60-573: Timber School was the first school in Newbury Park, California when established in 1889. and the current 1924 reconstructed Timber School is the oldest remaining school in the City of Thousand Oaks . It is also the oldest remaining public building in the Conejo Valley . The original Timber School was demolished in 1925, but the current building had already been erected a year before, immediately in front of
120-517: A feud with the would-be developers. Between 1950 and 1970, the Conejo Valley experienced a population boom, and increased its population from 3,000 to 30,000. Many Newbury Park residents did not want to be part of Thousand Oaks, and many residents fought to stop the incorporation in fear of losing the Newbury Park identity. Newbury Park had made failed attempts at creating its own municipality in
180-648: A great impact on his health, and he wrote to his sister Kittie in Michigan on November 23, 1874: «take wings and come to Conejo and enjoy our warm bright days all winter... be outdoors instead of confined indoors... I am out all the time and our drives now are just lovely with the country all turning green. The birds stay around our house in flocks all the time... Our roads to the ranch are splendid and they lie through beautiful canyons and large groves of live and white oak and sycamore, then into an open valley with slopes and surrounding hills covered with evergreen oaks...» . As
240-597: A health resort. It is well fifteen miles from Port Hueneme. The soil is immensely fertile, producing large crops of wheat and other grain...» . Before Newbury Park existed, the Grand Union Hotel provided a stopover for travelers that dates back to 1876. The hotel was operated as a health- and pleasure resort, and provided a rest stop for stagecoach passengers and a gathering place for residents in Newbury Park. The Conejo Valley pioneers were living in rugged individualism , where travelers had to make their journey over
300-564: A result of the increasing interest in the developing Conejo Valley, Newbury functioned as a public relations representative for the Conejo Valley. On December 25, 1875, E.S. Newbury wrote in the largest newspaper in Ventura County at the time, the Ventura Signal , the following words about Newbury Park: «Next to Ojai and Santa Ana ranchos, the Conejo mountain valley has the best reputation as
360-515: A rustic retreat. One of the male members of the New York Rothschilds built a large home by Ventu Park and lived in relative seclusion here in the 1940s. Prior to the 1960s, Newbury Park was never incorporated as its own city or municipality, it was unincorporated areas of Ventura County with little development. During the 1950s there were speculations persisting that Ventura County officials refused to allow Newbury Park to expand because of
420-600: A significantly more rural community which includes for equestrian areas. The recreational areas accessible from U.S. Highway 101 include the Los Padres and Angeles National Forests . Being located less than six miles from the Los Angeles County line, Newbury Park is in the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. Newbury Park is both a benefactor and a victim of the modern-day freeway development. It
480-773: Is Chumash for "the bluffs", was the name of a nearby village by the Big Sycamore Canyon . The canyon was a popular trading route for the Chumash and Tongva people , connecting the Conejo Valley to Mugu Lagoon through the Santa Monica Mountains. Satwiwa is now protected as a part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. But the remains of two other Chumash villages are located on private lands by Ventu Park Road. These are known as CA-Ven-65, CA-Ven-261, and CA-Ven-260 near
540-457: Is City of Thousand Oaks Landmark No. 12, along with the nearby 1948 Auditorium, and Ventura County Historical Landmark No. 166. The original 19th-century bell tower can still be seen at its original site, while the bell itself is placed on a monument stand at Cypress Elementary School. An authentic replica of the 1888 schoolhouse is located next to the Stagecoach Inn , along with a replica of
600-562: Is a planned community, which originally solely functioned as a bedroom community . In recent times, however, Newbury Park has attracted numerous high-tech industries, keeping many of its former commuters home. Newbury Park has three freeway exits on U.S. Route 101 (the Ventura Freeway ). It can also be reached by crossing through the Santa Monica Mountains from the coast. The main road (Potrero Road) through Hidden Valley leads into Newbury Park. There are numerous trailheads including one into
