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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM477_michigan-bluff_Foresthill-CA.html
Founded in 1850 and first known as Michigan City which was located on slope one half mile from here. In 1858 town became undermined and unsafe so was moved to this location and renamed Michigan Bluff. Leland Stanford, who gained wealth and fame in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM46W_travelers-rest-bernhard-complex_Auburn-CA.html
Travelers' Rest Stage Roadhouse constructed 1851. Benjamin Bernhard, native of Hesse-Cassel, Germany, arrived Auburn 1852, purchased surrounding 30 acres 1868. Developed high level vineyard and orchard cultivation and pioneered experimental silkwo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM461_gietzen-fire-station_Auburn-CA.html
In honor of Henry Gietzen, Member of the Auburn Volunteer Fire Department since September 12, 1922;Fire Chief from 1946 to present. Dedicated in July 1974. William Chaix, Trustee; Egar E. Ganow, Trustee; Henry Gietzen, Fire Chief; J. A. Kaufman, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45Q_claude-chana_Auburn-CA.html
Adventurer and first fruit rancher in Placer County. In 1848 he found gold in the Auburn Ravine, which led to the settlement of a mining camp that later became Auburn.
Lord Sholto Douglas Ch. 3 E Clampus Vitus 1975.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45G_city-of-auburn_Auburn-CA.html
Gold discovered near here by Claude Chana May 16, 1848. Area first known as "North Fork" or "Wood's Dry Diggings". Settlement given name of Auburn in Fall of 1849. Soon became important mining town, trading post and stage terminal. County seat of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM456_newcastle-portuguese-hall_Newcastle-CA.html
This property Newcastle Portuguese Hall has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM450_griffith-quarry_Penryn-CA.html
In the Fall of 1864, Mr. Griffith Griffith, a native of Wales, established the quarry located near this site which was later to supply high-quality granite for a number of the important buildings in San Francisco and Sacramento, including portions…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43K_pioneers-of-deadwood_Foresthill-CA.html
Native Sons of the Golden West are proud to donate this plaque to commemorate the
Pioneers of Deadwood Placer County, California Those gold seekers developed a mining community here along the El Dorado Trail which also served such other early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41V_forest-hill_Foresthill-CA.html
Gold discovered here in 1850 in which year the first "Forest House" built. In 1852 the Jenny Lind Mine found which produced over million dollars in gold while the mines in this immediate vicinity produced over ten million dollars up to 1868. Town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40J_old-joe_Foresthill-CA.html
On the day of July 3, 1901 a stagecoach, driven by Henry Crockett, was on its way to the town of Foresthill when a hooded man appeared with a shotgun and ordered Crockett to stop, to which he replied, "You are only foolin." At that the robber shot…