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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY56_fort-yuma_Winterhaven-CA.html
Originally called Camp Calhoun, the site was first used as a U.S. Military Post in 1849. A fire destroyed the original buildings. By 1855 the barracks had been rebuilt. Called Camp Yuma in 1852 it became Fort Yuma after reconstruction. Transferred…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY55_picacho-mines_Winterhaven-CA.html
Opened by placer miners after 1852, the gold mines expanded into hard rock quarrying by 1872. Picacho employed 700 miners at its peak from 1895 to 1900. Mill accidents, low ore quality, and the loss of cheap river transport with the building of La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY53_tumco_Winterhaven-CA.html
Pete Walters of Ogilby discovered the first gold vien at Gold Rock on January 6, 1884. From his little Mary claim began a gold camp which reached its peak development between 1893 and 1899 as Hedges, with 3200 residents. Nearly closed, 1900-10, it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZQ_yuha-well_Ocotillo-CA.html
Used by the Kamias Indians who showed it to Anza's scouts on March 8, 1774. The second Anza Expedition passed here on December 11, 1775. Later an important water source on the trail from Yuma to San Diego.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXWS_mountain-springs-station-site_Ocotillo-CA.html
From 1862-70, Peter Larkin and Joe Stancliff used a stone house about a mile north of here as a store from which ox teams pulled wagons up a 30% grade. The San Diego and Fort Yuma Turnpike Co. used the site as a toll road station until 1876. The c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXWF_desert-tower_Ocotillo-CA.html
Bert Vaughn of Jacumba built the stone tower in 1922-23 to commemorate the pioneers and road and railroad builders who opened the area. In the 1930s W.T. Ratcliffe carved the stone animal figures which lurk in the rocks surrounding the tower, crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSGS_imperial-valley-swiss-club_Holtville-CA.html
From their arrival in Fall, 1901, Swiss and their "Americans of Swiss Descent" have contributed greatly to the ethnic diversity of this valley. Their Schwingfests since 1921 and this club since 1924 have celebrated both their ancestral traditions …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJCJ_site-of-mission-san-pedro_Winterhaven-CA.html
To protect the Anza Trail where it forded the Colorado River, the Spanish founded a pueblo and mission nearby on January 7, 1781. Threatened with the loss of their land, the Quechans (Yumas) attacked this strategic settlement on July 17, 1781. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBP_hernando-de-alarcon-expedition-1540_Winterhaven-CA.html
Alarcon's mission was to provide supplies for Francisco Coronado's expedition in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. The Spaniards led by Hernando De Alarcon ascended the Colorado River by boat from the Gulf of California past this point,…
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