installed. Fans and other finishing touches will go in this week. It looks beautiful!
The next stages are getting ready for a “soft” opening September 30.
1. The Matanzas is detailed later in the newsletter and will be a grand party! Tickets are available for only 7.50 adults and $3.00 children. It is a bargain for the feast, live music and introduction to the house!
2. Museum cases, displays, and historical information are being readied with the help of Lawrence Lane. He is also working on the genealogy of Hubbell, Gutierrez, Baca, Chavez and other lines related to the house.
3. Nature trail signage and information is drafted with the help of Paul Hlava, Jim Sais and Jorin Viers. The trails themselves are being built by county personnel and supported on monthly hands on days the third Saturday of each month 8:30 AM - 2 PM
4. Museum furnishing is an active project and any things you have for the museum we would appreciate getting. The Museum Acquisitions committee is reviewing all donations, Irene Kersting, Julia Seligman, and John Freshour are invaluable help on this front. If you have or know of artifacts in the period of interest 1870 - 1930 we welcome information and items for the museum. Books and photos are also very welcome.
5. Lorenzo Hubbell and John Baca are hard at work on the demonstration gardens development. Eric Garretson is designing the beds. Jesse Baca is farming the eight acres for HHA.
6. Marion Isidoro runs an active program for the docents.
7. Fundraising through the sale of inscribed bricks for the portal at only $50 each is ready and the form is in the newsletter. Linda Ortiz is championing the effort for the bricks inscribed and then placed under the portal.
8. Frances Ray is running a membership drive for Hubbell House Alliance. A membership form is in this newsletter - please feel free to copy and send to as many of your friends and family as you would like.
We could use your help. All of the committees have openings and this is the chance to help build an important asset from the ground up. If your interest lies with history or genealogy, agriculture and farming, nature and birdwatching, educating and learning, decorating and furnishing, review of artifacts, or another area we could really use your assistance! To get involved Please call at 505-975-5578 or email me mhlava@accessinn.com
it is a grand year for the Hubbell House!!
Marjorie MK Hlava
President
