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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Vivian Obern Papers cover the efforts made by organizers and participants to recreate the expedition by Juan Bautista de Anza and his party of 240 settlers from northern Mexico to northern California in 1776. The first reenactment took place during the American Bicentennial in 1976. Vie Obern was instrumental in organizing riders from Santa Barbara to ride in the event, and she corresponded with many landowners to obtain permission for the riders to pass through properties up and down...