If you spend a lot of time around heritage roses, strange and wonderful things happen to your hats. Alice Flores is an expert on heritage roses. Many varieties of roses were planted in the early years of the town's existence by Daisy MacCallum and her compatriots, and Alice's tour will take you by many of these original bushes.

Marianne Hurley is a district historian who has worked for California State Parks since 2001, after transferring from Caltrans where she was an environmental planner (architectural historian) with District 4 in Oakland. Her field work draws on her background and expertise in American architectural history and historic preservation, the subject areas of her graduate degree from the University of Oregon (M.A., 1998). In addition to private consultation work, she also worked for a preservation architecture firm in San Francisco where she gained valuable experience surveying and researching historic structures.

With an office in Petaluma, her responsibilities include the oversight and preservation planning for historic properties in 32 parks. Geographically, these parks range from Fort Ross in Sonoma County to Angel Island in San Francisco Bay and Robert Lewis Stevenson in Napa County to Mount Diablo in East Contra Costa. Currently she is the project manager for the stabilization of the John Marsh House in Brentwood. Additional responsibilities include oversight for a cultural landscape study at the Vallejo Home in Sonoma, a condition assessment of the adobe at Olompali State Historic Park, and documentation and evaluation of the interiors at Officers' Row on Angel Island. Professional affiliations include the Society of Architectural Historians, Vernacular Architecture Forum, and the Association for Preservation Technology. Marianne has also contributed several chapters of a soon-to-be published guide to architecture in the nine Bay Area counties.

Keith White Wolf James is a tribal member of the Manchester/Pt. Arena Band of Pomo Indians, and is currently working as the Native American Educator for the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah. White Wolf is an experienced storyteller, lecturer, and museum curator who has worked as a consultant on museum projects such as Journey of the Frolic; Masters of the Art of Basketry; Remember Your Relations: The Elsie Allen Baskets, Family & Friends; Pomo Indian Basket Weavers: Their Baskets and the Art Market; and most recently (2004) curated the groundbreaking exhibition Games of Skill, Power & Chance in Native California. White Wolf is also a past intern with the National Museum of the American Indian, a teacher for the "Indian Life" program at the Oakland Museum of California, and a graduate student in the Museum Studies Program at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley. He lives in Ukiah with his life partner Miriam, their two dogs (Daisy and Cochi), and a parakeet named Buddy.

Martin Simpson has served on the Board of Directors of Kelley House for seven years. He also serves as a member of the Archives Committee where his responsibilities include collections management, accessioning artifacts, documents and photographs and historical research. He is responsible for conception, installation and promotion of permanent, new and visiting exhibits as the Exhibits Coordinator. He also works with the Educational Coordinator to develop programs to involve students in developing an interest in local history. Martin is also a member of the Mendocino Historic Review Board.

A second hobby is collecting, caring for and educating others about reptiles. He also has a background in fossil preparation. When not busy with history and snakes, Martin owns his own fire prevention franchise that maintains fire surpressant equipment.

Throwing caution to the wind, I ended up pursuing what really interested me in in college--namely Anthropology. I got my B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State University, focusing on the field of archaeology. It hardly seemed a pragmatic choice. Yet somehow I've turned my abiding fascination into a carreer as a professional archaeologist. I've been working in California and Belize for the past 27 years. For much of that time I've worked as a private consultant. I also worked for 2 years at the California Office of Historic Preservation and for 14 years carrying out historical archaeological studies for Caltrans. I bought property in Westport some time ago and finally moved here10 years ago. Since then I've done many archaeological studies up and down the Mendocino Coast. I also taught a class on archaeology at the Fort Bragg campus of the College of the Redwoods. I'd like to tell you why I'm passionate about preserving our shared archaeological heritage and how we all benefit from uncovering what I call "deep history." By that I'm referring to the stories that are written into the landscapes and archaeological sites of our area. Those largely invisible remains are a fragile and nonrenewable community resource. They hold uniquely intimate portraits of the past that cannot be recovered in any other way.