Templeton Historical Museum Society, Templeton California

Annual Events
May:
		The museum provides tours to third grade children to help fulfill their social studies requirement on the history of the Templeton community. The children get a glimpse of what life was like in the old days through historic real-life displays, photographs and memorabilia.
July:
For several years the museum's Model T has chugged through Templeton's annual Fourth of July parade. The Model T was purchased in the fall of 1925 by members of the Anderson family and has been in Templeton its entire 80+-year life.
In addition to the Model T, in recent years, the society's courting buggy as been driven through the parade by Barbara Meeks, pulled by her national show horse, Donisto. The buggy, originally owned by Charles and Selma Anderson of rural Templeton, was restored and donated to the Templeton Historical Museum Society by Mrs. Lois Rozet. The museum's booth in the park on July 4th provides an opportunity to purchase shirts, visors, coffee mugs, cookbooks and other merchandise.
		By popular demand, a reprint of the 272-page book, The End of the Line, compiled by Al Willhoit with Carla Willhoit and James W. Cook, Jr., made its debut on July 4, 2008, at the museum's booth in the Templeton park. Carla was present to autograph copies following the parade.
The book contains 70 images and tells the history of Templeton through the recollections of more than 130 area families who have lived in the area for generations. When Al, who was very interested in the history of Templeton, died in 1989, the book project was far from complete. His widow, Carla, and her son, Jim Cook, Jr., worked together on Al's collection of Templeton memorabilia to finish the project. The first edition rolled off the presses in 2001. The current edition sells for $25 including sales tax.
November: The annual Founders' Day celebration is to remember the arrival of the first passenger train in Templeton.
During the 2007 Founders' Day, the museum served pie and cider in the warehouse while live music was played outdoors by George Bentley, Jim Stainbrook and Marty Paris.

	At the same time, the Templeton Chamber of Commerce, under the leadership of Robert Rosales, arranged for a display of old farm equipment and antique cars.
In addition "hit-and-miss" engines, food, local books and several booths of handcrafted items were displayed on Main Street.
Templeton Middle School Band; 2006
The weather was perfect, and the attendance was great.