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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYWQ_sheldon-block_San-Diego-CA.html
This solid brick building was once four-stories high with a basement. The first floor was for retail, while the upper floors were for offices and lodging. Unfortunately, the upper floors had to be removed, because the structure was weakened when t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYVY_julian-town-hall_Ramona-CA.html
The 1st and 2nd halls, 1871-1876, were businesses available for civic uses. The 3rd, 1876, Centennial Hall, honored the 100th Anniversary of the USA, became too small and was sold for scrap. The 4th, 1897, an impressive building, burned Dec., 1912…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYU1_i-o-o-f-building-1882_San-Diego-CA.html
A joint effort of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges, this Classical Revival-style building required nearly a decade to complete due to a lack of money and materials. A parade kicked off the long awaited laying of the cornerstone, into which was p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTF_george-hill-building-1897_San-Diego-CA.html
This three-story structure was built to replace the landmark Horton's Hall, which was partially destroyed by fire. The building was designed for five storerooms on the first floor, and thirty offices on the upper floors. The San Diego Normal Schoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT7_the-anza-trail_Borrego-Springs-CA.html
This route was opened by Captain Juan Bautista De Anza and Father Francisco Garces in 1774. Anza's expedition of 1775, a group of 240 soldiers and settlers being led from Sonora to found San Francisco, encamped near this place El Vado (The Ford), …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT6_peg-leg-smith_Borrego-Springs-CA.html
Thomas L. Smith, better known as "Peg Leg" Smith, 1801-1866, was a mountain man, prospector, and spinner of tall tales. Legends regarding his lost mine have grown through the years. Countless people have searched the desert looking for its fabulou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT5_los-puertecitos_Borrego-Springs-CA.html
Juan Bautista De Anza's expedition marched through this little pass December 19, 1775. On its way to strengthen Spanish colonization in California. Many of the 240 members of the party were recruited from Mexico to be the first residents of San Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT4_san-felipe_Julian-CA.html
Here the southern trail of explorers, trappers, soldiers, and emigrants crossed ancient trade routes of Kamia, Cahuilla, Diegueno, and Luiseno Indians. On the flat southwest across the creek, Warren F. Hall built and operated the San Felipe home s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT3_vallecito-butterfield-stage-station_Julian-CA.html
One of the chief remaining landmarks of famous old stage line. Coaches and spring wagons carried passengers and mail. Stations were built at 20-mile intervals. The first stage on the line left St. Louis on September 15, 1858.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT2_butterfield-overland-mail-route_Julian-CA.html
This pass, puerta, between the desert and the cooler valleys to the north, was used by the Mormon Battalion. Kearny's Army of the West, the Butterfield Overland Mail Stages, and emigrants who eventually settled the west. The eroded scar on the lef…
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