660-471: Is a school district in Ventura County, California . The district serves the Conejo Valley area, including the city of Thousand Oaks , and its neighborhood of Newbury Park , as well as the census-designated places of Casa Conejo and Lake Sherwood . It also includes Ventu Park . The City of Thousand Oaks includes the Ventura County portions of the master planned community of Westlake Village (while
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#1733093603439720-569: Is identified as a sacred site for the Chumash, and nearby Satwiwa is frequently used by the Chumash Barbareño-Ventureño Band of Mission Indians for private events, such as traditional dances and sacred ceremonies. When the Europeans first arrived in the Conejo Valley, they pressed plow to furrow and fields to barley and wheat. Newbury Park is named after its founder, Egbert Starr Newbury , who owned thousands of acres of land in
780-620: Is located in Southern California around 8 miles (13 km) from the Pacific Ocean and has a mild year-round climate, scenic mountains, and environmental preservation. About 28,000 residents of Thousand Oaks reside in Newbury Park. Newbury Park makes up around 40 percent of the total land area of Thousand Oaks. Lying within the Conejo Valley in the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area , Newbury Park abuts
840-554: Is vacant, awaiting planned development. In the meantime, it has attracted vandalism and needed to be boarded up following a Fire Protection District inspection that yielded four fire code violations. On July 13, 2004, the Thousand Oaks City Council voted unanimously to make the Timber School City Landmark No. 12. A replica of the original 1889 school was completed in 1994 and is located at the grounds of
900-458: Is why Newbury Park has its name today. Newbury Park was a more established and older community than Thousand Oaks at the beginning of the 20th century. In the early 20th century, Newbury Park had a few ranches and stores, wedged between Borchard lands to the south and Friedrich land on the north. During the 1940s, Ventu Park behind Newbury Park's main street became a 500-acre real estate development. Lots sold to movie stars and others seeking
960-816: The Arroyo Conejo , at Rancho Sierra Vista, and particularly in the Santa Monica Mountains. The Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center and the Stagecoach Inn Museum in Newbury Park have displays based on some of these finds, as does the Chumash Indian Museum in Thousand Oaks. In partnership with Friends of Satwiwa, in 1978 the National Park Service began talks of developing the current Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center and Natural Area. Boney Mountain in southern Newbury Park
1020-528: The Conejo Grade or Norwegian Grade to reach Camarillo where they could buy groceries. Newbury Park was an older settlement than Thousand Oaks, where people had settled wedged between Borchard lands on the south and Friedrich land on the north. The residents of the Conejo Valley had to travel to Oxnard for high school, burials or for marriages. As inhabitants of the valley had to travel to San Buenaventura (Ventura, CA) to get their mail, E.S. Newbury took
1080-575: The San Fernando and Simi Valleys , the temperature remains temperate year-long in Newbury Park. The region has a mild, year-round Mediterranean climate or Dry-Summer Subtropical zone climate, with warm, sunny, dry summers and cool, rainy winters. Vegetation is typical of Mediterranean environments, with chaparral and grasses on the hillsides and numerous western valley oaks. Its elevation ranges from about 500 to 1,100 feet (150 to 340 m) (excluding hills). The area has slightly cooler temperatures than
1140-620: The Santa Monica Mountains . It is approximately 35 miles (56 km) from Downtown Los Angeles and less than 7 mi (11 km) from the Los Angeles County border in Westlake Village . The closest coastal city is neighboring Malibu which may be reached through winding roads, a bike path, or hiking trails crossing the Santa Monica Mountains. It makes up all of ZIP code 91320, and is within area code 805 . Timberville
1200-402: The 13-inch high bell. Notable former students include Reba Hays Jeffries , H. Allen Hays, Adolph Friedrich Jr., Ed Borchard Jr., Donald Haigh, Casper Borchard Jr., Simon Hays, Fred Kelley, Oscar Olsen, and Florence Hampton. Until its establishment in 1889, students of Timberville (now Newbury Park, California ) attended classes at the Grand Union Hotel , located a few hundred yards east from
