This material conforms to the History-Social Science Framework For California Public Schools and brings to life insightful and interesting accounts in a musical presentation of California’s history through its state historical landmarks.  By definition of the office of historical preservation, California’s over 1100 state historical landmarks are sites, buildings, features, or events that are of statewide significance and have anthropological, cultural, military, political, architectural, economic, scientific or technical, religious, experimental, or other value.  

To each setting, time and place are established and accounts of individuals are depicted in the manner in which they saw themselves.  Interesting details of the period or event, and an individual’s hopes, fears, and dreams are among the tools used to make the stories within the songs engaging.  The listener will be taken to that time and place from a human interest standpoint with music performed on folk and roots instruments common to period such as guitar, banjo, mandolin, mandocello, dulcimer, and autoharp.  

This material also applies to the frameworks of visual and performance arts with the primary educational impact area being the historical and cultural content combined with the creative expression of original work and the aesthetic valuing of the transfer of historical data from a performance arts source.

By combining the elements of music and history, my goal is to engage the imagination of the listener in a new and exciting fashion. 

CALIFORNIA STATE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS OF IMPERIAL COUNTY  (rfm # 046)

The songs as they relate to content standards: 

Mountain Springs Station - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.2, and 4.4.3

Desert Tower - standards 3.4.3 and 4.4.9

Yuha Well - standards 3.4.3, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3

Fort Pacheco - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.1, and 4.2.8

Camp Salvation - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.2, and 4.4.3

Tecolote Rancho - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.9

Old Plank Road - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.1

Pilot Knob Boogie - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.5

Tumco Mine - standards 3.4.3, and 4.3.4

Driftwood Charley - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.9

Picacho Mine - standard 3.4.3

Hernando de Alarcon - standards 3.4.3, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3

Two Missions - standards 3.4.3, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, and 4.2.5

Fort Yuma - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.2, and 4.4.3

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MINES (rfm# 047)

The songs as they relate to content standards:

Tumco Mine - standards 3.4.3, and 4.3.4

Julian - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.1

Picacho Mine - standard 3.4.3

Pegleg Smith Liars Contest - standards 3.4.3, and 4.3.2

Calico - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.3, and 4.4.2

Red Hill - standards 3.4.3, and 4.3.3

Silverado - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.3, and 4.4.4

Carbondale - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.3, and 4.4.4

Oak Of The Golden Dream - standards 3.4.3, 4.2.8, and 4.3.3

Holcomb Valley - standards 3.4.3, and 4.3.3

Keyesville Christmas an old mining and cowboy Christmas story

Kernville - standards 3.4.3, ad 4.3.3

Havilah a fun sing-along with no educational value

Randsburg - standards 3.4.3, 4.4.4, and 4.4.3

Garlock And The Burro Schmidt Tunnel - standard 4.3.3

ALONG THE SOUTHERN EMIGRANT TRAIL (rfm # 048)

The songs as they relate to content standards:

Warner’s Ranch - standards 3.4.3, 4.2.8, and 4.4.3

Pegleg Smith Liars Contest - standards 3.4.3, and 4.3.2

Box Canyon - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.4, and 4.4.3

Mule Hill - standards 3.4.3, and 4.2.7

Camp Salvation - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.2, and 4.4.3

Vallecito - standards 3.4.3, 4.4.3, and 4.3.4

Butterfield Stage - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.1

Oak Grove Station - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.3

Mountain Springs Station - standards 3.4.3, 4.3.2, and 4.4.3

Julian - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.1

Old Plank Road - standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.1

Campo Store – standards 3.4.3, 4.4.3, and 4.4.4

FOLK SONGS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY (rfm # 049)

Desert Submarines - standards 3.1.2, 3.3.1, 3.3.3

Indio Station - standards 3.1.2, 3.3.2, 3.3.3 4.4.1, and 4.4.4

With These Wings - standards, 3.3.1, 3.4.6 and 4.4.6

Palmdale - standards 4.4.3, and 4.4.4

La Quinta Hotel - standards 4.4.4

Training Center Boogie -  standards 3.4.3, and 4.4.5

Cahuilla - standards 3.1.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.4, 3.3.1, 3.4.3, and 4.1.1, 4.1.4, 4.2.1

Centerline -  standards  3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.4.3,and 4.4.6

Judge McCallum - standards 3.3.3   

Dr. Carreon - standards 3.3.1

All American Canal - standards 3.1.2, 3.5.1, 4.4.6, and 4.4.7