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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CGQ_petrified-tree_Anaheim-CA.html
Petrified Tree. This section weighs five tons and measures 7 1/2 feet in diameter. The original tree, estimated to have been 200 feet tall, was part of a sub-tropical forest 55 to 70 million years ago in what is now Colorado. Scientists believe it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LC_loara-school-bell_Anaheim-CA.html
In 1869, near this location, Mr. Benjamin F. Kellogg helped establish the pioneer farming community of Fairview. In 1870 Mr. Kellogg donated land for the first Fairview school, built at today's Ball Road and Euclid Avenue. By 1888 the school, one …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11GF_kate-and-ella-1895_Anaheim-CA.html
Kate and Ella the daughters of the Rea Family were early settlersof Anaheim. The family named their ranch "Katella Ranch"after their daughters. The original Anaheim wagon track waslater named after them and is now Katella Ave.
Artist: Ramon G V…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11GD_the-pelton-wheel_Anaheim-CA.html
According to legend, Lester Pelton got his idea for a more powerful waterwheel from seeing a cow stick its nose into a stream of water. Patented in 1878, the divided metal cups of Pelton's wheel worked much the same way as the cleft between the co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11G9_the-steam-donkey_Anaheim-CA.html
How the Dolbeer Donkey steam engine got its name is one of the real mysteries of the West. Some folks say it was called a "donkey" because loggers thought it was too puny to merit a horsepower rating invented by John Dolbeer, this portable steam e…