1260-606: The 1960s. CVUSD has the following schools. Los Cerritos Middle School (LCMS) was named a Blue Ribbon School in 2004. In 2010, the Los Cerritos Middle School Jazz Band became the first Ventura County school band to perform at the Midwest Band Clinic , an international band and orchestra conference that is held annually in Chicago. According to school representatives, the invitation is the highest honor
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#17330936034391320-627: The Conejo Valley and later became the first postmaster. E.S. Newbury, Howard Mills, and John Edwards were among the first to buy former Rancho El Conejo land in the early 1870s. El Rancho Conejo was an area which today encompasses most of the Conejo Valley and was named for its many rabbits. Its name derives from a Spanish land grant in California, encouraged by the Spanish- and Mexican governments. Newbury and his wife Fannie moved to California from Michigan of health reasons in 1871. He later became
1380-549: The Los Angeles County side incorporated as the City of Westlake Village ). The Conejo Valley Unified School District was established in 1974 from the merger of three school districts covering the Conejo Valley , including two elementary districts and the eastern portion of the Oxnard Union High School District (OUHSD). Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park high schools predate unification, having been built by OUHSD in
1440-654: The Newbury Park horizon from almost any angle. Newbury Park is bounded by Malibu Coast AVA in the south, home of wineries such as SIP Malibu Grapes, Cornell Winery, and Malibu Family Wines. Some of the natural hazards include wildfires, earthquakes, heat waves , droughts, landslides and erosion. The Conejo Valley is relatively often the victim of earthquakes, including the major 1994 Northridge earthquake . Along with most of Southern California , droughts are prevalent. The major drought of 1876–1878, with only six inches of rain in thirty months, devastated Newbury Park and forced its founder, Egbert Starr Newbury, to leave
1500-422: The Santa Monica Mountains that leads to the coast. There are also trailheads to Wildwood Regional Park with trails to other portions of Thousand Oaks and Moorpark . The unincorporated county islands of Casa Conejo, Ventu Park and Kelley Estates are within Newbury Park. Street sign colors vary from unincorporated areas and areas incorporated into Thousand Oaks. While the Conejo Valley is generally cooler than
1560-462: The Stagecoach Inn Museum. In June 2023, MBK Rental Living announced it has purchased the 7.1-acre site for the development of a 218-unit luxury multifamily community. The project is a joint venture between MBK and Prime Life Technologies Corp . , a Japan-based homebuilding company. The co-developers plan to break ground in Summer 2024, with the opening expected in late 2026. Upon completion, 12 percent of
1620-524: The area's growth by establishing a maximum number of buildable units) from the Thousand Oaks City Council. The plan incorporates both the schoolhouse and auditorium as administrative offices and community rooms. Council members remarked that the development would provide "needed housing" and hoped it might be able to lower rents. However, nearby residents have expressed disapproval of the current plan, citing parking issues, view-obstruction, and
1680-527: The area. The Hill Fire and Woolsey Fire were separate fires which began within 23 minutes of one another on November 8, 2018. Both threatened many homes in Newbury Park, and while the Hill Fire was contained fairly quickly, the Woolsey fire rapidly got worse and destroyed large areas of southern California. Most of Newbury Park was evacuated for 2–3 days during these fires. Local schools were closed for 2 weeks, for
1740-440: The area. Two large fires have seriously threatened Newbury Park in recent years. The Springs Fire started just west of Newbury Park, right off the U.S. 101 freeway, on May 2, 2013. It burned large portions of many of the hills and mountains surrounding the town, but no structures were lost in Newbury Park due to aggressive firefighting efforts. This fire was extinguished four days later, thanks to an unusual rainstorm falling in
1800-510: The base of the Conejo Grade by westernmost Newbury Park, and Kayɨwɨš or Kayiwish (Kawyis) (CA-Ven-243), also near the Conejo Grade. This region contains numerous pictographs . The Newbury Park area contains many ancient burial sites, most near the Santa Monica Mountains in the southern portion of the community. Many burial items have been discovered in the area, most notably by Rancho Sierra Vista in southern Newbury Park. Satwiwa, which
