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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V97_ibis-desert-training-camp_Needles-CA.html
Too much to print, but can be seen in the photo.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6M_national-old-trails_Needles-CA.html
This bridge marks the site where the National Old Trails Highway later Highway 66 crossed the Colorado River. It links the Mojave Indian lands visited by Father Garces in 1776. Near this location the American Explorer, Jedediah Smith and his band …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBR_the-story-of-route-66_Needles-CA.html
[ Six panels are mounted on a half-moon base which tell The Story of Route 66 ]. Reading from left to right:
[ Panel 1: ]The Story of Route 66Commissioned in 1926 and soon dubbed "The Mother Road," Route 66 was a great asphalt river linking Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBQ_needles-el-garces-train-station_Needles-CA.html
Formerly one of the grandest Harvey House Hotel, Restaurant & Santa Fe Train Stations. The hotel and restaurant were open from 1908 to 1949. The train station closed in 1988.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program as a site worth …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJN6_von-schmidt-state-boundary-monument_Needles-CA.html
This marker commemorates the iron column erected in 1876 at the southernmost tip of the boundary survey line run by Allexey W. Von Schmidt, U. S. astronomer and surveyor. The line dividing Nevada and California was based on preliminary geodetic wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJN5_von-schmidt-state-boundary-monument_Needles-CA.html
This boundary monument, a cast iron column erected in 1873, marks the southern terminus of the California - Nevada State Boundary established by A. W. Von Schmidt's 1872 - 73 survey. Von Schmidt's line, the first officially recognized oblique stat…