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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM791_the-coloma-road_Rescue-CA.html
Past this point on the Old Coloma Road, running between Sutter's Fort and his sawmill on the American River, James W. Marshall rode with the first gold discovered at Coloma on Jan. 24, 1848. Traveled by thousands to and from the diggings, this roa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM78D_pioneer-hill-lockeford_Lockeford-CA.html
Pioneer HillIt was on this hill that Dr. Dean Jewett Locke and his brother Elmer H. Locke built the first cabin of this section in 1851. Disturbed by grizzly bears, they spent their first nights in the oak trees. Dr. Locke, physician for the Bosto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM786_ralston-hall_Belmont-CA.html
This redwood structure was completed in 1868 by William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco financier, incorporating Count Cipriani's earlier villa. This enlarged mansion with its mirrored ballroom became the symbol of the extravagance of California's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM780_1854-middot-amador-county-middot-1954_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
Amador County, carved from Calaveras and El Dorado, was organized July 3, 1854, at the crossroads of Sutter Hill.
Act of Legislature, May 11, 1854, set June 17, 1854, as election date for people to vote on such a division, and appointed five or…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM77C_new-england-seed-store_Sacramento-CA.html
On this site stood the store of James L. L. Warren, an influential center of agriculture during the Gold Rush. Here at the New England Seed Store, the camellia was first introduced into California in February, 1852CamelliaOfficial Flower of the Ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM776_old-folsom-powerhouse_Sacramento-CA.html
The first distribution point of electricity for a major city, Station A was constructed in 1894. Built by the Sacramento Electric Power and Light Company to receive power generated from Folsom Powerhouse. The first transmission of electricity was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM773_general-john-a-sutter_Sacramento-CA.html
Swiss ImmigrantFounder of New HelvetiaThe beginning of SacramentoBuilder of Sutter's FortA man of vision and compassionwho deserves the respectand gratitudeof Americans and Swiss
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM76I_ashland-station_Folsom-CA.html
In 1973, the oldest depot in the West moved to a new home. Ashland Station, reportedly the oldest railroad depot west of the Mississippi, was transported across Rainbow Bridge to its present location at the Folsom Interpretive Area next to the Fol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM767_newcastle_Newcastle-CA.html
Regular freight and passenger trains began operating over the first 31 miles of Central Pacific's line to Newcastle on June 10, 1864, when political opposition and lack of money stopped further construction during that mild winter. Construction wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM762_derby-dike_San-Diego-CA.html
Until 1853 the erratic San Diego River dumped tons of debris into the harbor or poured into False Bay, now Mission Bay. At times it threatened to destroy Old Town San Diego. Lieutenant George Horatio Derby, U.S. Topographical Corps, built a dike t…