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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164Y_holtville_Holtville-CA.html
E Clampus Vitus marker dedicated 1983HoltvilleW. F. Holt established this townsite in 1903; built the first electric power plant at 3rd and Holt, the Holton Interurban RR; started the first church, the first newspaper and donated this beautiful pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164J_imperial-valley-church-of-the-brethren-site-dunkard-church_Holtville-CA.html
The church was organized January 14, 1911. The building was constructed the same year on one-half acre of land given by W.J. Seat, located one-quarter mile south of this site. The founders saw Imperial Valley as a land of opportunity for their chu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM134N_ben-hulse-highway_Winterhaven-CA.html
This highway parallels the old Indian trail, still visible from here, connecting the Imperial and Palo Verde Valleys. The grateful people of Imperial County honor the memory of our beloved Senator Ben Hulse, who worked untiringly for the people…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSY_obregon_Winterhaven-CA.html
The historic gold mining community of Obregon lies near here in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains. As a frontier town, Obregon marks the location of several attempts to extract ore during the 1890s through the 1930s. Several different milling technolog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSX_picacho_Winterhaven-CA.html
As Avi-Milikit of Quechen legends; Picacho noted Spanish arrival in 1640, lured Sonora miners after 1852, brought steamboats to its mining and milling port until 1910. Her mines were never worked to extinction, but Picacho became a squatter haven.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7H_de-anza-overlook_Ocotillo-CA.html
Juan Bautista De Anza led two groups of Spanish explorers and settlers across this portion of the Colorado Desert from Northern Mexico to San Francisco Bay. During each tortuous passage, the Spanish camped below here in Yuha Wash. The passage in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7G_plank-road_Winterhaven-CA.html
This unique plank road seven miles long was the only mens early motorists had for crossing the treacherous Imperial Sand Dunes. The eight by twelve foot sections were moved with a team of horses whenever the shifting sands covered portions of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5Z_the-plank-road_Winterhaven-CA.html
The Plank Road once provided the only means of crossing the treacherous Imperial Sand Dunes. This historic road spurred settlement of Imperial County and development of San Diego at the start of the automobile age.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5A_site-of-camp-pilot-knob_Winterhaven-CA.html
Camp Pilot Knob was a unit of the Desert Training Center, established by General George S. Patton Jr., to prepare American troops for battle during World War II. It was the largest military training ground ever to exist. At the peak of activity he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY57_camp-salvation_Calexico-CA.html
Here on September 23, 1849, Liet. Cave J. Couts, Escourt Commander, International Boundary Commission, established Camp Salvation. From September till the first of December 1849, it served as a refugee center for distressed emigrants attempting to…
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