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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC37_st-johns-presbyterian-church_San-Francisco-CA.html
Registered Landmark Number 83City and County of San Francisco
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC2F_robert-louis-stevenson_San-Francisco-CA.html
Lodged at 608 Bush Street, December 1879 - March 1880, and there wrote essays, poems autobiography and fiction. Plaque placed by admirers of the author in cooperation with the California Historical Society.July 26, 1972
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBZD_the-arrival-of-the-first-japanese-naval-ship_San-Francisco-CA.html
This monument is erected to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese naval ship Kanrin Maru in San Francisco Bay on 17 March, 1860. The Kanrin Maru crossed the Pacific at the same time as the U.S.S. Powhatan which brought the first Japanese E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBWC_western-terminus-of-the-lincoln-highway_San-Francisco-CA.html
You are standing at the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first direct coast-to-coast highway from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. It was conceived in 1912 by Carl Fisher (founder of the Indianapolis Spee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBUY_talbot-dutton-house_San-Francisco-CA.html
Circa 1869Talbot-Dutton HouseRegistered Landmark 57City and County of San Francisco
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9S8_dewey-monument_San-Francisco-CA.html
(Panel 1)On the night of April Thirtieth 1898 Commodore Deweys squadron entered Manila Bay and undaunted by the danger of submerged explosives reached Manila at dawn of May First 1898 · Attacked and destroyed the Spanish fleet of ten war sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM85J_the-ordo-ez-gun_San-Francisco-CA.html
The Presidio's Ordo?ez gun was originally mounted in a Spanish coastal fort at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Undamaged during the Spanish American War, the gun was captured by Filipino nationalists, who were known as "Insurrectos" by the occupying…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM85G_north-west-corner-of-original-presidio_San-Francisco-CA.html
This Tablet Marksthe North West Cornerof the Original Presidioof San FranciscoFoundedby the SpaniardsUnder Lieutenant MoragaSeptember 17, 1767
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6WT_presidio-of-san-francisco_San-Francisco-CA.html
Formally established on September 17, 1776, the San Francisco Presidio has been used as a military headquarters by Spain, Mexico, and the United States. It was a major command post during the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6WS_castillo-de-san-joaquin_San-Francisco-CA.html
The first ship to enter San Francisco Bay, the San Carlos (Captain Ayala), dropped anchor off this point August 5, 1775. Lieutenant-Colonel Don Juan Bautista de Anza planted the cross on Cantil Blanco (White Cliff) March 28, 1776. The first fortif…