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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKH_foresthill-general-store_Foresthill-CA.html
First structure in Foresthill. Built in 1857, it served the early miners and residents for over 110 years. It was a general store and early stop on the Auburn-Foresthill-Georgetown stage run.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKG_st-josephs-catholic-church-bell_Foresthill-CA.html
Cast in Sheffield by Naylor Vickers and Co. -1859 - E. Riepe's Patent no 1027, arrived in Boston 1862 then shipped around the Horn to San Francisco via boat to Sacramento and by six horse team to Forest Hill. Miners raised $3,500 to pay for it and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKE_iowa-hill_Colfax-CA.html
Gold discovered here in 1853, and by 1856 weekly production was estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. The total value of gold produced up to 1880 is placed at twenty million dollars. The town was destroyed by fire in 1857 and again in 1862; e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCB_bosse-morgan-building_Auburn-CA.html
Built in 1855 by Gordon. Early tenants included Gellespy & Co. Clothing and J. Harwood & Co. Tin and Hardware. Hop Sing operated a Chinese laundry here circa 1894 until his death in 1944. Purchased in 1897 by Henry Bosse, left to his daughters Car…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTC8_the-auburn-joss-house_Auburn-CA.html
Auburn's original joss house (dedicated February 1909) was located directly across Sacramento Street. After the August 25, 1921 fire that destroyed most of Chinatown, a building was erected here that later became home to the Ling Ying Association.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS70_sheridan-cemetery_Sheridan-CA.html
1875 - Sheridan's founder, Eugene Rogers, buried friend Quincy Stanclift (1849-1875) here. Rogers soon married Quincy Stanclift's sister Adelaide. The site became the family's private cemetery.
1888 - Eugene Rogers sold two acres next to this s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS6S_fruitvale-school-country-school-era-in-western-placer_Lincoln-CA.html
Fruitvale SchoolFruitvale School District, formed in 1888, bought a one and half acre site from Jeremiah and Elizabeth Fowler on which this school was built in 1889. Lewis Gage was the first teacher here. Additions to the structure were made in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGP_colonel-c-lincoln-wilson_Lincoln-CA.html
Founder of the City of LincolnFirst president of the Sacramento Valley RailroadFounder of the California Central RailroadColonel Wilson came to California in 1849 not to look for gold but to build a transportation industry. After operating a succe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRF9_first-clay-pipe-plant-in-the-west_Lincoln-CA.html
Discovery of high grade clay deposits in the area in 1874 led to the founding of Gladding, McBean & Co. by Charles Gladding, Peter McGill McBean and George Chambers and erection on this site of the first clay sewer pipe west of the Rocky Mountains…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMREA_lincoln-world-war-ii-memorial_Lincoln-CA.html
In memory of thosewho made the supreme sacrificein World War II[Left Column:]Lawrence Berry · Carl Bohnisch · Etollo Carnesecca · Rene Clark · Bowman Carmichael
[Center Column:]Stephen Davison · Michael Doughe…