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Cal Poly Land Course Schedule

Archeology and History - Changing Cultural Views and Uses of Cal Poly Landscapes

  • Artifacts , photos and oral history from Chorro Valley.
  • The Chumash
  • Mission and Rancho life
  • Comparative Mapping and Land Tenure and legal description practises,
  • Immigration waves and family history
  • Homesteading, ranching and dairy culture
  • Cal Poly history and land acquisition
Pennington Watershed

  • El Chorro Ranch to the ancient sheep corral, olive grove and Biological preserve near top of Pennington canyon
  • More wildlife observation
  • Range and cattle management
  • Hollister Adobe at Cuesta College
Land Use Technology
  • Resource Management, Agriculture and Construction
  • Chumash use of fire to manage landscape and encourage oak growth
  • Chumash acorn production and processing
  • History of farm buildings, machinery, cultivation techniques
  • Spanish introduction of European annual grasses and herding techniques
  • Spanish vs. American forms of land ownership and transmission
  • Vineyard technology--Junipero Serra to E and G Gallo
Course

EO1,2 , C1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-11

 

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