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THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY
Located only 40 miles north of Santa Barbara, the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley has been described as “unique, charming, paradise”.
With unparalleled vistas of oak studded hills the Valley is a quiet place that, in many instances, remains just as it was over 150 years
ago when the stagecoach traversed its vast Spanish land grant ranches. In fact, two Valley stagecoach taverns/stops are still in
operation today offering a fine dining experience in a historic setting.
Historic sights are evident throughout the Valley. Mission Santa Inés, the 19th of the California Missions founded in 1804, sits on the
edge of Solvang, while the Ballard Adobe, a stage stop turned private residence, can be found along the old stage trail that winds
through the Valley.
There are many activities to enjoy while visiting the Santa Ynez Valley - sip award winning wines at our winery tasting rooms, sample
handmade Danish chocolates and delectable pastries in Solvang, wander through an art gallery in nearby Los Olivos or enjoy a drive
into the surrounding countryside to take in the breathtaking scenery. The Valley offers something for everyone!
The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum and Carriage House
invites you to attend
“A Bit of the West that Was”
To be held at The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum and
Parks-Janeway Carriage House
Santa Ynez, California
Thursday, April 2, 2009 ~ Sunday, April 5, 2009
A Symposium on the Stagecoach
and Horse-Drawn Vehicles of the West
Presentations and demonstrations by leading conservators, historians,
curators, carriage builders and restoration experts
stagecoach demonstrations and rides make this a unique event
for every carriage enthusiast
“A Bit of the West That Was”
A Symposium on Stagecoaches and other
Horse-Drawn Vehicles
We hope you’ll join the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum and Carriage House as we present an exciting
first-ever symposium on the stagecoach and other horse-drawn vehicles that influenced the growth and expansion
of the Western United States. Our program line up of speakers features stagecoach historians, along with experts
in carriage construction, preservation and restoration.
Specifically oriented to the study of the stagecoach this symposium
presents a forum for nationally recognized Carriage Association of
America speakers to share their knowledge with carriage enthusiasts,
historians, museum personnel and anyone with a desire to learn more
about “A Bit of the West That Was.”
In addition to experiencing this first-ever Western Vehicle
Symposium there will be an opportunity to enjoy the gorgeous Santa
Ynez Valley, well known for its pastoral beauty, wine industry and
quaint Danish village of Solvang. The weekend even includes stagecoach
rides on the Ted Chamberlin Ranch, a historic Valley property.
This symposium is structured to be an educational and fun weekend where attendees will enjoy a unique look
at the horse-drawn vehicles that were instrumental in settling and expanding the West. The symposium will have
a strong conservation and preservation emphasis but it will also include informative talks by carriage builders, a
museum curator, and carriage historian.
There is a very important mission for this symposium. Proceeds from the success of the program will go toward
a much needed climate control system for the Parks-Janeway Carriage House which is located on the Santa Ynez
Valley Historical Museum’s complex. The Parks-Janeway Carriage House, known as the finest of its kind west
of the Rockies, displays 35 different carriages,
including wagons, carts, stagecoaches and other
historical modes of early transportation, as well
as saddles, harness, and other tack. Constructed
in 1978 this building has not had the benefit of
climate control or environmental safeguards. We
firmly believe that before it is too late we must take
immediate measures to ensure the preservation
of the fine vehicles housed in the Parks-Janeway
Carriage House for generations to come.
Sign up today and join us for a fun-filled,
informative, and definitely not-to-be-missed West
Coast symposium where you will have a chance
to learn about and to preserve “A Bit of the West that
Was.”
SYM POSI UM R EG IS TR ATIO N F O R M
“A Bit of the West That Was”
April 2-5, 2009
 Yes, I would like to register for the symposium “A Bit of the West that Was” to be held at the Santa
Ynez Valley Historical Museum in Santa Ynez, California, April 2-5, 2009.
Price per person $195 if paid before March 10, 2009; $225 if received after this date.
Registration fee includes all talks, presentations, demonstrations, refreshments daily.
Welcome Reception on Thursday, and Western Dinner/Dance on Saturday evening.
