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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LEH_madera-sugar-pine-flume_Oakhurst-CA.html
Taking two years to construct and opening in August 1876, The flume ran 52 miles from Sugar Pine Sawmill to the Planing mill and railroad in Madera. This wooden flume transported lumber and loggers to Madera across deep canyons, streams and mounta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM177Y_preserving-special-places_Aiken-CA.html
Devils Postpile stands not only as an unusual geologic wonder but as a monument to the visionary efforts of a dedicated conservationist. In 1910, under U.S. Forest Service management, engineer Walter L. Huber received an application from mining in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166X_railroads-of-chowchilla_Chowchilla-CA.html
Southern Pacific Railroad - Before the townsite was created the train stopped at Minturn. Chowchilla was known as McNears Crossing. After it was founded the company moved the train station to a site just south of Robertson Blvd. Twenty passenger t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166W_berenda_Madera-CA.html
June 1872 a former Fresno County Sheriff Leroy Dennis erected a store and hotel. Feb. 12, 1873 the first official Post Office of Madera County opened. Service stopped on Mar. 23, 1919 and USPS renamed the town Berenda "Female Antelope". The Centra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZP_willow-glen_Coarsegold-CA.html
Willow Glen was first inhabited by the Chukchansi Indians. The grinding holes and other artifacts indicate that they have lived in this area since prehistoric times. In 1870 a stage road was built and in 1897 John McGinity homesteaded at Willow Gl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14YV_giant-sequoia-cutting_Oakhurst-CA.html
This slab of a Giant Sequoia was cut from a 2,000 yr old Sequoia toppled by a winter storm in 1979 in Eastern Tulare County. 200 feet in length and 50 feet in circumference, the tree weighed 900,000 lbs. In 1981, LDG Logging Co of Oakhurst purchas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14YU_old-french-trail_Oakhurst-CA.html
Fresno Flats (Oakhurst) was the western end of the Old French Trail (Fresno Flats Trail). Built by J. S. French, it was 54 miles long and a vital east - west route for supplies, mail, equipment and pioneers through the Sierra Mountains.It connecte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14YT_fresno-flats-townsite_Oakhurst-CA.html
Fresno Flats was a farming and supply center for the mining and lumber industries. The local blacksmith was known throughout the area as the only one able to fabricate and repair large wheels. The oldest still-operating in Madera County Post Offic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ9G_madera_Madera-CA.html
Once a part of Mariposa and Fresno Co, this area was traversed by local Indians, fur traders, explorers and gold seekers. The first settlement in what is now Madera County was 16 miles up the Fresno River where James D. Savage located his store, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYST_wassama-village_Ahwahnee-CA.html
The village of Wassama (leaves falling) is the site of the last above ground southern Miwok Roundhouse built in 1903. Religious ceremonies, dancing and gambling took place on the site until 1937. Southern Miwok dances including the 1870 Ghost Danc…