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IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Please note that the phone lines are currently out at Pio Pico State Historic Park!
Please contact us via email:
Park Information
Volunteer Training
Special Events
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Help Save Pio Pico State Historic Park!
Join Us For
FIESTA de PIO PICO
Saturday, November 5, 2011
(previously scheduled on Saturday, September 17, 2011)
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- Live Entertainment (Music, Performers, Dancers)
- Historical Reenactors
- Costumed Docents
- Pio Pico - portrayed by Roberto Garza
- Local Family History and Genealogy Displays**
- Adobe Brick Making
- Archaeology Sandbox
- Bread Making Demonstration
- Children's Activities
- Old-Fashioned Victorian Games
- Tours of Pio Pico's Historic Adobe Home
- Community Booths
- Food and Drink
- Picnic Area
This event is sponsored by the California State Parks, Friends of Pio Pico, Supervisor Don Knabe, Sounthern California Edison and the City of Whittier.
The Friends of Pio Pico, and the local communities, are currently working on plans to save the park from closure. Come out and help support our efforts!
Don't wait until it is too late! TAKE ACTION TODAY!!
Together we CAN save Pio Pico State Historic Park!
Click Here to Download Event Flyer
Onsite parking is limited. Free parking and ongoing shuttle service is available from the following locations:
- A Mi Hacienda Restaurant - Pico Rivera
- Guirado Park - Whittier
- Uptown Senior Center - Whittier
** For more information and to participate in the local family history presentations, please click here to download application form.
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Save Our State Parks
Save Pio Pico State Historic Park - UPDATE
On Friday, May 13, 2011, the state announced the
closure of 70 California State Parks.
Tragically, Pio Pico State Historic Park is on that list and is scheduled to close on July 1, 2012!
The Friends of Pio Pico, and the local communities, are currently working on plans to save the park.
We must act now!
Don't wait until it is too late! TAKE ACTION TODAY!!
Make a Donation to Help Save Pio Pico State Historic Park
Learn More About Threats to All State Parks
and Get More Information on the statewide
Save Our State Parks Campaign
Together we CAN save our state parks!
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Checkout our new online store!!
El Ranchito Store
Featuring commemorative Pio Pico merchandise
and signed and unsigned copies of the NEW book by Carlos Manuel Salomon, PhD
Pio Pico: Last Governor of Mexican California.
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The Friends of Pio Pico would like to
Thank our 2010 Volunteers, Sponsors and Donors
- California State Park Volunteers
- Whittier College Students
- Rio Hondo College Students
- Students and Staff of the San Gabriel Valley Conservation Corps
- Arroyo Development Services Center Clients
- Assemblymember Tony Mendoza
- Supervisor Don Knabe
- CAPE
- Southern California Edison
- Rose Hills Memorial Park
- Hispanic Outreach Taskforce Members
- Conny and Austin McCormack
- Polly's Pies
- Ace Hardware
- Paso de Oro Dance Company
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