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Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd, Fremont, CA 94555 ☎ (510) 544-2797 Last Updated: 05/14/2023 |
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Ardenwood Historic Farm is a Regional Historic Landmark in Fremont, California. George Washington Patterson came west in 1849 to seek his fortune in the goldfields of California. Instead he "struck gold" in the fertile farm fields of southern Alameda County. | |
| This farm was originally owned by the George & Clara Patterson family from the 1850s. It was turned over to the City of Fremont in 1978, and the East Bay Regional Park District has operated the property as a fully functioning, turn-of-the-last-century farm since 1985. A visit here is a journey back to the time of the 1850s Patterson Ranch--a prosperous, 19th-century country estate with a beautiful Victorian mansion and elaborate Victorian Gardens. The farm still grows the same kind of produce that was grown in the region in the last 100 years, utilizing agricultural practices from the 1870s to the present, demonstrating the transition from horse-powered to horsepower farming. The interpretive staff and volunteers, attired in Victorian clothing, guide guests through the Victorian house, demonstrate farm chores, and explain what life was like in the early 1900s. From December to mid-February monarch butterflies overwinter here. | |
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Fremont Place » City Fremont is a city located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California, United States. It is situated in Alameda County and is the fourth most populous city in the Bay Area, with a population of over 230,000 as of the 2020 census. 202 views 💖 1California |