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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ5L_cresta-blanca-winery_Livermore-CA.html
Here, Charles A. Wetmore planted his vineyard in 1882. The Cresta Blanca wine he made from its fruit won for California the first international award. The highest honor at the 1889 Paris Exposition. First bringing assurance to California wine grow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML0C_wente-bros-winery_Livermore-CA.html
Here the first Wente Vineyards of 47 acres was established by C.H. Wente in 1883. In 1935 his sons, Ernest and Herman, introduced California's first varietal wine label, Sauvignon Blanc. The efforts of the Wente family have helped to establish the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML09_concannon-vineyards_Livermore-CA.html
Here, in 1883, James Concannon founded the Concannon Vineyard. The quality it achieved in Sacramental and commercial wines helped establish Livermore Valley as one of America's select wine growing districts. Grape cuttings from this vineyard were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRL_lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory_Livermore-CA.html
The Laboratory opened September 2, 1952 at this site, initially as a branch of the University of California Radiation Laboratory. Prior to the Lab's opening, this 630-acre parcel was the site of Livermore Naval Air Station, a World War II pilot tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQT_where-ang-kalayaan-was-printed_Manila-NCR.html
This house was occupied by Dr. Pio Valenzuela together with Ulpiano Fernandez and Faustino Duque, Filipino printers who turned out for Dr. Valenzuela and Emilio Jacinto 2,000 copies of the newspaper entitled "Ang Kalayaan," giving Yokohama as the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQS_carnegie_Livermore-CA.html
A city of 3500 population, from 1895-1912, and the site of the Carnegie Brick and Pottery Company, served by the Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad. The plant had 45 kilns and 13 tall smokestacks, and the town had a post office, company store, hotel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD5V_livermore-southern-pacific-depot_Livermore-CA.html
This railroad station having been located about half a mile west of the old town of Laddsville, on land owned by Wm. M. Mendenhall. Established the location of the town Livermore. The first depot was a freight car that was soon replaced by a build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD5O_livermore-town-hall-jail-and-firehouse_Livermore-CA.html
[Upper Marker:]Built 1875, this building was first a hotel then the Livermore Valley Bank. It was the Livermore Town Hall from 1905 to 1957. The jail was in the rear, and to the left the firehouse. It was here a light bulb was lit and continues to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD5N_william-m-mendenhall-1823-1911-deanza-expedition-campsite_Livermore-CA.html
[Located at the Livermore Civic Center is a two-sided monument. Side 1 is a marker dedicated to William M. Mendenhall, founder of the town of Livermore. Side 2 is a marker marking this site as a campsite of the Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBRT_patterson-western-railroad_Livermore-CA.html
The narrow gauge railroad winding some 25 miles from Patterson through Del Puerto Canyon operated from Sept. 20, 1916 to August 14, 1920. During World War I, the railroad brought the much needed minerals of magnesite, manganese chrome and quicksil…