Patio of an adobe house on Camulos Ranch (birthplace of Ramona), ca.1890

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Title	Patio of an adobe house on Camulos Ranch (birthplace of Ramona), ca.1890
Description	Photograph of the patio of an adobe house on Camulos Ranch (birthplace of Ramona), ca.1890. Neatly arranged bushes and trees decorate the garden. A young tree enclosed in wooden support is planted in the plot of land in the foreground (at right). Just behind this plot of land is a tall tree situated behind bushes that are arranged in a circle.; "Although Rancho Camulos became well known among Californians for the accomplishments of three generations of Del Valles in both the political and agricultural history of the state, it is best recognized as the 'Home of Ramona.' When Helen Hunt Jackson published her best-selling novel Ramona in 1884, it was her intention to supply the general reader with an appreciation of the California Indians' plight as illustrated by the trials and tribulations of the fictional Indian girl, Ramona. Disappointed that A Century of Dishonor, her earlier book reciting the past injustices of the Indians, received so little notice, she wrote Ramona hoping to elicit popular support for the Indians, much as her acquaintance Harriet Beecher Stowe had done with Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ramona inspired four motion pictures and a pageant performed annually in Hemet, California, since 1923. The setting and characters in Jackson's book Ramona appear to be composites drawn from places Jackson visited and people she met in her travels throughout Southern California during the early 1880s." -- Rancho Camulos Museum archives (part 1 of 2).; "Various portions of the novel were drawn from her visits to California Indian reservations, missions and ranchos. It appears likely that Jackson chose Camulos as the setting for a portion of her novel upon the advice of her close friends, Antonio and Mariana Coronel. In the opinion of the Coronels, Camulos was one of the few remaining ranches still reflecting its colonial origins. Antonio Coronel assisted Jackson in the preparation of an itinerary of ranches and missions; Jackson heeded their advice, briefly visiting Camulos on January 23, 1882. In her novel, published two years later, Ramona's fictional home on the 'Moreno Ranch' was located 'midway in the valley [between lands] to the east and west, which had once belonged to the Missions of San Fernando and San Bonaventura [sic].' This geographical location, and the description of the setting recounted in the novel accurately matched Camulos." -- Rancho Camulos Museum archives (part 2 of 2).
Subject	Ramona; Camulos Ranch
Subject (adlf)	agricultural sites
Subject (file heading)	Agriculture -- Ranching -- General; Ventura; Indians -- Ramona -- Subjects
Subject (lcsh)	Adobe houses Indians of North America Fiction Books Ranches Missions, Spanish Patios Gardens
Subject (naf)	Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885
Geographic subject (county)	Ventura
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1890
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1890
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Contributing entity	California Historical Society
Accession number	6197
Call number	CHS-6197
Microfiche number	1-33-
Legacy record ID	chs-m10159; USC-1-1-1-10301; USC-1-1-1-14072
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-6197
Archival file	chs_Volume72/CHS-6197.tiff

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