ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park</title> <meta name="keywords" content="Petaluma Adobe, Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, Petaluma, Adobe, Adobe Creek, School Groups, 4th Graders, Living History, fandango, California State Parks, sheep, sheep shearing, native american, Big Time, events, horse, donkey, vaquero, rancho, ranch, adobe dirt, adobe building, plaque, historical landmark, state historical landmark, things to do in Petaluma, national historic landmark, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Golden Sons of the Native West, hornos, adobe ovens, adobe stoves" /> <meta name="description" content="Welcome to the official website created and maintained by the staff of Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="adobe.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="heading"> <h1>Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park</h1> <h2>California State Parks</h2> </div> <div id="bar"> <div id="nav"> <p> <a href="index.html">Home</a><br /><br /> <a href="directions.html">Directions and Hours</a><br /><br /> <a href="events.html">Events</a><br /><br /> <a href="briefhistory.html">A Brief History</a><br /><br /> <a href="cultural/cultural.html">Cultural History</a><br /><br /> <a href="natural/natural.html">Natural History</a><br /><br /> <a href="educational/educational.html">Educational Programs</a><br /><br /> <a href="volunteers/volunteers.html">Volunteers</a><br /><br /> <a href="photos/photos.html">Photo Gallery</a><br /><br /> <a href="links.html">Links</a><br /><br /> <a href="contact.html">Contact Us</a><br /><br /> <a href="staff.html">Staff</a><br /><br /> </p> </div></div> <div id="content"> <h3>Hello, and welcome to the official website created and maintained by the <a href="staff.html">staff</a> of Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park. </h3> <hr /> <h4><a href="whatsnew.html">What is New at Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park?</a></h4> <hr /> <h4><a href="savepashp.html">Save Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park</a></h4> <hr /> <p class="center"><img src="images/courtyard-2.jpg" height= "333" width= "500" alt="Petaluma Adobe Courtyard" /></p> <blockquote><p>The first view of the great valley filled me with emotion. It was a case of love at first site, which better acquaintance would only deepen...nowhere, was there a scene of such beauty and suggestion of everything desirable for man.<br /> <strong>~Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo </strong><br /></p></blockquote> <p class="indent">A visit to the Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park will bring you back to the largest privately owned adobe building in Northern California in the 1830-40's. The <em>matanza</em> (slaughtering season) has just ended in October on <em>Rancho de Petaluma</em> (as it was known) and the people living near the <em>rancho</em> are excited. The end of the <em>matanza</em> means the beginning of the <em>Fandango</em> (a celebration and dance). As you tour the rooms of the Adobe, you can feel the excitement as preparation for the <em>Fandango</em> is under way. The hides are drying on the racks, the animals are put away, and the music is playing as people start to put on their fancy clothes for the festivities.</p> <blockquote><p>Many of the <em>hacendados</em> lived in the towns in the winter months; but in the spring of the year their households moved to their country homes where they generally remained until the autumn or close of the <em>matanza</em> season...in the evening a family <em>baile</em> (dance) was invariably heralded by the melody of the violin and harp.<br /> <strong>~William Heath Davis</strong><br /></p></blockquote> <p class="indent">Although the Petaluma Adobe was not the summer home of the Vallejo's, it was the headquarters of the <em>rancho</em>, they did come out here to celebrate during the <em>bailes</em>. The <em>Fandangos</em> became the parties of the workers and the <em>bailes</em> became more formal for the <em>rancho</em> owners. To learn more...<a href="directions.html">Visit Us!</a></p> <br /> <hr /> <h3><a href="whatsnew.html">What is New at Petaluma Adobe?</a></h3> <h3><a href="qanda.html">Common Questions and Answers</a></h3> <p class="center"><img src="images/brand-2.gif" height= "75" width= "68" alt="brand" /></p> </div> <div id="footer"> <p id="address">Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park<br /> 3325 Adobe Road <br /> Petaluma, CA 94954 <br /> 707-762-4871<br /> </p> <p class="center"><img src="images/logo.jpg" height= "100" width= "101" alt="logo" /> </p> <br /> <p class="bold">Website Last Updated: April 17th, 2012</p> <p class="bold">Webmaster: State Park Interpreter II Sara M. 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