Peña Adobe Historical Society welcomes Buffalo Soldiers and the Solano County Sheriff’s Posse, Saturday, June 7th from 11:00am to 2:00pm!
Company G of the 10th Cavalry, better known to history as the Buffalo Soldiers, will be riding out of western history and into Peña Adobe Park again this year. The Buffalo Soldiers are a living history group that was established in the Sacramento area almost 30 years ago. The group recreates the black cavalry units that served in the Old West from 1866 to 1891.
Company G will recreate a soldier’s camp from the 1800’s and have two tables with artifacts of the Buffalo Soldiers’ history on display and members, dressed in the uniform of that time, will be on hand to talk with park visitors.
In addition to the Buffalo Soldiers, the Solano County Sheriffs’ Posse will be at Peña Adobe!
The Peña Adobe Park is located in Vacaville’s rural southwest section, just off Interstate 80 adjacent to Lagoon Valley Park
Contact Info:
Peña Adobe Historical Society
(707) 447-0518
The Sheriffs’ Posse has been part of the Solano County Sheriffs’ Office for more than 70 years and is comprised of volunteers who use their horses and equipment to help the department with search-and-rescue efforts, emergency services and as public ambassadors.
Come to the Peña Adobe Park, bring a picnic lunch and meet the members of the Sheriffs’ Posse and see their amazing horses! Learn the important role horses played when the Peña and Vaca families were raising cattle back in the mid 1800’s on their ranch which later became the city of Vacaville.
The Vacaville Jammers will provide music! Under the direction of Terry and Leslie Cloper, the Jammers offer musicians of all styles and abilities to play acoustic instruments and sing together or just sit and listen. The Jammers meet at Vacaville’s McBride Senior Center on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday every month.
Park docents will be available to lead tours of the Peña Adobe, California Historical Landmark #534 built by the Peña family in 1842. Stop in the adjacent Mowers-Goheen Museum and view a woolly mammoth bone, period clothing and local artifacts found during the Peña Adobe restoration. This event is free!