Peña Adobe Historical Society joined vendors and Community Partners at the 33rd Annual Rush Ranch Open House!

The Open House was held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29th at Rush Ranch, 3521 Grizzly Island Rd. in Suisun City.  The free event featured arts and crafts, entertainment, exhibits and presentations, docent-led marsh hikes, raffle, food, vendors, and community partner tables.

Peña Adobe Historical Society members shared with park visitors of the history of the Peña Adobe and showed guests how to make corn husk dolls.  Our booth was located right next to the blacksmith shop, one of the many historical buildings at the Ranch, and right across from the Solano Sheriff’s Posse.  It was fun seeing Posse members, Chris and his horse “Wyatt” and Robin and “Scout” as they treated children to rides on their horses.  We chatted with about 100 guests who stopped by to see our booth! 

Rush Ranch stretches across 2,070 acres of marsh and rolling grassland. For most of the 20th century, the ranch was operated by the Rush family.  Purchased by Solano Land Trust in 1988 with a grant from the Coastal Conservancy, Rush Ranch was designated as part of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in 2003.

Today, the Solano Land Trust and the Rush Ranch Educational Council, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization, provide education and public outreach programs for the Ranch and its historical buildings and self-guided trails.  You can visit Rush Ranch 7 days a week year-round. Open hours are 8am to 5pm November 1 through February 28 and 8:00am to 7:00pm March 1 through October 31.  For more information, call (707) 432-0150.