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The first symposium ever held on the history of our community will occur on March 28.  This has generated a lot of interest from around the country.  Space is limited so I recommend folks preregister for it by sending a check into the SVHS.  If you have questions please email me at kaldenberg@machlink.com. Symposium Registration $25.00; Trona residents $20.00. Lunch and Supper are on your own but there are good local venues.

Our address is:        SVHS
                               PO BOX 630
                               Trona, CA
  93592-0630


  March 28, 2014
Trona Centennial Celebration History Symposium,
Trona High School Auditorium
Celebrating 100 Years of Our History 1914-2014

 

Registration Cost $25.00 per person.  If you want to preregister send your check to Searles Valley Historical Society, P.O. Box 630, Trona, CA 93592. Identify how many people and specify that the check is for the History Symposium registration.  Registration will be available on site also. Meals are on you own and are not included in the price of registration. Camping at Valley Wells is $5 per night beginning Thursday night, March 27th.  Another nice place to camp is Great Falls Basin, a BLM location with a backdrop to the Argus Mountains and in the vicinity of the Pinnacles Natural National Landmark.  Four wheel drive vehicles are recommended due to the sandy nature of the access at Great Falls Basin.  Motels are available in Ridgecrest.

 Friday, March 28, 2014, registration begins at 7:30 a.m.

 9:00 a.m.

1.              Welcome to the Symposium,  James Fairchild, Searles Valley Historical Society

2.              Welcome to Trona High School, Superintendent David Olney

3.              National Anthem, performed by Christy Atwood Eichelberger

4.              Announcements-Trona Symposium Organizer Russell Kaldenberg

9:10 a.m.-9:30 a.m.  A History of Trona High School - Mackenzie Wheeler

9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. The History of the Searles Valley Historical Society >From Its Inception In 1979 Covering Its Properties, Collections And Its Expansion To Four Museums - Margaret “Lit” Brush

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.  Searles Valley's Ice Age Legacy - Roger Mitchell

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Historical Bureau of Land Management Data Sets for Searles Valley - Larry Vredenburgh

11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. A History of Trona Road  - Roger Hatheway

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Company-Built Houses of Trona, California - Marty Dickes

12:00-1:30 lunch in town and at St. Madeline’s Catholic Church

1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Westend Chemical Company:  Borax Smith's 2nd Borax Co. - Steve Beck

2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Garden City: a Desert Surprise - Liz Babcock

2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Westend, California: The Plant, The Town and The People, - Pat and Tom Dunne

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Growing Up In Borosolay, California from 1950-1966 - Bill Gossett

3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Water Across the Desert: History of the Trona Water Line and its Effects on the Town of Trona, - Kish LaPierre

4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Chicken Liquor and Other Trona Bootlegging Stories - Cliff Walker

4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Military Aircraft Incidents History Recognition and Memorialization in Death Valley, Panamint Valley, and Saline Valley - Blair Davenport

5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. The Epsom Salt Monorail - Ivan Summers

5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Supper in Town, and at Trona Senior Center

Evening Keynote Speakers

7:00 p.m.-7:45  p.m. Early Mining at Searles Dry Lake - James L. Fairchild

8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Searles Valley Minerals Operations - Rod Jensen

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