HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – All are welcome to Stone House Historical Society’s presentation of the history of Rabbit Hill Nature Sanctuary on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

The presentation will begin  at 10 a.m. at 18174 Hidden Valley Road in Hidden Valley Lake.

Speakers include Middletown resident Dee Groves, niece of Hugo “Huck” Hamann who, with his wife Juanita “Skee” Hamann, lived on Rabbit Hill in Middletown until their deaths in 1975 and 1983 respectively.  

Their property, a 10-acre serpentine outcropping at 21281 Steward St. in Middletown, was developed as a nature preserve by the Hamanns and left to the Madrone Audubon Society in Napa. In 1999, it was deeded to Lake County Land Trust.

Susanne La Faver of Hidden Valley Lake transcribed Rabbit Hill’s oral history for the land trust and will speak of the endearing relationship the Hamanns had with Middletown children.

Botany, classical music, Scrabble, hiking and skiing are just some of the activities children enjoyed with the Hamanns.

In his lapidary on Rabbit Hill, Huck Hamann made gem stone rings for incoming kindergartens at the local school.

Also, Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association President Roberta Lyons, Lower Lake, and Board Member Anna McAtee, Hidden Valley Lake, will report on efforts to keep Anderson Marsh State Historical Park in Lower Lake open and available to Lake County residents.

Docent tours of Stone House Museum are the second Saturday of each month. October’s tours are Oct. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors enter via Hartmann Road gate.

The Stone House Historical Society meets the first Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. in the activities center next to Hidden Valley Lake Association offices.

All are welcome. Refreshments are served.

Dues for membership are $5 per person. See www.lakecountystonehouse.com .