Wilder Ranch State Park: Life on the Ranch-Family Living History Day

Park: Wilder Ranch SP

Find out how families lived during Mexican Rancho and early dairy ranching days at Wilder Ranch State Park’s Family Living History Days.  Activities include a selection of hands-on activities and demonstrations and may include draft horse wagon rides, branding, horseshoes, hand-making tortillas and salsa, chuck wagon or wood-stove style cooking, roping skills and lawn games.  Come for a picnic on the lawn and follow it up with a game of tug of war, sack races, hoops, stilts, bubbles, and more!  The event is held on the grounds of the Wilder Ranch Cultural Preserve.  Wilder Ranch State Park is located 2 miles north of Santa Cruz on the coast side of Highway 1 at 1401 Coast Road Santa Cruz, CA 95060.  Day-use parking fee is $10.  This event is appropriate for all ages.  For more information, please call (831)426-0505.

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