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Ready for a little holiday adventure?
Ready for a little holiday adventure? Join the Oro Valley Historical Society at Steam Pump Ranch for a morning packed with activities!
Start with a visit to the Pusch House Museum to see our amazing collection of items dating back centuries. Then, take a gentle one-hour nature walk led by our naturalist to learn about the plants, animals, geology, geography, and people of the area we call home. Tours leave from the Museum at 9:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and end at the Heritage Garden. In the garden today, we welcome Sam Greenleaf and Sherry Eisler, volunteers from Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, who will showcase traditional Native American crafts, answer your questions about archaeology and the region’s rich cultural history, and demonstrate arrowhead-making, flintknapping, and the construction of Hohokam clay pots.
Andy Ward will join them and turn the grounds into a living workshop. Step back in time with this pottery artisan. Using traditional Hohokam methods, Ward will transform wild clay into ceramic vessels by hand, showing how Southwest peoples created pottery long before modern tools and kilns. Visitors can watch the process unfold beside a live firing demonstration and learn about the skill, creativity, and ingenuity behind these ancient techniques.
And don’t forget to search for oro in Oro Valley. Pick up clues to our scavenger hunt in the Pusch House Museum that will take you around the Ranch. Learn more about the Ranch itself, and with all the correct answers, you could win a bag of oro!
In addition, Gap Ministries will be on site requesting donations of meals for foster kids. They are requesting macaroni and cheese, SpaghettiOs, powdered milk, canned meats, and tamales. https://ovhistory.org/event/ovhs-hosts-food-drive-for-gap-ministries-2/
Joining GAP today will be Tucson Residence Foundation, which is asking for volunteers to help them provide dignified lives for loved ones with intellectual and developmental disabilities. If you’re looking for a way to volunteer and give back to the community, stop by their table for more information today. https://ovhistory.org/event/ovhs-hosts-tucson-residence-foundation/
Learn some history, take a hike, search for gold, watch pots and tools being made, provide a meal for a foster child, or donate your time. Could you even imagine a better day?
