A Tale of Two Ojai Families
Nov 20, 2026
Charles Johnson
A Tale of Two Ojai Families
Almost a decade ago a box of letters was received at your Ojai Valley Museum that chronicles the coorespondence between a husband and wife who both grew up in the Ojai Valley but were often apart. The story of two restless families spaning roughly 1870 to 1920 and ranging from New England to Mexico to Southern California can now be told through the words of this couple, their multcultural parents and their progeny as a publication and as an exhibit at the Ojai Valley Museum.