ARARA 2025 Conference May 22 - 27, 2025 Visalia, CA
Visalia: Visalia, the county seat of Tulare County, is located roughly half way between Fresno and Bakersfield. See the red arrow below. It has a population of about 150,000 and is surrounded by productive agricultural land. This area was originally settled the Yokuts and Mono Native American tribes. The first written record of the area is from Pedro Fages in 1722. Non-indigenous people settled the area in 1852. Visalia was designated a city in 1874. Visalia has a semi-arid climate. Days are mostly dry and sunny with moderate temperatures. May high temperatures are 81 degrees with an average temperature of 68 degrees. Visalia is an agricultural center (grapes, olives, cotton, citrus, livestock) along with manufacturing and distribution. Much of the rock art is on private land and our local committee is working closely with landowners to get us permission to visit the sites. Source: Wikipedia
Our conference will be hosted at the Visalia Marriott Conference Center. We will have room rates at this location along with other nearby hotels.
We are planning some unique events for this conference. We are hoping to do a large book sale of duplicate items from our archives. We are also planning on an extra day of field trips. Yes three days of trips!!!
Our preliminary agenda is as follows:
Thursday May 22: Rock art documentation workshop/Board meeting/Registration
