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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6M_national-old-trails_Needles-CA.html
This bridge marks the site where the National Old Trails Highway later Highway 66 crossed the Colorado River. It links the Mojave Indian lands visited by Father Garces in 1776. Near this location the American Explorer, Jedediah Smith and his band …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6H_minerva-hamilton-hoyt_Twentynine-Palms-CA.html
Her tireless efforts to establish Joshua Tree National Monument contributed to a heightened appreciation, not only of the Joshua Tree, but of the total desert environment.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6G_bellevill-holcomb-valley_Big-Bear-CA.html
Founded in late 1859. Bellevill was named after Belle Van Dusen, the first child born in Holcomb Valley, she was the daughter of Ted Van Dusen, the town blacksmith and early pioneer.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6E_camp-rock-spring_Randsburg-CA.html
To the United States Soldiers of Camp Rock Spring —- who guarded the U.S. Mail
No glory there, nor much chance for military fame, but true patriots and heroes were they, to submit to such privations—yet these are the nurseries of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY6D_red-mountain_Randsburg-CA.html
One of the richest silver strikes occurred in the community of Red Mountain. The Kelly and Grady claims started a silver boom which brought prosperity to this region in the 1900's. In one 60 day period over $170,000 in silver was mined from a hole…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5X_the-old-spanish-trail_Barstow-CA.html
[Text from the bottom panels, left to right]The first explorers kept detailed journals of their expeditions detailing the route taken and the friendly and hostile encounters with Indians along the way. Journals assisted those who followed and help…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5R_las-flores-ranch-mojave-trail_Hesperia-CA.html
[This is a four sided monument with four different markers:]
Side A:Las Flores RanchNear this spot on March 25, 1866, Edwin Parrish, Nephi Bemis and Pratt Whiteside, young cowboys employed on this ranch, were ambushed, killed and mutiliated by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY52_the-mormon-trail_Barstow-CA.html
The Southern Route of the Mormon Trail followed paths explored by Father Garces and Jedediah Smith. In 1848, Mormon Battalion Captain Jefferson Hunt trailed cattle to Utah on this trail. The Daniel Davis family, also of the Mormon Battalion, follo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4Z_amiel-weeks-whipple_Barstow-CA.html
His Expedition for a transcontinental railroad, crossed the Colorado River on Feb. 27, 1854 and 3 weeks later reached Los Angeles, receiving aid from the Mojave Indians. The Atcheson, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad followed Whipple's trail for much o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4Y_general-steven-watts-kearny_Barstow-CA.html
He was "the Father of the US Calvary" and President Polk named him "Commander of the Army of the West". In 1848 he went from Santa Fe, NM on to CA with 100 men on an arduous trip across our desert and on to a battle at San Pascual in a fight for i…