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Markers Published After 10/11/2020
By Mark Hilton, October 25, 2020
Ivy Creek Methodist Church can be see in far distance.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Alabama Route 14 0.4 miles west of County Road 9, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Constructed in 1854, Ivy Creek Methodist Church originally was part of the Mulberry Beat in Autagua County. The church served the communities of Hamilton, Huckabee (Evergreen), Milton, Statesville-Mulberry, and West Autaugaville. Ivy Creek Methodist . . . — — Map (db m158666) HM |
| On County Road 57 just north of County Road 6, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1919, Anthony Townsend donated 5 acres of land for this school. In 1913, Julius
Rosenwald, CEO of Sears & Roebuck, and Booker T. Washington established the Rosenwald School program to improve the quality of public education for African American . . . — — Map (db m158654) HM |
| On Rocky Mount Road 1.1 miles north of Cobbs Ford Road (U.S. 82), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Rocky Mount Cemetery was established on this sacred ground for families who settled Cobb’s Ford and the surrounding area. The oldest marked burials date to the 1890s. Numerous veterans of the Civil War and World Wars I and II are buried here. Rocky . . . — — Map (db m158661) HM |
| On County Road 21 south of County Road 20, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1870, Marbury Lumber Company donated land for the White Pond Methodist Church and Cemetery. It is believed that the first burial in the cemetery, marked only by a pile of bricks, took place that same year. The earliest marked grave is of Thomas . . . — — Map (db m158662) HM |
| On Jordan Avenue near Barnett Boulevard (Alabama Route 14), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The history of this church encompasses the span of worldwide
Methodism from the time of John Wesley to the present. A Methodist
Society was organized in Tallassee in 1853 by 15 charter members
who gathered in the "White Store," a mill company . . . — — Map (db m160158) HM |
| On Beaty Street North at Market Street/Buck Island Road on Beaty Street North. |
| | (Side A): Athens was incorporated in 1818, one year prior to the admission of Alabama as the 22nd state. It is the seat of Limestone County, created by an act of the Alabama Territorial Legislature. Athens has a legacy of providing quality . . . — — Map (db m159697) HM |
| On Trinity Circle north of Browns Ferry Street (County Road 29), on the left when traveling east. |
| | “My people were in slavery on the Coleman
Plantation. When the war came, they had an
opportunity to fight for their freedom on that
very same spot. Then Trinity was built at the
fort, and they could get an education there.
That story . . . — — Map (db m158197) HM |
| Near Trinity Circle north of Browns Ferry Street (County Road 29), on the left when traveling east. |
| | “When told that the fort had been surrendered...
[the soldiers] could scarcely believe themselves,
but with tears demanded that the fight should
go on, preferring to die in the fort.” — Lt.
Robert McMillan, 110th U.S. . . . — — Map (db m158258) HM |
| On Trinity Circle north of Browns Ferry Street (County Road 29), on the left when traveling north. |
| | “Trinity School founder Mary Fletcher Wells
and the American Missionary Association
forged the path for reconstruction in Limestone
County's African American population in an
approach based on the belief that education
and religion . . . — — Map (db m158194) HM |
| Near Trinity Circle north of Browns Ferry Street (County Road 29), on the left when traveling east. |
| | “Just after daylight on the morning of
September 24, they opened on the fort with
artillery from three different sides, casting
almost every shell inside the works.” — Col.
Wallace Campbell, 110th U.S. Colored . . . — — Map (db m158261) HM |
| On Trinity Circle north of Browns Ferry Street (County Road 29), on the right when traveling east. |
| |
"The fort...was one of the best works of the kind I
ever saw.” — Lt. Henry March, 115th Ohio, USA
Here you can see all that remains of Fort Henderson,
the southeast bastion. Envision standing here during
construction. The . . . — — Map (db m158265) HM |
| On Trinity Circle north of Browns Ferry Street (County Road 29), on the left when traveling west. |
| | "It is impossible to adequately describe what
Trinity means to me. It means everything.
