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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YUI_redwoods-and-their-relatives_Mill-Valley-CA.html
The Coast Redwood belongs to the plant family Taxodiaceae, which also included fourteen other species. Members of the Taxodiaceae family are conifers that generally have soft wood, long, straight trunks, round cones, and narrow, needle-like leaves…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XWA_mortars-to-missiles-historical_Mill-Valley-CA.html
For the first three-quarters of the 20th century, the Marin Headlands were fortified with weapons that evolved from cannon to nuclear warheads. The guns became more and more powerful, able to hit warships miles out to sea. Antiaircraft guns appear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW9_battery-mendell-historical_Mill-Valley-CA.html
Battery Mendell's mission was to keep enemy warships farther from San Francisco's harbor than any of the earlier coastal defences were equipped to do. Built in 1905, the battery was positioned as far west on the headlands as possible and armed wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW8_cold-war-legacy-missiles-to-marine-mammals-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
The Marine Mammal Center is built on the site of the former Nike Missile Launch Area, SF 87L. In the 1950s, the army constructed two batteries in the Marin Headlands equipped with surface-to-are missiles, one near Fort Cronkhite and a second acros…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW1_battery-alexander-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
Battery Alexander, fully armed by 1906, mounted eight 12-inch mortars designed to fire shells in a high arc - up and then down onto the decks of enemy battleships. Low-trajectory gunfire from nearby batteries, aimed close to the enemy's waterline,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW0_nike-missile-site-sf88-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
By 1945, the age of aerial warfare had fully arrived and the U.S. Army sought a weapon that could intercept enemy aircraft. In 1951, after years of research and development, a supersonic missile controlled by ground-based electronic equipment was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XVD_novato-bank-building-historical_Novato-CA.html
The Novato Bank (828 Grant Avenue) was built in 1913 by property owner, Frank Silva. The bank served ranchers, merchants, home builders, and the Novato area.
The adjoining section of the building (826 Grant Avenue)first served as a drugstore when…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XVC_druids-hall-historical_Novato-CA.html
Originally called Loustaunau Hall, erected in 1895, where many organizations held meetings and socials for nearly 100 years. Now hall of Novato Grove Druids No. 113
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XV8_the-golden-gate-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
Providing a narrow entrance to the west coast's most defensible harbor, the strategic value of the Golden Gate is readily apparent. Between 1776 and 1846, Spanish, then Mexican, guns defended the harbor entrance. Starting in 1846, American soldier…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XV7_battery-construction-no-129-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
Never named because it was never finished, this battery was designed for the biggest, most powerful guns ever used by the United States military - 16-inch caliber weapons that fired 2,100-pound shells and could hit ships 26 miles out to sea. Const…