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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EO7_latino-blood-american-hearts_Los-Angeles-CA.html
This site is dedicated to the Latino-American Heroes who received the Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for bravery. For love of country, they performed above and beyond the call of duty.Heroes y compatriotas, con orgullo y …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M9_machine-shop_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The Machine Shop is a one-and-a-half story building that was built on Main Street around 1910. It is located on the site of what is believed to have been the stables of Doria Deighton Jones' adobe home which was torn down in 1886, and was built by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M8_main-street_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Main Street is one of the oldest streets in Los Angeles. Originally called by its Spanish name, Calle Principal, it was included in the first survey map of Los Angeles, drawn by Lt. E. O. C. Ord in 1849. The street ran from south of First Street t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M7_jones-building_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Doria Deighton Jones was the widow of wealthy industrial John Jones who died in 1876. The Jones family formerly lived in a large adobe home which was torn down in 1886 when Bath Street was widened and made an extension of Main Street. Doria had at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14MJ_bella-union-hotel-site_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Near this spot stood the Bella Union Hotel, long a social and political center. Here, on October 7, 1858, the first Butterfield Overland Mail stage from the East arrived 21 days after leaving St. Louis. Warren Hall was the driver, and Waterman Orm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149T_portola-trail_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Spanish colonization of California began in 1769 with the expedition of Don Gaspar de Portol? from Mexico. With Captain Don Fernando Rivera v Moncada, Lieutenant Don Pedro Fages, Sgt. Jos? Francisco Ortega, and Fathers Juan Cresp? and Francisco G?…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11EJ_first-mayor-of-los-angeles-under-united-states-rule_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The Founders of the City of Los Angeles: Vanegas, Quintero, Rodriguez, Villavicencio, Navarro, Rosas, Camero, Rosas, Moreno, Mesa, Before 1850, the chief executive of the pueblo was the alcalde, who sat on the ayuntamiento (council) and served as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM114J_the-old-spanish-trail_Los-Angeles-CA.html
This plaque marks the end of the Old Spanish Trail, an historic pack trail from Santa Fe to the Pueblo of Los Angeles. This trail was used by Mexican traders who brought woolen goods from New Mexico to trade for highly prized California mules and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111P_biscailuz-building_Los-Angeles-CA.html
This building, located on the site of the Juan Sepulveda adobe, was designed as the United Methodist Church Conference Headquarters and the Plaza Community Center. Today it serves as the Consulate-General of Mexico. In 1968, the building was re-na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111M_damien-marchessault_Los-Angeles-CA.html
This street is named for Damien Marchessault, a French Canadian, who served twice as mayor of Los Angeles - from 1859-1860 and again from 1861-1865. During his terms in office, the Plaza Church was rebuilt and the City Gas Company was organized. M…