Without Trinity I don't exist." — Dr. Charles
Eric Lincoln: scholar, theologian, author,
former Duke professor, and Trinity graduate
Trinity . . . — — Map (db m158185) HM |
| On Holt Road (Local Route 1800), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Oaklawn Cemetery is believed to have begun in 1876 as a local family cemetery plot, became a community cemetery by 1879, and expanded into a formally organized cemetery in 1931. Historical and burial information indicates this cemetery primarily . . . — — Map (db m159478) HM |
| On Washington Ferry Road west of Beech Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The 4th Aviation Squadron was an all African-American unit established at Maxwell Air Force Base on June 10, 1941, and it was one of the first African-American units established in Alabama. Though its official mission was stated as . . . — — Map (db m158650) HM |
| On Hall Street at Lake Street, on the right when traveling south on Hall Street. |
| | In 1903, forty community members organized Hall Street Baptist
Church. Rev. James Brannon served as the first pastor. The church
played an integral role in Centennial Hill's history and culture and
shone as a beacon for those fighting for Civil . . . — — Map (db m158668) HM |
| On Old Wetumpka Highway (County Road 74) 0.2 miles south of Brooks Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1881, former slaves Gadson Draw, Frank Felder, Eli Madison, Kate Marshall, and Killis Marshall founded this church. Rev. Solomon S. Seay, Sr., pastor from 1928-1929, was a stalwart in the Civil Rights Movement and served as the third president of . . . — — Map (db m158657) HM |
| On Church Street south of 8th Avenue NE, on the right when traveling south. |
| | When classes began on this site in the late 1800s, the teaching staff
of the East End Public School (also known as the Gibb Street School)
consisted of Professor T. A. Frierson and his wife, Anna B. Frierson.
At the time, it was the only school . . . — — Map (db m158179) HM |
| On Nat Key Road 0.6 miles south of Gibson Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Honorable Thomas D. Crabb, Legislator and Alabama Constitution
Signatory, established title to this property on July 10, 1818. It is
believed the existing structure was used for treaty administration,
a stagecoach stop, a store, and a home. . . . — — Map (db m158177) HM |
| On Alabama Route 15 0.2 miles south of County Road 6636, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Creek Indians ceded this land in the Treaty of Fort Jackson
on August 9, 1814. Pike County was established from portions
of Henry and Montgomery Counties on December 17, 1821.
The county was named in honor of Zebulon Montgomery Pike,
an American . . . — — Map (db m159024) HM |
| On Salem Road (County Road 15) 1.2 miles north of State Route 119, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The home of Washington H. McGaughy and
his wife Nancy Prentice Wynn,
the original dogtrot homestead built by
the Perry family. The 120-acre farm was
formerly part of the Perry Plantation. After
Perry Hall was completed in 1836, this . . . — — Map (db m159576) HM |
| On South River Road 0.3 miles south of West 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Just west on the river, W.R Milligan built the first grist mill & sawmill in Round Valley, later a brick kiln was added. Subsequent owners included the Udall Bros. & J.P. Rothlisberger who built the barn just ahead. — — Map (db m158475) HM |
| | The deadliest natural disaster in Arizona history occurred over Labor Day weekend in 1970 when a tropical storm named Norma swept north into Arizona and turned deadly releasing a downpour of heavy rain. One weather station measured nearly 12 . . . — — Map (db m157859) HM |
| On South Green Valley Parkway. |
| | In memory of
William H. Goettl
April 17, 1915 September 17, 1979
With his own sweat and love he restored Zane Grey's Cabin. Bill was an Arizona outdoorsman, conversationalist and pioneer in the air conditioning industry. A true man of . . . — — Map (db m157857) HM |
| Near Robsons Ranch Road west of Arizona Highway 71. |
| | Robson’s Mining World was originally opened by the Westley Rush Family in 1917 as the Gold Leaf Mine. Ned Creighton acquired the mine in 1924. He renamed the mine the “Nellie Meda” in honor of the two Rush daughters. The mine operated . . . — — Map (db m158284) HM |
| | Built in 1919 to replace the original Tempe Normal School dining hall, this building was informally named to honor Robert and Martha Krause, who managed it as steward and matron for 30 years. Krause Hall was later remodeled as a cafeteria and was . . . — — Map (db m159155) HM |
| Near E Hollamon Street when traveling north. |
| | Fort Verde’s flagpole was designed like a ship’s mast, just like many other military fort flagpoles that were built in the 19th century. This design supports an upper and lower timber, which allows for the use of shorter logs. Often a single tree . . . — — Map (db m159103) HM |
| On E Hollamon Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Civil War has ended, the country opens up for expansion in the West, and conflicts of a different nature face the L.L.S. Military. The Indian Wars of the 1870s-1880s brought soldiers to Arizona to protect the settlers and brought challenges to . . . — — Map (db m159088) HM |
| Near E Hollamon Street when traveling north. |
| | There were two married officers’ quarters built at Fort Verde in 1871, both designed in the Mansard style. The style “disguises” the second floor by extending the line of the roof down. It was a popular style from the 1850s through the . . . — — Map (db m159091) HM |
| Near E Hollamon St when traveling north. |
| | The foundation before you is from one of two Married Officers Quarters. This two-story building was architecturally identical to the Commanding Officers Quarters, but with a reversed floor plan.
