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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JOO_east-auburn-bell-tower_Auburn-CA.html
Erected 1902
"Rattlers"
1988
Plaque donated by
Mother Lode Savings Bank
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A34_mountain-quarries-railroad-bridge_Auburn-CA.html
The Mountain Quarries Railroad Bridge, also known a "No Hands Bridge", was completed on March 23, 1912. At the time of its construction the span bore the distinction of being one of the largest reinforced concrete railroad bridges in the United St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2Z_mountain-quarries-railroad-bridge_Auburn-CA.html
In 1910, the Mountain Quarries Company contracted for the construction of a railroad bridge over the North Fork of the American River to haul limestone from their upstream quarry. The bridge and 17 wooden trestles were part of Mountain Quarries Ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0A_auburn-iron-works_Auburn-CA.html
The Central Pacific Railroad reached Auburn in 1865. This site has been a blacksmithing shop since shortly thereafter. In 1890 it became known as Auburn Iron Works. Blacksmithing, one of the most valuable trades in the foothills, provided services…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A09_auburn-drug-company_Auburn-CA.html
An old fashioned drugstore down to the vintage marble soda fountain, Auburn Drug Company was established in 1896 by James T. Gibson. It was first located on the upper left side of Railroad Street (now Lincoln Way), just below Freeman Hotel. It was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A05_auburn-native-sons-hall_Auburn-CA.html
Rebuilt in 1860 after a fire, George Willment resumed his mercantile business on the lower floor of this new fireproof building. The second floor was added at this time which was owned and operated by the Eureka Lodge #16 F&AM. In 1871, Willment s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A04_olivers_Auburn-CA.html
In 1889 Walter Gaffett set up a powder factory which was part of the Giant Powder Company from the Bay Area. It's reported that 22 people died from explosions by 1917 when the factory was dismantled. This building originally was the company store.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11NN_the-tsuda-grocery_Auburn-CA.html
Katsuichi and Tomo Tsuda of Hiroshima, Japan established the K. Tsuda General Merchandise in 1918. That original store was located at 135 Sacramento Street, about one block east of this location. The business continued to operate at that site unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM113P_first-transcontinental-railroad_Auburn-CA.html
After an eleven-month delay due to political opposition and lack of money, Central Pacific tracks reached Auburn May 13, 1865, and regualr service began. Government loans became available when the railroad completed its first 40 miles, four miles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZPL_the-historic-cooper-amphitheater_Auburn-CA.html
Kiosk Side A:Creating Jobs and Building CommunityIt started as an "unsightly maze and tangle of briars, brush and junk"? It became "one of the finest open air amphitheaters in northern California?Beautiful in its simplicity and beautiful in magnit…