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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7IT_birthplace-of-the-san-diego-union_San-Diego-CA.html
This birthplace of the San Diego UnionOctober 10, 1868Oldest daily in Southern California,is declared to be aHISTORIC SITE IN JOURNALISMby San Diego Professional ChapterSIGMA DELTA CHI
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7IQ_birthplace-of-the-san-diego-union_San-Diego-CA.html
A pioneer newspaper of CaliforniaFounded October 10, 1868
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7IK_site-of-pioneer-jewish-synagogue_Jackson-CA.html
On September 18, 1857, Congregation B'nai Israel of Jackson dedicated on this site the first synagogue in the Mother Lode. High holiday worship continued until 1869 when the larger Masonic Hall was used to accommodate the congregation. The wooden …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7IH_adobe-chapel-of-the-immaculate-conception_San-Diego-CA.html
Originally built as the home of San Diego's John Brown in 1850, the house was converted to a church by Don Jose Aguirre in 1858. Father Antonio D. Ubach , formally a missionary among the Indians, was parish priest here from 1866 to 1907. It is sai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ID_don-antonio-aguirre_San-Diego-CA.html
Don Jose Antonio Aguirre built his adobe mansion on this site on or just prior to 1868. Because the Casa de Aguirre was one of the first houses in Old Town, the Aguirre - Antonio, his wife Rosaria and their many children - are considered to be one…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7IC_father-antonio-ubach_San-Diego-CA.html
Antonio Dominic Ubach, passionate advocate for California Native Americans, and defender of Indian rights, ran St. Anthony's Indian School on this site from 1856 to 1891. Father Ubach, created programs to help hundreds of Indian children adapt to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7IA_the-whaley-house_San-Diego-CA.html
Built by Thomas Whaley in 1856-57, this is the oldest brick structure in Southern California. In addition to being the home of the Whaley Family, it served variously as granary, store, courthouse and school, and as the town's first theater. Whaley…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7H8_carnegie-city-library_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
Built on the site formerly occupied by Dona Ramona Carrillo Pacheco de Wilson's two story town house, this building was for 55 years the city library. One of over 1,681 libraries given by Andrew Carnegie to American towns in the early 1900's, it w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7H4_schallenberger-cabin-site_Truckee-CA.html
Near this spot stood a small cabin built by 18 year old Moses Schallenberger and two other men. They were members of the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy party of 1844, the first pioneers to take wagons over the Sierra Nevada, opening the Truckee Route of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7H3_donner-party_Truckee-CA.html
The face of this rock formed the north end and the fireplace of the Murphy cabin. General Stephan W. Kearny, on June 22, 1847, buried, under the middle of the cabin the bodies found in the vicinity. Following is a complete list of the members of t…