After the U.S. Army abandoned the fort, the . . . — — Map (db m159101) HM |
| Near E Hollamon Street when traveling north. |
| | Each permanent military command was required to have a physician. The Post Surgeon was allowed these rather spacious accommodations because patients were treated and surgery was performed here.
The Post Hospital was located at the northeast . . . — — Map (db m159092) HM |
| On South Cortez Street just north of West Goodwin Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Water Table By March of 1881, fire wells like this one were hand-dug on the four corners of the Courthouse Plaza. At the time, the water table was high enough to allow bucketing of water for fire emergencies. These wells were abandoned . . . — — Map (db m157663) HM |
| On West Gurley Street just west of South Cortez Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | (Statehood Tree marker) (north side of monument) Statehood Tree Planted Feb. 14, 1912 • • • Monument presented to people of Arizona by Cub Scouts of Prescott, 1960 (Centennial Witness Tree marker) (south side of monument) The . . . — — Map (db m157657) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | Across the Colorado River is "Indian Hill," the site of La Purisima Concepcion mission. Built in 1780 by Spanish explorers, it was destroyed in 1781 when native Quechans revolted, killing all European males. Nothing is left of that structure. Today . . . — — Map (db m158369) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | The gray bridge, finished in 1915, is the "Ocean to Ocean" Highway Bridge. This was the final link in a highway stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. Its presence meant travelers no longer had to wait for the ferry to cross the Colorado . . . — — Map (db m158287) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | In 1904 an incorrigible ward, consisting of five steel cages, was constructed on this site. The total budget for the building, including steel cages, corrugated iron roofing and lumber, was five hundred dollars. Approximately 4,000 adobe bricks, . . . — — Map (db m158296) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | While the American Revolution brewed on the Atlantic Coast, Spain expanded its New World empire to protect California against the British and Russians. In 1774, Juan Bautista de Anza, commander of the Royal Presidio of Tubac, successfully explored . . . — — Map (db m158299) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | The main cellblock was built to house up to 204 prisoners, but at times the Superintendent's report stated that up to 240 prisoners were kept here. Each cell was approximately 9 foot X 12 foot and could hold six prisoners. When space became limited, . . . — — Map (db m158292) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | Anything a prisoner could not make himself or barter for, he had to do without. As an inmate, forty-eight hours a week were spent working in the fields, quarry, adobe yard, or on assignment in a shop. Whether you needed a tin cup or a new . . . — — Map (db m158293) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | Below the junction of the Gila and the Colorado rivers was the only natural ford on the southern trail to the Pacific. Though often menacing, Indians helped early travelers across on crude rafts. Several ferries operated from 1850 on. Best known . . . — — Map (db m158300) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | During his 1774 exploratory trip, Anza made friends with Chief Olleyquotequiebe (Anza called him “Palma”) of the Quechan Indians, who controlled the river crossing. The Quechans welcomed the 1775 colonizing expedition and supplied . . . — — Map (db m158365) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | Yuma of the 1870's had limited marketplaces. Goods were brought in by steamships or many days' journey through hostile country. Calamities along the journey claimed belongings and supplies more than once. The government compensated by stocking as . . . — — Map (db m158298) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | The Natural Setting The river supported pristine cottonwood / willow gallery forests, mesquite bosques, wetlands, inter-tidal salt flats, and lakes dependent on annual floods for existence. The area yielded a rich harvest of seasonal wild . . . — — Map (db m158377) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | A Positive Impact Starting in 1905, dams were constructed along the Colorado River that brought positive change to the Southwest. Dams and canals brought a safe and secure source of water and power and enhanced the ability of people to live in . . . — — Map (db m158380) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | Restoration in Progress The Yuma East Wetlands (YEW) is an innovative restoration project pioneered by the Quechan Indian Tribe and the City of Yuma. The 1,418 acres of the YEW are comprised of native riparian wetland, and aquatic habitats . . . — — Map (db m158390) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | The concrete slabs before you are all that remain of an early adobe structure. Originally, this building was where prisoners were processed, ate meals, and received medical attention. Later it housed offices, storerooms, barbershop and the two cells . . . — — Map (db m158297) HM |
