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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOE_pinkney-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
During their childhood, William Pinkney and Amanda Boydston took part in a migration of Americans heading west to seek land, gold and other opportunities in the western states shortly after the end of the Civil War.
In 1898, William married Ama…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNM_sheepherders-cabin_Bakersfield-CA.html
Spanish missionaries brought the first domesticated sheep to California. During the Gold Rush, sheep provided food and textiles to people seeking their fortune in California.
In 1906, Thomas Quinn built this cabin to provide housing for shephe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNL_philippine-post-office_Manila-NCR.html
In Tagalog: Itinatag bilang tanggapan ng koreo sa Maynila 1767; Itinaas bilang distritong Pangkoreo ng Espanya, 1779; Nag panibagong tatag, 5 Disyembere 1837; Naging pangunahing sentrong pangkoreo, 1838, naging kasapi ng Universal Postal Union, 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNK_andres-bonifacio_Manila-NCR.html
Born of humble parents in Tondo, Manila on November 1863. Andres Bonifacio founded the Katipunan, the secret society that launched the revolution against Spain in Agusut 1896.
He wrote the Katipunan decalogue, some patriotic poems and essays. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNJ_philippine-general-hospital_Manila-NCR.html
In Tagalog:Itinatag sa bisa ng Kautusan bilang 1688 ng Komisyon ng Pilipinas bilang dibisyon ng Kagawaran ng Kalusugan, 1907 sa pamamagitan ni Dean C. Worcester, inilagay ang Panukulang bato Disyembere 8, 1908; Natapos, Nobyembere 30,1909. Pinasin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNI_plaza-olivia-salamanca_Manila-NCR.html
In memory of Olivia Salamanca, M.D., pioneer woman physician of the Philippines. Born in San Roque, Cavite on 1 July 1889; appointed government scholar in 1905; Studied in Drexel Institute, Philadelphia. Died on 11 July 1913. A devoted and compene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNH_barnes-log-cabin_Bakersfield-CA.html
After being injured while fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War, Thomas Barnes came to Kern County looking for opportunity.
In 1868, a tremendous flood washed trees from the Sierra Nevada Mountains down the Kern River depositing th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNG_norris-school_Bakersfield-CA.html
One-room school houses dotted the rural Western landscape to serve sparse populations before the automobile made transportation to towns faster and easier.
This one-room school was built in 1882 north of the town of Rosedale on land donated by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGN5_kern-city-french-bakery_Bakersfield-CA.html
East Bakersfield, originally named Sumner, was founded by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1874. The name of the town was changed to Kern in 1893 and shortly thereafter was called Kern City.
This building, constructed in 1910, was originally th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGN4_adobe-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
Adobe was a common material used to construct buildings from the Spanish mission period of California history through the 1930s.
Adobe is a sun-dried brick made from soil or clay. This structure was built to resemble an adobe dwelling in Kern C…