Sunrise to Sunset

Sunrise to Sunset. Forest Home Farms Historic Park. , There was always work to be done on the ranch. Each year the Boones ran a walnut processing operation which included washing, hulling, and drying for local walnut farmers. Travis Boone owned one of the few hay harvesters in the valley. At the end of each summer he and his workers helped local farmers cut and bale their hay. They also worked on leased land in Livermore., At Peak times, the Boones employed up to 100 men, women, and even children, to help run the ranch.,

”Workers did everything, you know, we’d drive tractors…I went on the payroll here [at] 14 years old…driving tractors, plowing the fields…during the summer.” , - Phil Munson, son of Floyd Munson, foreman during the 1940s

, [Captions:] , Ruth Quayle Boone remembers, “We had a big camp down across the road…We had 20 x 14 foot collapsible cabins; we had them built with a privy between each one… I went down and asked the girls [wives of the men who worked for us] if they’d be willing to go over there and pick… Well, they were thrilled to pieces to be able to make a little money.”, The building in front of you was once the home of the ranch foreman and his family. It is comprised of three sections that were pieced together in phases during the 1920s and 30s. It was remodeled in 2008 by the City of San Ramon to become a welcome center and gift shop. , , Forest Home Farm Historic Park is on the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources, The City of San Ramon encourages our residents to enjoy this beautiful park in celebration of our historic past. By acquiring, protecting and maintaining this valuable parkland, the City of San Ramon is preserving for current and future generations natural places where people and other living things can thrive.