1860-399: The cityhood supporters were required to collect signatures from owners who represented 29% of the land area in Newbury Park. As the efforts collected signatures from 29% of registered voters, and not Newbury Park landowners, the petition never appeared on the ballot. Reba M.H. Jeffries was one of several opponents to the idea of annexation when it was first proposed in 1967. Jeffries feared for
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1920-405: The community. A number of businesses can for instance be found on Newbury Road, which is named after Egbert Starr Newbury, the founder of Newbury Park. The industrial area is centered around Rancho Conejo in northern Newbury Park, where corporations such as Amgen, Anthem Blue Cross , DesignworksUSA and Shire (formerly Baxalta ) are located. The prominent 2,880 ft. Boney Mountain dominates
1980-588: The early 1960s, not only to create its own city, but to also remain independent of Thousand Oaks. A 1963 attempt at a cityhood election failed when the Janss's Rancho Conejo Industrial Park and the Talley Corporation refused to join the efforts. Activist Reba Hays Jeffries of the Stagecoach Inn had a different explanation for interviewers when addressing why efforts at an independent municipality failed. She claimed
2040-401: The east and the Conejo Grade on the west. It borders the Santa Monica Mountains in the south, while Hill Canyon and the ridges of Conejo Canyons Open Space make up its northernmost area. It has an average elevation of 628 feet (191 m) above sea level, and is situated 12 miles (19 km) from the Pacific Ocean. Newbury Park is 42 miles (68 km) west of Los Angeles. It is situated in
2100-483: The fieldhouse in Newbury Park. At CA-Ven-261 is an ancient Chumash burial site, which suggests that the village existed here for a considerable time. The Ventureño Chumash initially settled in the west end of the Santa Monica Mountains because of the abundant food supply. Roots, berries, seeds, bulbs, acorns and walnuts were plentiful in the region, and a variety of wildlife including birds, deer and squirrels made for good hunting. Shellfish and fish were transported from
2160-403: The film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World were filmed ) and Dos Vientos Ranch . The first planned community in Newbury Park was Casa Conejo, located in a roughly square-shaped unincorporated area. Newbury Park can be described as a town, community, or section mostly within the Thousand Oaks city limits in addition to rural areas west of Thousand Oaks. Newbury Park is bordered by Lynn Road in
2220-541: The first postmaster in the Conejo Valley in 1875. The post office was near their house which was located at the current location of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza . E.S. Newbury purchased 2,200 acres of land in 1874, which stretched from today's old town Thousand Oaks and into Hidden Valley in southern Newbury Park. In the 1870s, Egbert S. Newbury and his wife Fannie moved full-time to their ranch in Conejo Valley which they named "Newbury Park" because
2280-507: The identity of Newbury Park and was quoted in an interview saying: "It's a shame that the Thousand Oaks personality is overpowering to the extent that Newbury Park is losing its large ranches and freedom." Jeffries was also opposed to the proposition to demolish the Stagecoach Inn in 1964, and fought to keep the Newbury Park Post Office in town. The City of Thousand Oaks was formally established on September 29, 1964, and throughout
2340-539: The initiative to establish a local post office and applied to Washington, D.C. On July 16, 1875, the Newbury Park Post Office was established with E.S. Newbury as its first postmaster. The Conejo School District was established in March 1877. At the time, the population was 126 in the Conejo Valley. E.S. Newbury and other residents of the Conejo Valley were unprepared for the 1876–78 drought. There were only six inches of rain in 30 months. The drought devastated Newbury Park and
2400-476: The land looked so much like a park community. It consisted of his house, barn, and a guest house for visitors to "enjoy the healthful climate", according to E.S. Newbury. The area was remote and only five families lived in the Conejo Valley at the time, all on large ranch lands. The ranches were miles apart and there were no grocery stores, medical facilities, schools, or churches in the valley. Newbury had acres of wheat and owned thousands of sheep. The weather had
