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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJE_san-juan-pacific-railway-historical_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
The San Juan Pacific Railway was incorporated May 4, 1907, becoming the California Central Railroad in 1912. Some of the locals referred to it as The San Juan Terrific. Built to haul the expected large quantities of Portland cement from the Old Mi…
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English: Possibly the First Log Cabin in California Originally located 1.5 miles southeast on Mission Vineyard Ranch, this cabin type was unusual in 1830 California. A skilled American carpenter hand split and trimmed the redwood slabs with a br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QY1_town-jail_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
English: Holding Cell for Drunks and Petty Offenders Sheriffs transported law breakers to Monterey or Hollister until 1870. Then the town built a jail for minor violators. Originally located on 4th Street, this simple building served the town un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K7N_castro-breen-adobe-and-plaza-hotel_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
The Castro/Breen adobe is associated with the early development and settlement of Mexican California. The adobe is an excellent example of blended eastern and western building methods first produced in Monterey to form the Monterey Colonial archit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K5Z_progress-becomes-history_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
English: Residents Built and Destroyed on this Corner The first permanent structures here were the adobe apartments for the Mission military families. In 1856, a wooden Wells Fargo Express Office replaced the adobe ruins. Express mail and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16M1_marentis-house_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
Marentis HouseHas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior1873
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16LZ_campo-santo_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
"On October 24, 1839, I blessed the Campo Santo Nuevo (New Cemetery, which because the cemetery adjoining the church could no more bodies, was laid out away from the church)."Fr. Antonio Anzar A part of Rancho de San Antonio, granted to Manuel …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16LY_patrick-and-margaret-breen_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
In MemoriamPatrick and Margaret BreenThese pioneers left county Carlow, Ireland, in 1828. By 1845 they were owners of a farm in Iowa Territory. Heading westward again, they joined the Donnor (sic) Party, whose heroic struggles to survive the wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16LX_san-juan-bautista-ww-ii-veterans_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
DedicationIn memory of theSan Juan Bautista areaWW II veteranswho gave their livesso we all could be freePvt. Leslie Garratt · Lt. Gene Cullumber · Lt. David Phillips · Pfc. Raymond Acuna · Pfc. Guy Rider · S/Sgt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16KU_fremont-peak-memorial_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
The American flag was first raised on California soil March 4, 1846 on this spot byGeneral John C. Fremont
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