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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRW9_redwood-city-arch_Redwood-City-CA.html
Redwood CityClimate Best by Government TestThis archway sign and slogan is based on the design of two earlier archway signs that once spanned the El Camino Real, designating the northern and southern entryways into Redwood City. A smaller scale re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRW7_fox-theater_Redwood-City-CA.html
This property has beenPlaced on theNational Registerof Historic PlacesBy the United StatesDepartment of the Interior1928
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRW5_a-c-argo_Redwood-City-CA.html
Principal of Sequoia High SchoolSuperintendent of Sequoia Union High School District1921 - 1948In the room at the foot of this tower Mr. Argo and his Board shaped policies of enduring importance to the Sequoia Union High School District.
In app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRVP_carrington-hall_Redwood-City-CA.html
Otis M. Carrington is best remembered as one of the world's foremost composers of operettas for children. In 1912, Mr. Carrington wrote "The Windmills of Holland". It was the first of more than forty operettas to come from his hand, and led Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRRR_san-carlos-depot_San-Carlos-CA.html
Erected 1888Deeded as use as a railroad depotby John W. BrittanSite of the first San Carlos TelegraphPost Office and LibraryAn Historical SiteDedicated 1976
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMROU_san-francisquito-creek-watershed_Menlo-Park-CA.html
After Stanford University opened in 1891, business increased in nearby Mayfield and Menlo Park, towns dating from the 1850s. Mayfield was a farming center, and Menlo Park a summer home to San Franciscans. Residents of both places rejected Senator …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRMT_el-palo-alto_Menlo-Park-CA.html
Under this Giant Redwood, the Palo Alto, November 6 to 11, 1769, camped Portola and his band on the expedition that discovered San Francisco Bay. This was the assembling point for their reconnoitering parties. Here in 1774 Padre Palou erected a cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAC_the-last-stagecoach-hold-up-in-san-mateo-county_Hillsborough-CA.html
Near this location on Aug.17, 1905, a masked desperado described as "nine feet high and armed with a small canon" stopped the Half Moon Bay Stagecoach. He angrily demanded driver Ed Campbell to throw down the Wells Fargo Co.'s treasure box, Levy B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLS5_old-san-mateo-county-courthouse_Redwood-City-CA.html
In 1858, Simon M. Mezes donated land to the county so that a courthouse could be built. This is the third courthouse built on this exact site and the forth built in the property. In 1903, the architectural firm of Dodge and Dolliver designed a dom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJP5_san-mateos-first-residents_San-Mateo-CA.html
There are few traces left ofSan Mateo's First Residents
Before the Europeans arrived, Native Americans living in the San Mateo area were known as the Salson. The Salson have been grouped with the Ohlone or Costanoan people. The Salson triblet w…