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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10C_fiddletown_Fiddletown-CA.html
Settled by Missourians 1849. Suggested that settlement be called Fiddletown because residents "were always fiddling." Changed in 1878 to Oleta but original name later restored. Once trading center for American, Loafer, and French Flats, Lone Hill …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZF_cornerstone-to-chinos-first-reservoir_Chino-CA.html
This reservoir, now demolished, was built for Fenton Mercer Slaughter in 1894. It was located about one-quarter mile north of this adobe.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8_menlo-park-railroad-station_Menlo-Park-CA.html
This building, constructed in 1867 by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company, is the oldest railroad passenger station in California. The Victorian ornamentation was added in the 1890s when the station was remodeled to serve the newly-ope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7_columbia_Columbia-CA.html
Columbia, the "gem of the southern mines," became a town of 4000 to 5000 in the 1850s, following the discovery of gold here by the Hildreth party March 27, 1850. Gold shipments, estimated at $87,000,000, declined rapidly after 1858 but Columbia ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ1_discovery-well-signal-hill-field_Signal-Hill-CA.html
Shell Oil Company - Alamitos No. 1 · June 25, 1921. One of the world's most famous wells, Alamitos No. 1, was started on March 23, 1921, and completed June 25, 1921, at a depth of 3,114 feet, flowing 590 barrels of oil a day. This dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXI_corona-founders_Corona-CA.html
R. B. Taylor, George L. Joy, Samuel Merrill, A. S. Garretson, and Adolph Rimpau, having purchased lands of the La Sierra Rancho of Bernardo Yorba and the El Temescal Grant of Leandro Serrano on May 4, 1886, founded the citrus colony and town of Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9_la-cienega-mud-springs-birthplace-of-san-dimas_San-Dimas-CA.html
La Cienega—Mud Springs, Los Angeles - San Bernardino - Sonora RoadStage Station and campground. A place favored by the Indians. Near here in 1774 and 1776Juan Bautisa de Anza—trailblazer, colonizer—and his followers passed on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX0_santa-clara-womens-club-adobe_Santa-Clara-CA.html
This adobe, among the oldest in Santa Clara Valley, was one of several continuous rows of homes built in 1792-1800 as dwellings for the indian families of Mission Santa Clara. It links the Franciscan padres' labors with California of today.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWZ_gubserville_San-Jose-CA.html
Named after Frank Gubser, a German immigrant and barber, Gubserville was an important stage, mail and teamster stop on the road between San Jose and Saratoga. Gubser served as the village's first and only postmaster, beginning July 5, 1882. Gubser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWL_daniel-stewart-co-store_Ione-CA.html
General merchandise store built by Daniel Stewart in 1856. First brick building erected in Ione Valley from nearby Muletown Brick Ione. Once known as "Bed-Bug" and "Freeze-Out' was an important supply center on the main road to the Mother Lode and…