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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SBQ_still-on-patrol_San-Leandro-CA.html
Three monuments honor the submarines and their crews lost during the Second World War:
U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 officers and 3121 men are on board these 52 U.S. Submarines still on "…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CXV_filtration-basins_San-Leandro-CA.html
Public outcry led Oakland councilman George Pardee, who later became Governor of California, to campaign Contra Costa Water Company for a clean reliable water system. The Hyatt filters were installed, along with pump houses and filtration basins, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CXS_roots-from-another-land_San-Leandro-CA.html
Many of the trees surrounding you have foreign roots, each with its own tale. In 1868 the Hayward Journal described Chabot's plans to encircle the reservoir with "walnut, hickory nuts, butternuts, and other eastern and foreign nut trees." These tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CXR_giant-water-filters_San-Leandro-CA.html
The giant drums in front of you were designed and built in 1888 as part of the filtration plant that processed water from Lake Chabot. Water was forced through these sand filters to remove impurities. Named after the engineer who designed them, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111L_masonic-temple-building_San-Leandro-CA.html
The Masonic Temple Building was dedicated on April 15, 1910 and still serves as the home of Eden Lodge #113 of the Freemasons. The Eden Lodge was instituted in San Leandro in 1857, the first fraternal order established here. This three-story two-p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111K_masonic-temple_San-Leandro-CA.html
On August 21, 1909, the cornerstone (containing the lists of the Grand Officers and past Masters of Eden Lodge, documents relating to the new temple, copies of local newspapers, old coins and a Bible that had been carried by John Hamilton through …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111F_historic-best-building_San-Leandro-CA.html
The Best Building is a significant example of commercial architecture in San Leandro and the only San Leandro Plaza building remaining from the early decades of the 20th century. As a manufacturer and inventor, Daniel Best had already contributed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML07_estudillo-home_San-Leandro-CA.html
Site of the last home of Jos? Joaquin Estudillo, grantee of Rancho San Leandro and his wife, Juana Mart?nez de Estudillo. It was built about 1850. The family founded San Leandro, built a hotel, and donated several lots, including the original site…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKW_peralta-house_San-Leandro-CA.html
First brick house built in Alameda County. Constructed 1860 by W. R. Toler for Ignacio Peralta. Early San Leandro Spanish settler, whose father, Don Luis Maria Peralta, received land grant from Spanish Governor Don Pablo Vicente de Sola, October 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKQ_peralta-home-alta-mira-club_San-Leandro-CA.html
This house was built by William Toler for his father-in-law Ygnacio Peralta. It may be the first brick house in Alameda County. Peralta and his brothers established the first Spanish/Mexican settlements in the northern East Bay on the land grant c…