2460-498: The late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, most Newbury Park land was annexed by the City of Thousand Oaks. The annexed area was formerly controlled by Ventura County, but as of 2016, all but Casa Conejo and Ventu Park is within Thousand Oaks city limits. Together with Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park was part of a master planned community by the Janss Investment Company . Newbury Park has had an increasing population due to
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2520-539: The lore about the Paleo-Indians , who are believed by some to be the distant ancestors of the Chumash. Mammoth fossils were unearthed in Newbury Park in 1961 and later in 1971. They are on display at the Stagecoach Inn Museum . The Newbury Park area is believed to have been inhabited by people of the Chumash culture for at least the past 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, or perhaps 10,000 years. The Newbury Park area
2580-488: The nearby Mugu Lagoon across the Santa Monicas. The abundance of jackrabbits and other rabbit species were hunted widely for fur and meat. At one point, the Chumash here gathered a group of 27 men and killed hundreds of rabbits during a rabbit round-up, which was a significant event of late summers in the Conejo Valley. Various Chumash artifacts from these older settlements, along with petroglyphs , have been found along
2640-457: The old schoolhouse. The current Timber School House was designed in Mission Revival architectural style by Roy C. Wilson , Ventura County's first licensed architect. It is the former site of Conejo Valley High School which moved following the site's 2015 sale to Daylight Thousand Oaks, LLC, a developer, for $ 8.9 million. It is located at the southeast corner of Kelley- and Newbury Roads . It
2700-601: The presence of biotechnology firms and technology corporations, such as Amgen (world headquarters) and Baxter , and other high-technology corporations. President George W. Bush visited the Newbury Park High School and the Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center in 2003. The community contains two major new residential areas, Rancho Conejo Village (built on the site of the former Rancho Conejo Airport, where portions of
2760-406: The project's density. Currently, the developer is in the process of writing and submitting a formal application for the development. Newbury Park, California Newbury Park is a populated place in Ventura County, California , United States. Most of it lies within the western Thousand Oaks city limits, while unincorporated areas include Casa Conejo and Ventu Park . The town
2820-532: The purpose of repair of smoke damage. No structures in Newbury Park were lost, partially due to aggressive firefighting, and also due to previous burn from the 2013 Springs Fire stopping the spread in that direction. These fires started just 15 hours after the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill , thus making it the most difficult day in the city's history. Conejo Valley Unified School District The Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD)
2880-538: The schoolhouse. The school drew its student body mainly from Newbury Park farms, and children reached the school on foot, horseback, or by wagon. It was originally constructed on land that belonged to Cecil Arthur Entwisle Haigh, the owner of the Grand Union Hotel. In December 1888, Haigh sold two acres of his land for a new school, at the present day corner of Kelley and Newbury Roads. The school had one large classroom and two smaller rooms used as cloakrooms. The school
2940-446: The southeastern corner of Ventura County, between the Santa Monica Mountains to the south, and protected nature areas such as Wildwood Regional Park to the north. Thousand Oaks proper is to the east and the city of Camarillo is down the Conejo Grade to the west. Newbury Park is made up of ZIP code 91320; however, certain post office boxes by Newbury Road use ZIP code 91319. Compared to eastern part of Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park remains
3000-414: The surrounding areas, as it receives cooler air from the ocean through various hill and mountain passes. Annual rainfall averages about ten inches in Newbury Park, while the humidity averages 52 percent. The temperature ranges from 55 to 77 degrees, and tends to be cooler than in neighboring Thousand Oaks. There are typically at least a few days per year with lows below freezing, occasionally falling into
