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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A09_auburn-drug-company_Auburn-CA.html
An old fashioned drugstore down to the vintage marble soda fountain, Auburn Drug Company was established in 1896 by James T. Gibson. It was first located on the upper left side of Railroad Street (now Lincoln Way), just below Freeman Hotel. It was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A05_auburn-native-sons-hall_Auburn-CA.html
Rebuilt in 1860 after a fire, George Willment resumed his mercantile business on the lower floor of this new fireproof building. The second floor was added at this time which was owned and operated by the Eureka Lodge #16 F&AM. In 1871, Willment s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A04_olivers_Auburn-CA.html
In 1889 Walter Gaffett set up a powder factory which was part of the Giant Powder Company from the Bay Area. It's reported that 22 people died from explosions by 1917 when the factory was dismantled. This building originally was the company store.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11NN_the-tsuda-grocery_Auburn-CA.html
Katsuichi and Tomo Tsuda of Hiroshima, Japan established the K. Tsuda General Merchandise in 1918. That original store was located at 135 Sacramento Street, about one block east of this location. The business continued to operate at that site unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11JW_tahoe-citys-constables_Tahoe-City-CA.html
In 1901 Tahoe City needed a constable. There was an influx of workers and summer visitors expected with the completion of a 15-mile railroad line from Truckee and the opening of the 400-room hotel, The Tahoe Tavern. Robert Montgomery Watson, an ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM113P_first-transcontinental-railroad_Auburn-CA.html
After an eleven-month delay due to political opposition and lack of money, Central Pacific tracks reached Auburn May 13, 1865, and regualr service began. Government loans became available when the railroad completed its first 40 miles, four miles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZPL_the-historic-cooper-amphitheater_Auburn-CA.html
Kiosk Side A:Creating Jobs and Building CommunityIt started as an "unsightly maze and tangle of briars, brush and junk"? It became "one of the finest open air amphitheaters in northern California?Beautiful in its simplicity and beautiful in magnit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZN2_roseville-korean-war-veterans-memorial_Roseville-CA.html
[Column 1:]Albert Ace · Louis Alvarez · Harlin Amick · Rollin Amick · Joseph Andrade · Ralph L. Andrade · Reyes Andrade · John Arivo · Larry Arnett · Julian Assad · Eddie Astill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCD_gold-discovered-just-downstream-in-auburn-ravine-why-daylight-north-rich-ravine_Auburn-CA.html
[Kiosk Side A:]Gold Discovered Just Downstream in Auburn Ravine!On May 16, 1848, just downstream in Old Town Auburn where North Rich Ravine meets Auburn Ravine, gold was discovered by a Frenchman named Claude Chana. After leaving his ranch along B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBA_central-square_Auburn-CA.html
Central Square:After the Central Pacific Railroad built a Train Depot, over a mile away and up the hill from Old Auburn, civic leaders looked for a way to connect the two areas. The city planners took a map and located a halfway point between the …