March 30, 2012 AVRM Chairman, Bill Rawlings was invited to meet with AV Fair Association CEO Dan Jacobs, Deputy Manager Debbie Smith, and artist Renato de Guia to begin plans for a new 10,000 square foot building to house the AVRM at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. Below is the first preliminary drawing created that day. [...]
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MARCH 5, 2012 A WONDERFUL DONATION
March 5, 2012 John and Linda Stivers of Tehachepi, Ca have donated this 1947 Diamond T truck to the AVRM. John purchased the truck several years ago from Art Ripley, a Westside Lancaster rancher. The truck was then professionally restored by another well known local man, Al Coltzau. This beautiful truck is going to [...]
Welcome from the President
Welcome to the AVRM”s long anticipated website arrival. This will be our HOME until we establish a permanent one. Until that time comes, and it WILL come, we will continue our exhibition at the AV Fair. The generosity of our Donors and Volunteers has insured rapid and steady growth. We have many goals (see the [...]
AV Press September 1,2007
Antelope Valley Press September 1, 2007 Hall of Fame Recognizes rural roots In May 2005, at a meeting of the Rural Olympics Committee, Bill Rawlings proposed founding a museum chronicling Antelope Valley’s history. He wanted to start by creating a Rural Olympics Hall of Fame. The Rural Olympics actually predates the Antelope Valley Fair. It used [...]
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