3060-493: The units will be designated as affordable. In 2015, the developer, Daylight Thousand Oaks LLC, purchased the 10-acre (4.0 ha) site from Conejo Valley Unified School District for $ 8.9 million. After submitting and withdrawing a plan containing "two hotels and restaurants", the developer submitted a plan containing 210 apartments (26 designated affordable) and a 120-room hotel in mid-2019 and won pre-approval and residential unit allocation under 1996's Measure E (which restricts
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#17330936034393120-422: The upper 20s. On February 21, 2019, snow fell on the peak of Boney Mountain . Snow falls on the mountain approximately once every 10 years, previously occurring on December 17, 2008. The physiography consists of prominent knolls, open vistas, surrounding mountains, and native oak woodland. It is characterized by its many rolling green hills. Businesses are centered on both sides of Ventura Freeway, which bisects
3180-609: The valley continued to grow, additional classrooms were needed and an auditorium was constructed in 1949. In 1970, new schools like Maple Elementary opened under the Timber School District. In July 1974, Timber School District joined with nearby school districts to form the Conejo Valley Unified School District . The Timber School has been used for district offices and later the Conejo Valley continuation high school, Conejo Valley High School. Currently, it
3240-518: The valley. With no rain, the crops died and natural grasses as well, which were food for the ranchers' sheep. Egbert went bankrupt and decided to move with his family in 1877, and rode with his wagon and family back to Michigan where he ultimately settled in Detroit . On September 28, 1878, the land Egbert once called "Newbury Park" was sold at a sheriff's sale. The post office remained its original name, despite having moved from its original destination, which
3300-476: Was a 19th-century name for Newbury Park. Newbury Park is named after Egbert Starr Newbury , the founder of Newbury Park, who was also the first postmaster in the Conejo Valley in 1875. Egbert Starr Newbury called his ranch here "Newbury Park", which became the name for the entire town. Newbury had purchased 2200 acres of a former rancho in the Conejo Valley, but he and his family lived there for only six years. They returned to Michigan in 1877 because he
3360-475: Was condemned in 1921, and the Timber School Board of Trustees searched for funds to construct a bigger schoolhouse. Distinguished architect Roy C. Wilson of Santa Paula was selected to design the new structure. The new school, constructed in concrete, was completed in the fall of 1924. The original Timber School, located right behind the new one, was demolished and sold as lumber in 1925. As the population of
3420-402: Was equipped with slate blackboards and coal oil lamps. The schoolhouse was also used for church services. A wood stove provided heat. Miss Moster, the school's first teacher, taught approximately 35 students and was paid $ 40 per month. Besides being used for educational purposes and church services, the school was used for May Day celebrations, wedding ceremonies, and picnics. The original school
3480-491: Was forced into bankruptcy due to crop and livestock losses after a protracted drought. The Newbury Park Post Office has operated at numerous sites, but the Newbury Park name has survived, even though much of the area was incorporated into the city of Thousand Oaks. Newbury had chosen the name "Newbury Park" for the US post office, as he felt the area looked like a park. Anthropologist John P. Harrington wrote, c. 1900, what he
3540-533: Was previously the site of three Chumash villages: Satwiwa by the southern edge of town, and two villages located near today's Ventu Park Road. These villages were settled 2,000 years ago, and had a population of 100–200 inhabitants in each village. In addition, a large Chumash village was located just north of what is now known as Wildwood Regional Park in the Arroyo Conejo Open Space. Other nearby villages include Lalimanux (Lalimanuc or Lalimanuh) at
3600-500: Was told by the local Chumash people: Early one morning in 9080 B.C., the ancestral grandfather from whom I took my name, headed west on one of his most adventurous hunting trips ever... As the group climbed Old Boney , they looked back to the north and could see the pleasant openings of the Conejo and Hidden Valleys. There, there appeared to be good grazing ground for the mammoth herd and they proceeded thence. This story may be related to
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