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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29OT_historic-pavement_Rancho-Cucamonga-CA.html
Directly to your right are examples of the types of pavements used in California highway building during the early 1900s. This road was originally part of the Old Spanish Trail, used by early California explorers and settlers as a stagecoach a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RTY_cucamonga-service-station_Rancho-Cucamonga-CA.html
The Cucamonga Service Station was built by Henry Klusman in 1915 on the State Route which would 10 years later, be designated as U.S. Route 66. This type and style of station is one of the few remaining that once numbered in the thousands and gree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZU5_red-hill_Rancho-Cucamonga-CA.html
This site sits at the base of the prominent Red Hill Landmark. The early historic importance of the property stems from its proximity to a reliable water source, Cucamonga Creek, and to its location on the major roadway between Los Angeles and San…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY78_tapia-adobe-site_Rancho-Cucamonga-CA.html
In 1839 Governor Juan Alvarado granted the 13,000-acre tract called Cucamonga to Tiburcio Tapia, an ex-soldier who was a prominent merchant and alcalde in Los Angeles. A half-mile west of this marker Tapia, employing Indian laborers, immediately b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YP_bear-gulch_Rancho-Cucamonga-CA.html
In memory of the California Pioneers. Bear Gulch, the home of oso. In 1779,Father Font camped hereon his way to Monterey.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YF_cucamonga-winery_Rancho-Cucamonga-CA.html
Established by Tiburcio Tapia, to whom the Cucamonga Rancho was granted March 3, 1839 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado of Mexico.
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