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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17OO_el-camino-real-bell_Soledad-CA.html
In 1906 guidepost bells were placed along the El Camino Real to guide early travelers and to preserve this historic route which linked California missions beginning in 1769 www. californiabell.com
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17N9_gonzales-veterans-memorial_Gonzales-CA.html
Panel 1Dedicated to The Men and Women Of this Community Who served In the Armed Forces Of the United States World War II Erected in Gratitude By The Community 1946 Panel 2:Dedicated to The Men and Women Of this Community Who served In the Armed F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17N8_the-stag-saloon_Gonzales-CA.html
(There are two markers mounted on the monument.)Upper Marker:Built in 1873, it is the oldest structure in Gonzales. It became a saloon in 1890 and has never strayed from such an honorable enterprise since that time.
Lower Marker:It was right be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17N7_gonzales_Gonzales-CA.html
On September 26, 1836, Teodoro Gonzalez received a grant to the 15,218.62 acre Rancho Rincon de la Puente de Monte ("nook of the point of the woods"). Teodoro's sons, Alfredo and Mariano, laid out a town on the Rancho and assured its prosperity by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17N6_the-mustard-seed-trail_Gonzales-CA.html
The legend of "the mustard seed trail" is rooted in the Portola expedition which travelled through the Ohlone tribal lands with a wagon containing sacks of mustard seeds. These seeds were spread behind them as they travelled north in the winter, m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BS_balance-lost-and-found-again_Pacific-Grove-CA.html
Decades of logging, grazing, recreation, and foot traffic brought Asilomar's dune ecosystem to the brink of extinction. When the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) established the Asilomar summer camp grounds in 1913, the dunes became a re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BR_for-the-sake-of-the-children_Castroville-CA.html
The Early Days: 1860s to 1930s
Castro founded the town in 1863Juan Bautista Castro, from an important California family, subdivided his rancho to establish a town. He was the first in the county to offer lots to attract settlers. Castroville is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17AC_the-castroville-japanese-schoolhouse_Castroville-CA.html
From its founding, Castroville has been home to immigrants. They came from many countries to make better lives for themselves and their children. Then, as now, the immigrants primarily worked in the fields nearby.Japanese immigrants wanted their c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17A3_the-gipsy_Pacific-Grove-CA.html
The anchor on display here is from the coastal steamer Gipsy sunk off what is now known as Cannery Row on September 27, 1905. At night a substitute Captain mistook a red construction warning lantern at the foot of Hoffman Ave. in New Monterey for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM179Q_point-pinos-lighthouse-oil-house_Pacific-Grove-CA.html
"The Oil House"*****************************The structure you see before you is a fuel storage house commonly referred to as an ?oil house'. This oil house was constructed in 1899.
In the 1880's, before the conversion to electricity in 1919, th…