| On Grand Lake Loop (Arkansas Route 8) at Cariola Road when traveling south on Grand Lake Loop. |
| | From the close of
the Civil War to
the beginning of the twentieth century, Cariola
Landing at Grand Lake was one of the largest
shipping points on the Mississippi River south
of Helena, Arkansas. Cotton from a large area
west and south of . . . — — Map (db m159402) HM |
| On East Lee Street 0.5 miles south of South Main Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Site of the Eudora settlement's first business district. After a ferry across Bayou Macon was established in 1846, Cariola Landing was accessible to Arkansas Communities to the west and Louisiana towns to the south. Merchants built stores along the . . . — — Map (db m158053) HM |
| On Gum Street 0.5 miles south of South Archer Street (State Highway 159). |
| | Site of Mount Carmel, the first organized community in the Eudora area. John Booth donated land for a Presbyterian Church and a seminary for girls. Rev. Benjamin Shaw was director and pastor. Booth and Shaw are buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery. The . . . — — Map (db m158466) HM |
| On South Falls Boulevard (State Highway 1) at East Union Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Falls Boulevard. |
| | The county was named for Col. David C. Cross. First seat of justice, Cleburne 1865. Moved to Wittsburg 1865 where it remained until 1884 when it was removed to Vanndale and later in 1903 the county seat was established at Wynne, where it has since . . . — — Map (db m158125) HM |
| Near South 2nd Street (County Road 181) 0.3 miles north of Ash Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The First Person Buried
Here Was H. W. Cook in
1877 — — Map (db m159973) HM |
| On East 13th Street at South Walker Street, on the right when traveling east on East 13th Street. |
| | Bill Clinton lived in this
house with his mother and
stepfather, Roger Clinton, from
1950 until 1953. During those
years, the future president
attended kindergarten and first
grade. Billy, as he was known
then, loved to play with . . . — — Map (db m159746) HM |
| On U.S. 62 at East Maple Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 62. |
| |
Billy Lee Riley was born in Pocahontas October 5,
1933. During his early childhood he lived just
off the Marr Street on Haw Street.
He recorded his first several hits, including
"Red Hot" at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis
and his . . . — — Map (db m159744) HM |
| On U.S. 62 at Ring Drive, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 62. |
| | Col. Robert G. Shaver established a camp near Pocahontas to train troops for the 7th Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A., including two Randolph County companies. With 1,250 men and officers, the 7th was one of the largest regiments raised in Arkansas. They . . . — — Map (db m159749) HM |
| On South Livermore Avenue at First Street, on the right when traveling south on South Livermore Avenue. |
| | A flagpole has anchored this site since 1905. On July 4, 2005, the citizens of this community dedicated a new flagpole. Sixty feet of the original flagpole stand in nearby Carnegie Park. Both symbolize the strength of our nation and its people. . . . — — Map (db m157822) HM |
| |
Old Bridge and New Pier
As you walk onto the pier before you, constructed in 2019, you are stepping onto a
piece of transportation history. This pier is built upon two pylons that supported the original San Francisco Bay Bridge near the . . . — — Map (db m159373) HM |
| | The opening of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge in
1936, and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937, forever changed
the local economy and transportation habits of the Bay Area,
allowing easier travel and access to new places for work
and . . . — — Map (db m159887) HM |
| Near Alpine State Highway (California Route 89) south of Water Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m157808) HM |
| On Foothill Boulevard 0.2 miles from Dunstone Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1899 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, it sits on the Beckwourth Trail. It was donated to the Wyandotte Community Association and named after the pioneer of the Wyandotte area, William Dunstone. In 2016, it became the home of Argonaut . . . — — Map (db m159622) HM |
| On Great Oak Circle at Orchard Road, on the right when traveling west on Great Oak Circle. |
