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The Tracy Ranch celebrated their 150 year family and farm and cattle business history this weekend. Born out of the three original families of Freys, Selvidges and Tracys - they hosted 3,400 invited guests to roam the extended Tracy Ranch viewing many of the original farm equipment still poised as if ready to start work. Many old buildings including barns, blacksmith shop, Chow Wagon and an original family home sit near modern farming barns and shops which service this very large farm and cattle operation. Many of us went to Wasco High with one or another of the the family of cousins and remember summer trips out to the Tracy Ranch for swimming and other fun times. Click here to view their family website featuring photos and video interview of Martha Frey sharing their family and ranch history.
Just talked with Bill Tracy and he said they have another website which promotes information to the Hollywood film industry to use their ranch for movie and commercial filming use. Click here to see this website also.
New sounds are coming out of our band room from the Wasco High Steel Drum band under the direction of band director Greg Sparks. Take a look and listen to the great sounds from their 7am early morning practice session on their new steel drums by clicking here. The band plays at Wasco High and other Kern County events. This video is posted in the Music section at the link above which features other music sounds from around Wasco. Ed note: someone asked if there was a accompaniment recording playing along with the band members, and no, what you hear is all their own playing with nothing else added. Pretty cool.
New and very preliminary information for the 2015 Centennial Celebration and some initial planning you will need to start thinking about as this special celebration draws closer. Click on the Centennial Celebration link above.
New link above called Wasconian Interviews which features videos of notable Wasco citizens who have contributed to Wasco's benefit or been a part of Wasco's history and pioneer heritage. The first video is Mary Ellen Rexius, click here, who along with husband Ray owned Rexius Studio and took thousands of Wasco High senior pictures and Wasconian annual photos, and hundreds of weddings and family group photographs.
Photo of the Willie Cole Sr. neighborhood convenience store established in the late 1940's, click here to view or click on Photos above.
New informal video of the recent Open House for the new Wasco High Cafeteria. Click here or click on the Videos link above and see it in the Wasco High video section.
The Wasco High School Athletic Hall of Fame dinner was held recently and eight new athletes were inducted into the Wasco High Athletic Hall of Fame. Click here to see this years Inductees and their accomplishments. You may also see the other Inductees to the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Hall of Fame by clicking on the Sports link above.
Frank Russell's Wasco High social studies class is currently doing archiving on Wasconians who gave the ultimate sacrifice during World War II. John Vincent Phillips war information can be found by clicking here or going to the Military link above.
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