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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26KT_old-county-courthouse_Hawthorne-NV.html
On July 1, 1883 the county seat of Esmeralda County moved from Aurora to Hawthorne. A court house was needed, so a contract to build it for $29125 was awarded. On August 16, 1883 construction began. Corruption and collusion between the contractor George W. …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26NT_jagel-slough_Sunnyvale-CA.html
One mile north-west of this plaque lies Jagel Slough, named for the Jagel Family, who were hay and grain farmers in the area. It is believed Ozymandias P. Jagel, who settled here (1859), set up a still to carry on an illegal liquor business. He perfected th…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26PR_the-lost-whiskey-of-raymond_Markleeville-CA.html
The Raymond Mining District was in operation from 1863 - 1869. It was located roughly four miles north of Silver Mountain and four miles south-west of Markleeville, along Krumm Creek entering Pleasant Valley. Named for R. W. Raymond, who surveyed the area f…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26R1_hangmans-bridge-vigilante-justice_Markleeville-CA.html
On December 18, 1872, Ernst Reusch, a jealous husband shot and killed E.H. Erickson through the window of Erickson's Saloon in Silver Mountain City as Erickson played cards. Reusch believed that Erickson had been having an affair with his wife and took ma…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26R3_jacob-markley_Markleeville-CA.html
On September 12, 1861, Jacob Markley staked out a land claim of 160 acres, a parcel that included this site. Markley erected a 16 by 20 foot log cabin somewhere near this plaque, covering it with shakes made from local Sugar Pine. He also built a bridge ove…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26UZ_blackwell-ponds_Carson-City-NV.html
In 1902 Marion Jefferson Blackwell purchased 360 acres from the State of Nevada, 556 acres of adjoining land from Sweeney's Hot Springs and a lot with a house. He raised carp and catfish to sell commercially also hay and horses. Neighbors used the ponds for…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM27AQ_kern-county-courthouse_Bakersfield-CA.html
This was the site of the original county courthouse in Bakersfield (1874). In 1913 it was purchased by the city for use as a city hall and was occupied until the earthquakes of 1952. The present city hall was dedicated in 1954.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM27AS_miller-lux-ranch-pizen-switch-holdings_Yerington-NV.html
In 1858 Henry Miller, known as the Cattle King of California, and Charles Lux, a fellow German with a keen business sense, formed one of the most successful partnerships in American history. The Miller & Lux Firm began buying up land and cattle throughout t…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM27CB_port-harford-pier_San-Luis-Obispo-CA.html
In 1873 Entrepreneur John Harford built a wharf at the westerly end of San Luis Bay to accommodate growing cargo shipping and passenger travel on the Central Coast. The Port Harford pier extended 2,000 feet into the bay and provided horse-drawn rail access …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM27X1_rancho-canada-larga_Ventura-CA.html
Rancho Cañada Larga o Verde, as it was originally known, came out of lands of the San Buenaventura Mission. Following Mexican independence from Spain, Joaquina Alvarado de Moraga, whose late husband, Gabriel Moraga, was a distinguished soldier of Spanish C…