Mission Peak Heritage Foundation
Cause Area
Location
P.O. Box 3078 Fremont, CA 94539
United States
Active Opportunities (2)
Flexible Schedule
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Fremont, CA 94539
Become a docent at Shinn Park! Do you enjoy history, dressing in period costumes, and meeting people? Do you want to help preserve the history of the Shinn family and the Washington Township? Find out: Come to one of the house tours or contact us. Let the docent know you are interested and would like to see what they do. House tours are generally offered the first Wednesday (1-4pm) and third Sunday (1-4pm) of every month. Days and times vary during the holiday season. Tours typically last about 45 mins. Training: You do not need to know everything at once. Your docent training will be staged. The training will be 1 hour and 30 minutes per week for one month. The docent manual contains everything you will need to know. Meet the Shinns: Docents will learn the history of the Shinn family. The docent creates life for this family during the Victorian era. The Shinn family was important in several ways in the Washington Township - the water district, child psychology field, development of horticulture, forestry, and agriculture. Meet the House: Docents will learn about the history of the Shinn House itself and many of the interesting artifacts from the Victorian era. Regular house tour dates: the first Wednesday and third Sunday of each month. The tours last 45 minutes. During holiday times, the hours may change Contact information: Please RSVP using this form or email Joan Butler (joaniebutler@att.net)
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2023
Flexible Schedule
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Fremont, CA 94539
Do you enjoy our local history? The Shinn family came to the area in 1856, after the Gold Rush and before the Transcontinental Railroad. The family had a nursery with plants imported from all over in the 1870s-1880s. Then until the 1950s the family had a fruit ranch. All the adult children of James and Lucy Shinn were among the earliest students to attend UC Berkeley. Milicent Shinn was the editor for the Overland Monthly in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1898 she was the first woman to receive a PhD from Berkeley in the field of child development. Charles Shinn was a writer, historian, horticulturalist, and ranger. Joseph Shinn was on the first board of the Alameda County Water District. Many of the Shinn family were accomplished artists. We need help making exhibits, organizing the archives, making a list of books, taking inventories, researching history. We would like to develop class field trips and interactive exhibits. We welcome students and adults. We would like to create a finding aid so that researchers will find our unique archive. You can become a docent and give house tours twice a month or can help out during our events. Do you have video-editing skills?
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2023
Organization Information
Mission Statement
Mission Peak Heritage Foundation (MPHF) takes care of the Shinn House and Museum at Shinn Historical Park & Arboretum. Docents give tours twice a month and tell visitors about the Shinn family and about the house. MPHF also puts on several events during the year for the community. Shinn Park is a favorite location for weddings, baby showers, graduations, and other celebrations. The museum covers the period of 1856 to 1950.
Description
James and Lucy Shinn came to the Vallejo's Mill area (now the Niles district of Fremont) in 1856. They had a plant nursery in the 1870’s to 1880’s and sold fruit trees, roses, and ornamentals. Many historic trees were planted in this time - pecans, palms, ginkgo, Moreton bay fig, and other exotic trees. Eventually they shifted their focus to fruit ranching - pears, cherries, apricots, and more.
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