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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT1_box-canyon_Julian-CA.html
The old way variously known as Sonora, Colorado River or Southern Emigrant Trail and later as Butterfield Overland Mail Route traversed Box Canyon just east of here. January 19, 1847, the Mormon Battalion, under command of Lt-Col. Philip St G Cook…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT0_vallecito-stage-station_Julian-CA.html
A reconstruction (1934) of Vallecito Stage Station built in 1852 at the edge of the Great Colorado Desert. It was an important stop on the first official transcontinental route, serving the San Diego-San Antonio ('Jackass') mail line (1857-1859), …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSZ_palm-spring_Winterhaven-CA.html
Here was a palm-studded desert resting place, 1826-1866, for Mexican pioneers, mountain men, the Army of the West, Mormon Battalion, Boundary Commission, Forty-Niners, Railway Survey, Butterfield Overland Mail stages, and California Legion. It was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSW_san-gregorio_Sonora-CA.html
Somewhere in this narrow valley, perhaps on this very spot, the Anza Expeditions of 1774 and 1775 made their camps. Water for the 240 people and over 800 head of stock on the 1775 march was obtained from a series of wells, deeper than the height o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYS9_timkin-building-1894_San-Diego-CA.html
Henry Timkin invented the roller bearing for the horse-drawn carriage, and was one of San Diego's leading real estate investors. In 1894 he built this building at the cost of $7,200. It is most notable for the top brick overhang and the large seco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYRY_ingram-plaza_San-Diego-CA.html
Panel 1This plaza is dedicated to the memory ofOsmond K. IngramGunner's Mate First ClassUnited States Navywho sacrificed his lifein an effort to save his ship and shipmatesduring an engagementbetween the U.S.S. Cassinand a German submarineon Octob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQ4_balboa-theatre_San-Diego-CA.html
The Balboa TheatreHas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior1924
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYNP_horton-grand-kahle-saddlery-1886_San-Diego-CA.html
San Diego's oldest Victorian hotel, the Grand Hotel was renamed the Hotel Horton in 1907, and is now the Horton Grand. In 1981, the Horton and the Kahle Saddlery, both located at different sites and slated for demolition, were disassembled, moved …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYN0_ferryboat-berkeley_San-Diego-CA.html
The steam ferryboat "Berkeley" was the first successful west coast-built and operated ferry to be driven by a screw propeller as opposed to side-wheels. Built by the famous Union Iron Works of San Francisco in 1898, the ferry operated until 1958 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYMV_us-grant-hotel_San-Diego-CA.html
This property has beenplaced on the NationalRegister ofHistoric Places By the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
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