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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZMG_lykkens-department-store_Palm-Springs-CA.html
Desert pioneer, Carl Lykken, built the first general store in the village in 1914. For many years it contained the only telephone and the post office. The store was remodeled with the existing overhang and arches when sidewalks were installed in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZME_welwood-murray-memorial-library_Palm-Springs-CA.html
In 1938 George Welwood Murray donated this land to provide for a library as a memorial to his father, Welwood Murray, pioneer hotel operator. Cornelia white donated an additional strip of property on the eastern end of the site. The existing struc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZMD_mccallum-house_Palm-Springs-CA.html
The McCallum Adobe, the oldest remaining building in Palm Springs was built in 1885 for John and Emily McCallum, the areas first white settlers. Originally constructed on the corner of Palm Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Way, and later a part of the Oa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQ9_tanning-vat_Corona-CA.html
Tanning VatBuilt in 1819 byLeonardo Serrano
Site Restored byTR 172El Capitan Dist.BSA
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPX_kenworthy_Mountain-Center-CA.html
Lured by the promise of rich gold ore in the nearby Tahquitz Mining District, Harold Kenworthy arrived in Hemet Valley (now Garner Valley) in 1896 to establish the mining town he called Kenworthy. It was a thriving community with a store, hotel, s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPW_historic-lake-hemet-dam_Mountain-Center-CA.html
Construction on Lake Hemet Dam began in 1891 and was completed four years later on October of 1895. It stood at 122.5 feet and was the largest solid masonry dam in the world. A title it held for sixteen years.
Building of the dam itself was not…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYEX_ramona_Hemet-CA.html
Within this valley was laid part of the scene, and here resided a number of the characters portrayed in Helen Hunt Jackson's historical novel, "Ramona", which depicted life and presented the status of the Indians of many great ranchos in early Cal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYEW_de-anza-crossing-of-the-santa-ana-river_Riverside-CA.html
On January 1, 1776, the first party of colonists to come overland to the Pacific Coast crossed the Santa Ana River south of this marker and camped between here and the river. Recruited in the presidios of Sonora, Mexico, and led by Lt. Col. Juan B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYEV_mission-inn_Riverside-CA.html
Frank A. Miller (1857-1935) made adobe bricks for a small 12 room guest house which he opened in 1876. Over the years by successive building additions he fulfilled his dream by recreating this early California Mission style setting of a hotel.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYEU_hemet-maze-stone_Hemet-CA.html
This pictograph, representing a maze is an outstanding example of the work of prehistoric peoples. It, with 575 acres of land was donated to Riverside County as a county park on April 16, 1955 by Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Miller.