening to music on the lawn presented by the Brentwood Community Band
See vintage farm equipment, the Byron fire engine and the Byron Hot Springs Omnibus. Admire family quilts that belong to community members
Watch a handquilting demonstration by Delta Quilters
Tour the Byer/Nail Farmhouse, Homer’s Toolshed, or the Caboose
Browse the resources in the Resource Center
Kids can milk the cow, play old fashioned games from the 1800’s, and crank homemade ice cream
Attend an 1888 lesson in the Eden Plains One-room Schoolhouse
FOOD
The entire family can enjoy a hot dog lunch and then a cup of homemade ice cream for dessert as well as Cookies and lemonade
Hot dog lunch available for $5
CALLING FOR FAMILY QUILTS
‘Family Quilts ~ Community Heritage’
Treasured memories of a loved one, a special event in a person’s life, or a community event are preserved in many quilts. We will celebrate these quilts that are the fabric of our community in a small outdoor quilt show on Opening Day.
Are you fortunate enough to have a quilt that has
been in your family that you would like to share?
Contact Mary Black at education@eastcontracostahistory.org
or phone 925-206-5087 by March 30th.
Just a quick update on some of the work the Breakers are doing on the Museum grounds this fall while we are closed. Over the years we have had a number of buggies, wagons and other farm implements donated and they have been parked in the yard behind Homer’s Shed. This previously cluttered ‘back 40’ area has received some badly needed attention, and all of the buggies, many of which have stood in the weather for years, are now sheltered in the pole barn and are receiving some badly overdue attention. The large wheeled wagons, which in some instances have been standing in isolation and crumbling, have now been moved together in an orderly row and are parked perpendicular to the back wall of Homer’s shed. Even the water wagon, which had stood alone in the same spot for 26 years, rolled into position without any difficulties.
Breakers moving the Water Wagon behind Homer’s Shed
The latest changes to the “Back 40”. Wagons behind Homer’s Shed
Read the “Inside Story Of The ECC Historical Society” from the June/July issue of 110 Magazine.
Memories of life in a one-room schoolhouse are preserved on video to provide a firsthand glimpse into the past. Ten longtime community members who attended one-room schoolhouses in Far East County shared stories of friendship, learning, and strict discipline of the teacher.
The grounds of the ECCHS Museum are alive with the sound of children each Fall and Spring as third graders travel back in time to learn the history of their local area. Morning tours of the Byer-Nail House, Toolshed, and Grounds give them good background information for an afternoon of activities as they do Chores, play Games, and attend School as they would have done in 1888.
| Buy-A-Brick | Sponsor a School Desk |
 Include your family name on a brick to be placed in the new garden area and around the Resource Room to be built. |
 Your name will appear on a small plaque on the back of a school desk lovingly restored for the Eden Plain Schoolhouse. |
| $100 per brick Up to 4 lines of print |
$500 per desk Limited number of desks available! |
| Brick Sponsor Form | Desk Sponsor Form |