You searched for City|State: arcadia, ca
Showing results 1 to 5 of 5
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ARC_adams-pack-station_Arcadia-CA.html
A Brief History
The barn and two-room bunkhouse/store that were still being utilized at Adams' Pack Station in 2011 were built 75 years earlier by the original owner of what has become the last remaining pack station in southern California.
I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29H2_queen-anne-cottage_Arcadia-CA.html
Constructed by Elias Jackson ('Lucky') Baldwin in 1881. Designed by A.A. Bennett, and intended for entertaining. There being no kitchen, meals were served from the nearby adobe (built by Hugo Reid in 1839) where Baldwin actually lived. Restored an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29H1_santa-anita-depot_Arcadia-CA.html
Constructed about 1890 in Rancho Santa Anita by Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad on its transcontinental main line. Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin donated right-of-way and bricks in exchange for agreement to stop trains, maintain a depot an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AEB_santa-anita-during-world-war-ii_Arcadia-CA.html
Early in 1942 the US government designated Santa Anita Park for special usage during the war years.
Pursuant to Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from March 30, 1942 until October 27, 1942 the facility was used as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZMV_seabiscuit_Arcadia-CA.html
Won 1940 Santa Anita Handicapto become world's greatestmoney winner at that time.Owned byCharles S. Howard1877-1950