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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1783_the-chinese-walls_Woodside-CA.html
These stone walls are part of a network of trails and roads built by Chinese immigrants. In 1872 Simon L. Jones bought 1,500 acres of timberland in Woodside and developed them into farmlands, orchards and vineyards with the use of Chinese labor. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12BC_folger-stable-c-1905_Woodside-CA.html
Erected by coffee magnate James A Folger II, and designed by Arthur Brown Jr., who designed the San Francisco Opera House and City Hall, the stable is an example of the so-called "Victorian Gothic Style". Famed for it's decorative elements, it had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC4I_first-saw-mill_Woodside-CA.html
About three hundred feet south of this monument on the banks of Alambique Creek, stood San Mateo County's first saw mill. Built by Charles Brown in 1847. About the same time Dennis Martin was building a second mill on San Francisquito Creek. Both …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC45_woodside-store_Woodside-CA.html
Built in 1854 among sawmills and redwood groves by Dr. R.O. Tripp and M.A. Parkhurst. Operated by Dr. Tripp in person (who also served as dentist, librarian, postmaster and community leader) until his death in 1909. Purchased by the County of San …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6W4_town-of-searsville_Woodside-CA.html
Here stood the lumberman's village of Searsville whose first settler, John Sears, came in 1854. Across the road westerly from this monument stood a hotel. The school, store, blacksmith shop, and dwellings were to the southeast. Some on the site of…