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Robert Arnett (painting to left) & Gretchen Grunt (minnie-me homestead) JACKRABBIT HOMESTEAD is a web-based multimedia presentation featuring a downloadable car audio tour exploring the cultural legacy of the Small Tract Act in Southern California's Morongo Basin region near Joshua Tree National Park. Stories from this underrepresented regional history are told through the voices of local residents, historians, and area artists-many of whom reside in reclaimed historic cabins and use the structures as inspiration for their creative work. JACKRABBIT HOMESTEAD BOOK AVAILABLE FOR ORDER wwwjackrabbithomestead.com. The sponsoring organization is the Twentynine Palms Historical Society Museum Funding for this project is made possible, in part, by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities as part of the Council's statewide California Stories Initiative. The Council is an independent non-profit organization and a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information on the Council and the California Stories Initiative, visit www.californiastories.org. |