_____ # of Symposium Registrations @ $195 Total $__________
_____# of Symposium Registrations @ $225 Total $__________
(after March 10, 2009)
Name(s): _ _______________________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________________
City: _ ___________________________________________ State: ________ Zip: ____________
Phone Number: ___________________________E-mail_________________________________
Name(s) for badge: ______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
 I would like to order _______ extra tickets @ $50 for Saturday’s Western dinner with dancing to
popular band “Last Call”
 I am unable to attend the symposium but would like to make a donation (tax deductible)
Total amount of donation: _____________
 I have enclosed a check for the Total Amount: ____________(payable to: SYV Historical Society)
Credit Card Payment
Please charge my :  Visa  Mastercard
Card No.:_______________________________________________________ Exp. Date:_______
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Return this form to: SYV Historical Society
P.O. Box 181 Santa Ynez, CA. 93460 Fax (805) 688-1109
Questions? Call the Museum at (805) 688-7889 or e-mail [email protected]
www.santaynezmuseum.org
ACCOMMODATIONS
The Santa Ynez Valley is a beautiful area to visit and to enjoy the variety offered by its distinctive towns – Ballard,
Buellton, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez and Solvang. Each town has accommodations but the majority of hotel rooms can be
found in Solvang and Buellton which are located not more than 3 miles (Solvang) and 6 miles (Buellton) from the Santa
Ynez Valley Historical Museum where the Symposium is being held. Museum address: 3596 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Best Western Pea Soup Andersen’s Hotel in Buellton (805) 688-3216.
Discounted rates are available for our group. Rooms are listed under “Western Vehicle Symposium”. Book rooms
by March 2. The hotel has parking for large vehicles. www.peasoupandersens.com.
For your convenience we have listed the following accommodations in Solvang & Buellton. For more help in finding a
room or camping/RV facilities, you can call the Solvang Visitor’s Bureau (805) 688-6144 or the Buellton Visitor’s Bureau
(805) 688-7829. To find a complete listing of Valley accommodations please check the Santa Ynez Valley Visitor’s
Association website: www.syvva.com
S olvang
B uellton
Best Western King Fredrik
(805) 688-5515
Solvang Inn & Cottages
(805) 688-4702
Svendsgaard’s Lodge
(805) 688-3277
Royal Copenhagen Inn
(805) 688-5561
Wine Valley Inn (805) 688-2111
Solvang Garden Lodge (805) 688-4404
Holiday Inn Express
(805) 688-2018
Meadowlark Inn (805) 688-4631
Santa Ynez Valley Marriott
Pea Soup Andersens
Day’s Inn (Windmill)
Motel 6
Quality Inn
(805) 688-1000
(805) 688-3216
(805) 688-7797
(805) 688-7797
(805) 688-0022
HOW TO GET HERE Santa Ynez is located approximately 40 miles north of Santa Barbara and 120 miles north of Los Angeles International
Airport. Most convenient airports are the Los Angeles Int’l Airport (LAX) or the Santa Barbara Airport (SBA).
Driving time is approximately 2.5 hrs. from LAX. Shuttle service is available to the Santa Ynez Valley from LAX or
Santa Barbara. The Museum is located at 3596 Sagunto Street in Santa Ynez.
Shuttle Service: Central Coast Shuttle provides roundtrip service to and from
Santa Barbara Airport or LAX. Pick up and drop off location is the Santa Ynez
Marriott in Buellton. Call 1-800-470-8818 for information and schedule. www.
CentralCoastShuttle.com.
AMTRAK: An AMTRAK bus that comes to Buellton and Solvang meets some
trains at the Santa Barbara station. Call 1-(800) USA-rail for reservations and
schedules. You can make your bus reservation to the Valley at the same time
as your train reservation.
Valley Transit: These buses traverse the Valley from Buellton through
Solvang. Valley Transit runs Monday through Saturday 7:00 am to 6:50
pm, no service on Sunday. For more information call (805) 688-5452.
“A Bit of the West That Was”
Symposium Schedule
Presented by the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society Museum
and Parks-Janeway Carriage House
Thursday, April 2, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Registration desk open at Museum
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception in Museum Courtyard
Friday, April 3, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration desk open - Museum
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 p.m.
