AL SMITH DAY,SUNDAY APRIL 13,2008
THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE HAS THIS ANNUAL EVENT HELD
AT THE SWANTON PACIFIC RANCH IN DAVENPORT CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE STEAM ENGINES, A DIESEL ENGINE, A CRANE CAR THE
ROUNDHOUSE AND TURNTABLE, THE MACHINE SHOP AND HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY.
THE RANCH IS 3,200 ACRES AND WAS LEFT BY AL SMITH IN 1993.
SMITH EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CROP SCIENCE IN 1944 AND A MASTER' IN AGRICULTURE EDUCATION IN 1956 AT CAL POLY