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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17H6_essanay-studio-site_Fremont-CA.html
Francis X. Bushman, Charlie Chaplin, Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Ben Turpin, Vic "Slippery Sam" Pottel and "Alkalie (sic) Ike" starred here 1910/1912. Earliest films starred Gilbert Anderson (Max Aronson) alias "Bronco Billy," 1958 Oscar winner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17CT_essanay-film-studio_Fremont-CA.html
The western branch studio of the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913 to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that purpose in Northern California.
The Essanay company of 52 people led by movie star cowboy Gil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17CR_site-of-first-post-office_Fremont-CA.html
Site of the First Post OfficeIn NilesEstablished 1873William SynderPostmasterAnnual Salary $12.00
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOL_pioneer-schoolhouse-chapel_Fremont-CA.html
Approximately one mile west John M. Horner built the first American schoolhouse non-Catholic chapel in Centerville, Alameda County, 1850. Said to be the first Latter Day Saint Chapel in California. A small structure with three windows in the side …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG8N_completion-of-the-transcontinental-railroad_Fremont-CA.html
"May God continue the unity of our country as this railroad unites the two great oceans of the world." The gold spike ceremony at Promontory, Utah in May of 1869 united the tracks of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. However the tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG88_the-bankers-building_Fremont-CA.html
This building was originally constructed as the Niles Branch of the Bank of Alameda County. Its doors opened on Monday, September 23, 1929. The construction was considered a "new modern building" that would be "a model of banking efficiency."
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9M0_vallejo-flour-mill_Fremont-CA.html
Site of flour mill, Niles, built 1853 by Don Jose De Vallejo, brother of General Vallejo, on his Rancho Arroyo De La Alameda. Niles was once called "Vallejo Mills". Stone aqueduct carrying water for mill parallels Niles Canyon Road.