9:20 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Talk: “Vehicles of the Western Movement”
Kenneth Wheeling, Carriage Historian
10:20 a.m. - 10:30 am Break
10:35 a.m. - 11: 30 a.m.
Welcome: Opening and Introductions
Talk: “Western Vehicle Design”
Doug Hansen, Hansen Wagon & Wheel Shop
11:35 a.m. - 1:25 p.m. Lunch break
1:30 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Talk: “Saving California’s Carriages: Preservation Challenges”
Donna Jones, Museum Curator III, California State Parks
2:30 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Talk: “Phineas Banning: Forging a Southern California Staging
and Freighting Empire”
Michael Sanborn, Director – Banning Residence Museum
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Talk: “Firearms: Protecting the Transportation of the West”
Jim Bodoh, antique firearms collector
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Social hour in Museum courtyard
Dinner on own
Saturday, April 4
8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Coffee and Pastries at Museum
9:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.
Talk: “The Stagecoach”
Kenneth Wheeling, Carriage Historian
Break
10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
10:45 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.
Talk: “Carriage Restoration in the 21st Century”
Patrick Morgan, Morgan Carriage Works
11:40 a.m. - 1:25 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Talk: “Gilding the Lily: the Artistry of Carriage Painting”
Merri Ferrell, conservation and museum consultant
2:30 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.
Talk: “Restoration of the Autry Concord Coach”
Brian Howard, B.R. Howard & Associates
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Open discussion with Speakers, Q & A Session
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Cocktail Hour in the Museum courtyard
Western Dinner and Dance to “Last Call” - Museum
Dinner included in Symposium package - open to Museum
members and guests @ $50 per person
Sunday – April 5
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Stagecoach Demonstrations and Rides – Chamberlin Ranch
Hop on a stagecoach and take the ride of a lifetime!
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch available at Ranch
The National Stagecoach & Freight Wagon Association will be
holding their annual meeting in conjunction with the Western
Vehicle Symposium as well as giving an interpretive talk at the Sunday
stagecoach demonstration. www.stagecoashfreightwagon.org.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS . . .
Merri Ferrell is an independent researcher / scholar and
private consultant. She has served as a museum consultant for
over 25 years, advising clients on issues related to conservation
of historical vehicle collections, fundraising and the content of
exhibitions and educational programs. She is the former curator
of the carriages at the Long Island Museum of Art, History and
Carriages
Doug Hansen is owner and operator of the Hansen Wheel
& Wagon Shop in Letcher, South Dakota, specializing in the
restoration of heavy wagons and wheels. Performs all building
and restoration work in the historic style of the late 1800’s.
Brian Howard is owner of B.R. Howard & Associates and is a well known conservator of diverse
collections and materials, but specializes in the treatment of transportations collections and painted and
gilt surfaces. He has restored the Concord Coach belonging to the Autry National Center, Museum of the
American West in Los Angeles as well as nearly 20 vehicles for the Long Island Museum of Art, History
and Carriages.
Donna Rea Jones is a Curator III with California State Parks. She has been working with the state’s
horse-drawn vehicle collection since 1998. The collection
includes 305 vehicles in locations throughout California. Some of the vehicles date from the 1830s, with many styles
and types represented. Over the past 10 years, many have
been conserved but the challenge of preserving this heritage
collection is a race against time and the elements.
Patrick Morgan is owner and operator with his father,
John, of the Morgan Carriage Works in Ojai, California.
Patrick has been restoring and building carriages for clients
from throughout the United States.
Michael Sanborn is Director of the Phineas Banning Residence in Wilmington, California. Phineas
Banning was a successful entrepreneur and one of the founders of the Port of Los Angeles. He owned
many businesses but was successful in the freighting business and operated a stage coach line between
San Pedro and Wilmington, and later between Banning, California, which was named in his honor, and
Yuma, Arizona.
Kenneth Wheeling is a carriage historian and associate editor of The Carriage Journal, official
publication of the Carriage Association of America. He has authored many articles about the history of
the carriage and its influence on early American life.
Jim Bodoh is a collector of antique firearms who has been collecting for over 40 years. Jim shares
his extensive knowledge on how the Western expansion movement and transportation relied on the
protection that firearms provided.