Camulos: National Status Celebration
Rancho Camulos

[Dedication][Plaque][Performers]

May 5, 2001: National Historic Landmark plaque presented by Arthur Eck of the National Park Service to Shirley Rubel Lorenz, president of the board of the Rancho Camulos Museum.

The plaque reads as follows:

Rancho Camulos
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark

This residential complex possesses national
significance in commemorating the history of the
United States of America

Ygnacio del Valle established Rancho Camulos in 1853, on part of a Mexican land grant of former mission lands. Rancho Camulos was the setting for "Ramona," an 1884 novel that generated national interest in the history of Hispanic settlement in California. August Rubel purchased the property in 1924 and preserved the significant historic features of the site.

Ygnacio del Valle estableció en 1853 el Rancho Camulos en lote de tierra donada por el gobierno Mesicano procedente de las antiques tierras de la mision. Rancho Camulos fue el escenario de "Ramona," novela de 1884, que generó interés national; en los asentamientos Hispanos en California. August Rubel compró la propreiedad en 1924 y preservó el significativo patrimonio histórico del lugar.

2000
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior