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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYEM_reform-school-for-juvenile-offenders_Whittier-CA.html
The March 11, 1889 Act of the California Legislature authorized the establishment of a school for juvenile offenders. Dedication and laying of cornerstone was done by Governor R.W. Waterman on February 12, 1890. Officially opened as "Whittier Stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYEH_first-united-states-air-meet_Whittier-CA.html
About one half mile southeast of this spot, on Dominguez Hill in historic Rancho San Pedro, the first Air Meet in the United States was held during January 10-20, 1910. Subsequently, this area has evolved into one of the world's leading aviation-i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYEG_paradox-hybrid-walnut-tree_Whittier-CA.html
Planted in 1907 as an experiment for theUniversity of California.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYD9_casa-de-governor-p-o-pico_Whittier-CA.html
Following the Mexican War, P?o Pico, last Mexican governor, acquired 9,000-acre Rancho Paso de Bartolo and built here an adobe home that was destroyed by the floods of 1883-1884. His second adobe casa, now known as P?o Pico Mansion, represents a c…