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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHN_wassama-roundhouse_Ahwahnee-CA.html
Dating prior to the 1860s, the Wassama Roundhouse was reconstructed in 1985 on the location of the previous four houses. In 1903, the third roundhouse was built using portions of the center pole from the two earlier houses. The Roundhouse served a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQF2_raymond_Raymond-CA.html
The San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad was incorporated on February 15, 1886 by the Southern Pacific Company. The 21 miletrack ran between Berenda and Raymond. At this location, a turntable allowed the locomotive to be turned around and wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQF1_madera-to-yosemite-stage-route_Madera-CA.html
Switching from the iron horse to the horse drawn stage after a night at Madera's Yosemite Hotel, which still stands across the street from this monument, at 6 A. M. the tourists would load up in open stages to enable them a good view. Stagecoaches…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMND9_madera-zoo_Madera-CA.html
In the year 1912 a Mr. William King Heiskell built an aviary with its first inhabitants being a green parrot and several species of birds from around the world. The zoo also had several ponds and water fountains and a bandstand. Although the Mader…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMND8_madera-county-library-service_Madera-CA.html
Starting in 1901 with a book on lumber, the library moved from place to place until 1917, when this historic building was built with county funds only. That eliminated strings from grants. An example of home rule. This was the first free library i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMND2_little-church-on-the-hill_Oakhurst-CA.html
Built by volunteers with donated materials, this church was first consecrated June 20, 1894. It was the only house of worship in the region for half a century. Services were discontinued in the early 1950's. The community rallied to save the churc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIK_grub-gulch_Raymond-CA.html
"Gold Fever" hit the streams in Madera County in 1849. Grub Gulch got its name from the fact that "miners could always pan enough gold from the river to grubstake themselves into better times."
Grub Gulch developed after the Gambetta Mine opene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIJ_knowles_Raymond-CA.html
Founded by Frederick Erwin Knowles who bought the land from Frank Ducy and who organized the Raymond Granite Company in what had been referred to as"Ducys Rock Pile"In 1899, the Raymond Granite Company built a spur track from the quarry to the mai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIG_coarsegold_Coarsegold-CA.html
Gold — heavy coarse gold — was discovered in this area and the texture led to naming the spot Coarse Gold Gulch. Nearby, the Texas Flat Mine which was filed on in 1853 became the oldest and most extensively worked ledge mine in the dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIJ3_yosemite-stage-route_Raymond-CA.html
In 1886 the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Co. owned by Henry Washburn started daily stage service from Raymond to Wawona and on to Yosemite Valley. The next day only the wealthy could afford the $45 round trip exiting the train at Wildcat Junction a…