Want to learn more about the Blowers Home?
This supplemental panel provides information about the Blowers home and its contents gleaned from the probate files of R. B. and Annie Blowers.
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
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Carrie and Annie: The Artists
This supplemental panel discusses the work of Carrie and Annie Blowers as artists, including drawing, painting and sculpting. It also includes information about how the family farm served as inspiration for some of their work.
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
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Working on the Farm
This is a supplemental panel that discusses the roles of the agricultural workers on R. B. Blowers' farm. There is also discussion of the Chinese immigrants that were employed.
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
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What to do with all that fruit?
This supplemental panel provides recipes by Annie, Carrie, and Mary Blowers from Our Mite for the Kitchen a cookbook prepared by the ladies of the Episcopal Mite Society, of Woodland in 1887.
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
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Education and Community
Farm Becomes a Fair
This is the sixth panel of the Blowers display. This panel discusses the Blowers family members education and involvement in community efforts to improve Woodland. It also outlines the transfer of the family's property to the 40th Agricultural District for use as the Yolo County Fairgrounds.
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Historical Collection
Yolo County Fair Grounds
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Developing Technology and Promoting Irrigation
This is the fifth panel of the Blowers display. This panel discusses R. B. Blowers' creation and patenting of a fruit drier for his raisins and other produce. It also covers his extensive work to promote irrigation in Yolo County.
Videos for the QR codes can be accessed here:
Short version - https://youtu.be/o_cY5DTbKY0
Long version - https://youtu.be/P2VLV4sHd6I
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
Yolo County Archives
Dr. James Lapsley
Michelle Trujillo
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High Quality Produce
This is the fourth panel of the Blowers display. This panel continues to discuss the agricultural products of the Blowers family and some of the awards that they received for their raisins, pears, and almonds.
Videos for the QR codes can be accessed here:
Short version - https://youtu.be/uqmPwmSfyls
Long version - https://youtu.be/xo1MndAmAzg
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
Yolo County Archives
UC Davis Archives and Special Collections
Dr. James Lapsley
Michelle Trujillo
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Expanding Agriculture
This is the third panel of the Blowers display. This panel discusses the diversification and growth of the Blowers crops. The movement from grapes toward olives and other nuts and fruits.
Videos for the QR codes can be accessed here:
Short version - https://youtu.be/LIQXjMFDtCE
Long version - https://youtu.be/4EHm0zSuLQ8
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Historical Collection
Dr. James Lapsley
Michelle Trujillo
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Blowers Family Expands
R. B. Blowers Plants Grapes
This is the second panel in the Blowers display. This panel covers the birth of R. B. Blowers' children, the death of his first wife and marriage to his second wife. It also discusses R. B. Blowers' planting of grapes and the beginning of his raisin production.
Videos for the QR codes can be accessed here:
Short version: https://youtu.be/3ZAlavz8ki4
Long version: https://youtu.be/oY8lTby1Mw8
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Archives
2022
Yolo County Archives
Yolo County Historical Collection
Dr. James Lapsley
Michelle Trujillo
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R. B. Blowers Comes to California
This is the first panel of the R. B. Blowers display. This panel discusses the early history of R. B. Blowers, including his birth in Ohio and his emigration to California in the 1850s.
Here are the links to the QR code videos:
Short version - https://youtu.be/hCJPXmvi6bQ
Long version - https://youtu.be/a5YjavSJODk
Yolo County Archives
Yolo Count Archives
2022
Yolo County Archives
Dr. James Lapsley
Michelle Trujillo
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