UC-affiliated groups may tour the orchards and use the limited on-site facilities for meetings, workshops, and classes. There is not a set calendar of activities.
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Argonauts poured into the Sacramento Valley in the early 1850s, mining hillsides and creek beds for gold. Rancher John Wolfskill was living in the area at the time and had a lot in common with those miners.
The photos linked below and taken by Al Bonin, are in chronological order. To view photos as a "slide show," click on the (underlined) link. Then, mouse-over the photo and click - or, enter N to view the next photo, or P to view the previous photo.
During 2006 and 2007 Tony Cristler and Al Bonin restored the International Harvester, Farmall Super A tractor which was first used by the strawberry program at the Wolfsill Experimental Orchards in the 1940s. Tony & Al restoring the Farmall.
Olive avenue entrance, 1937. Photo courtesy UC Davis Special Collections. . . . On May 24, 1842, Governor Juan Bautista de Alvarado granted four square Mexican leagues, over 17,750 acres, to William Wolfskill.
The land comprising the Wolfskill Experimental Orchards was deeded to the University of California in three separate parcels: The original 108 acres were donated by John's daughter, Frances Wolfskill Wilson, in 1934 (photo, outlined in red).
