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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12P_murphys-hotel_Murphys-CA.html
James L. Sperry and John Perry opened the Sperry and Perry Hotel August 20, 1856. In 1881 Henry Atwood and then Harvey Blood owned it. In 1882, the Mitchler family renamed it the Mitchler Hotel. In 1945, the McKimins' changed its name to Murphys H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12O_peter-l-traver-building_Murphys-CA.html
Constructed by Peter L. Traver in 1856, this is the oldest stone building in Murphys. Its iron shutters and sand on the roof protected it from the fires of 1859, 1874, and 1893. It served as a general store, a Wells Fargo office, and later a garage.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12J_fort-tejon_Lebec-CA.html
This military post was established by the United States Army on June 24, 1854, to suppress stock rustling and for the protection of Indians in the San Joaquin Valley. As regimental headquarters of the First Dragoons, Fort Tej?n was an important mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12I_electronics-research-laboratory_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Original site of the laboratory and factory of Federal Telegraph Company, founded in 1909 by Cyril F. Elwell. Here, with two assistants, Dr. Lee de Forest, inventor of the three-element radio vacuum tube, devised in 1911-13 the first vacuum tube a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11W_winchester-house_San-Jose-CA.html
Built by Sarah Winchester, widow of rifle manufacturer William Winchester, this unique structure includes many outstanding elements of Victorian architecture and fine craftsmanship. Construction began in 1884 and continued without interruption unt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11V_mission-santa-clara_Santa-Clara-CA.html
Santa Clara, the first california mission to honor a woman, Clare of Assisi, as its patron saint, was founded nearby on the Guadalupe River on January 12, 1777. It once had the largest Indian population of any California mission. Floods and earthq…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11U_almad-n-vineyards_San-Jose-CA.html
On this site in 1852 Charles LeFranc made the first commercial planting of fine European wine grapes in Santa Clara County and founded Almad?n Vineyards. LeFranc imported cuttings from vines in the celebrated wine districts of his native France, s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11E_vallejos-petaluma-adobe_Penngrove-CA.html
Built by General M.G. Vallejo, 1834-1844, and known as Casa Grande. According to General Vallejo, "building was of immense proportions with different departments for factories and warehouses."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10U_pigeon-point-lighthouse_Pescadero-CA.html
This brick lighthouse was built to incorporate a French first order Fresnel lens. Although no longer used, the lens is still operable in the lantern room. Previously the lens had been installed at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It first flashed ov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10R_fiddletown-oleta_Fiddletown-CA.html
California Historical Landmark—— Fiddletown-Oleta —— Settled in 1849 by a party from Missouri. According to tradition they were always fiddling, especially while waiting for the rainy season—hence the name..... It was…