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Visit This Summer!

Oak Glen, California
June 14, 2002 

"One Nation Under God..."

The last few days have been clear and pleasantly cool, with a  spring wind cooling down the June noons.    

The cherry crop is coming on strong, and we have three ways for you to enjoy it:   you can drive over to the Mile High farm and pick them yourself;  you can sign up for Cousin Jesse's cherry picking tour and enjoy a Western style barbecue in addition to your cherry picking; or, starting June 28th, you will be able to purchase cherries here at both the general store and the Colonial Chesterfield portion of the farm.    Anyway you look at it, summer's coming up a bowl full of cherries.

The summer is short!   Schedule your company or church picnic now, before every weekend is spoken for!

With every hope of seeing you soon, I remain,  your humble servant,

James Riley

P.S. For the sake of those "web portals" constantly browsing the internet to update their search engines, we include the following boiler-plate. (Feel free to read this, if you're new to our site.)

Riley's Farm is a working apple orchard and living history farm in the Oak Glen area of Southern California. In addition to farming, we love history and we have provided a venue for re-enactment units comprising many different eras. The farm regularly hosts banquets, birthday parties, weddings, and office parties. Every year, literally thousands of students participate in one of our school tours, where they experience everything from weaving, candle-dipping, and cider pressing to the drill and muster of a Revolutionary War or Civil War battle. Our farm has appeared on the History Channel and in the recently released feature film, Amistad, as well as many other film and television productions. (We even try to get the producers to include us as on screen talent, but that's another story.) On selected weekends throughout the year, we offer "farm-stay" weekends, where families can experience--clothing, wood stoves, muskets, and all--the life of an 18th or 19th century American farmer. We grow sweet corn, apples, raspberries, pears, and sunflowers, just to mention a few of our crops. 

We love America--its traditions, its people, its history, and its cherished heritage of liberty in Christ. Have we said enough? Well, one more thing: In the fall, thousands of families make an annual pilgrimage to the farms of Oak Glen to experience the closest thing to a New England fall California has to offer. Why don't you stop by and say hello?

P.S.  Stay Clear of this "Cider House" *