Museum volunteers show off the tee-shirt design that the museum will be selling at the Hamilton Museum Founders Day Celebration to be held Saturday, July 29. Anza Valley Outlook/Courtesy photo
Step back in time at the Hamilton Museum Founders Day Celebration Saturday, July 29. The event will recognize longtime historian and museum founder Margaret Wellman Jaenke, who was a fifth-generation member of three intertwined pioneer families that settled in Garner Valley and Anza. She spent most of her life collecting family and local history and was instrumental in the creation of the Hamilton Museum. Jaenke wrote several books on the history of the valley and volunteered countless hours at the museum educating and sharing with people about the history of the mountain communities.
The county fair-style event is free from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., with a BBQ from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. and a dance starting at 6 p.m. at a cost of $25 per person.
“We are also asking the community to share
