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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29KW_san-benito-county-vietnam-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Hollister-CA.html
S Sgt. Robert W. Oates
August 10, 1966
Sp. 4 David Vasquez
March 22, 1967
Sp. 4 Lawrence R. Dodd
May 26, 1967
P.F.C. Gabriel Betancourt
September 19, 1967
P.F.C. Albert Gonzalez
July 23, 1968
P.F.C. Arcadio Torres
August 22, 1968
Sgt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJE_san-juan-pacific-railway-historical_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
The San Juan Pacific Railway was incorporated May 4, 1907, becoming the California Central Railroad in 1912. Some of the locals referred to it as The San Juan Terrific. Built to haul the expected large quantities of Portland cement from the Old Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHA_a-r-wilson-quarry-historical_Aromas-CA.html
Named for Arthur R. Wilson, who founded Granite Rock Company on February 14, 1900, this quarry has been the heart of Granite Rock's business since the beginning. In more than a century of continuous operation, the quarry has seen destruction from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W3S_palmtag-cutting-shed-historical_Hollister-CA.html
Once a common site in the rural Hollister area, apricot cutting sheds were where the harvested apricots were cut in half and then were placed on wood trays to be dried in the sun. The apricot season usually started at the same time that school got…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QY2_settlers-cabin_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
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Possibly the First Log Cabin in California
Originally located 1.5 miles southeast on Mission Vineyard Ranch, this cabin type was unusual in 1830 California. A skilled American carpenter hand split and trimmed the redwood slabs with a br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QY1_town-jail_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
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Holding Cell for Drunks and Petty Offenders
Sheriffs transported law breakers to Monterey or Hollister until 1870. Then the town built a jail for minor violators. Originally located on 4th Street, this simple building served the town un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NA7_climbing-at-pinnacles-national-monument_Paicines-CA.html
Pinnacles has seen the birth and growth of modern rock climbing over the past 80 years. The early accents of the rock spires, often done with basketball sneakers and braided hemp rope, were dangerous and intensely challenging. The crackless faces …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K7N_castro-breen-adobe-and-plaza-hotel_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
The Castro/Breen adobe is associated with the early development and settlement of Mexican California. The adobe is an excellent example of blended eastern and western building methods first produced in Monterey to form the Monterey Colonial archit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K5Z_progress-becomes-history_San-Juan-Bautista-CA.html
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Residents Built and Destroyed on this Corner
The first permanent structures here were the adobe apartments for the Mission military families.
In 1856, a wooden Wells Fargo Express Office replaced the adobe ruins. Express mail and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HI5_william-clyde_Hollister-CA.html
Fueled with a zest largely unknown outside of WW II combat vets, Wino Willie Forkner and other early members of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club partied with other clubs and the citizens of Hollister at its famous 1947 Gypsy Tour. Prominent at th…