| |
Gerald Shmavonian's Buehler House
has been listed on the National Register
of historic places by the United States
Department of the Interior
The house was designed and built by
"the world's greatest architect of all time"
Frank Lloyd . . . — — Map (db m159586) HM |
| Near Adobe Lane near Donna Maria Way. Reported missing. |
| | Jose Joaquin Moraga - member of the Juan Bautista de Anza
1776 expedition. Founder and first Commandante of the
Presidio of San Francisco - was the grandfather of
Don Joaquin Moraga who with his cousin Don Juan Bernal
was awarded this grant in . . . — — Map (db m158344) HM |
| On Lincoln Avenue at Carmel Drive, on the left when traveling east on Lincoln Avenue. |
| | As the community's first service organization,
the Women's Club of Walnut Creek helped meet
many community needs. It established the first
public library in 1916 and the first Walnut Festival
in 1936. The club purchased the land for . . . — — Map (db m159601) HM |
| On Divisadero Street at Broadway Street, on the right when traveling east on Divisadero Street. |
| | Fresno means ash tree in Spanish. For many years, this section of California was known as the "Fresno Country” because of the ash trees that grew along its waterways. One of its rivers was named Fresno. Fresno City was established on the west . . . — — Map (db m159502) HM |
| On J Street 0.8 miles south of Redwood Highway (U.S. 101), on the left when traveling north. |
| | EFD Chief: Oscar Paul
Sequoia Company No. 6 Foreman Walter S. Selvage
Mustered into service by Ordinance #357 on July 12, 1904
On July 3, 1904 the property at 1766 J Street was purchased from C. G. Taylor for $550. Construction began on the new . . . — — Map (db m159665) HM |
| On Ballarat Road 3.6 miles east of Trona Wildrose Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Ballarat was born in eighteen ninety seven
following the discovery of the Radcliff Mine
in Pleasant Canyon.
Its namesake was the famous gold city
in Victoria Australia.
It was never a very large town.
It served Panamint Valley and Death . . . — — Map (db m159356) HM |
| On California Route 190 0.2 miles east of Emigrant Canyon Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Among the first structures greeting visitors entering
the park from the west, these two stone buildings at
Emigrant were built to serve as a ranger station and
are a legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC). Created by President Franklin . . . — — Map (db m159295) HM |
| On Badwater Road 17 miles south of California Route 190, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Good Life in Badwater
Water is rare and precious in Death Valley. Imagine the disappointment when a surveyor mapping this area could not get his
mule to drink from this pool. He wrote on his map that the
spring had "bad . . . — — Map (db m159465) HM |
| On West Side Road 16 miles south of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Near this spot the Bennett-Arcane contingent of the Death Valley '49ers, emigrants from the Middle West, seeking shortcut to California gold fields, were stranded for a month and almost perished from starvation. William Lewis Manley and John Rogers, . . . — — Map (db m159315) HM |
| Near West Side Road 13 miles south of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | A few structural remains and the nearby borax
windrows are the most visible reminders of
Eagle Borax Works, the first borax refinery in
Death Valley.
Businessman Isador Daunet founded the Eagle
operation on this site, producing borax by . . . — — Map (db m159313) HM |
| | Good fortune inspired the name “King of the Desert,“ coined for the Keane Wonder Mine by the Rhyolite Herald in 1911. The mine was discovered by Jack Keane and Domingo Etcharren in 1904. Producing over a million dollars in gold from . . . — — Map (db m159260) HM |
| Reported permanently removed. |
| |
During the first two decades of this century the Keane Wonder Mine was the scene of major investment and development. The products of this labor were the riches - gold and silver.
About 1903, Jack Keane, prospector, discovered gold in this . . . — — Map (db m159264) HM |
| On Titus Canyon Road 15 miles west of Highway 374, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This was a mining boom town founded on wild and distorted advertising. 300
hopeful people swarmed here and a post office was established in August,
1926. In February 1927, the post office closed and the town died. — — Map (db m159527) HM |
| On Titus Canyon Road 18 miles west of Highway 374, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Indian rock carvings are found throughout
the Western Hemisphere. Indians living today
deny any knowledge of their meaning. Are they
family symbols, doodlings, or ceremonial
markings? Your guess is as good as any.
Ancient Archives . . . — — Map (db m159528) HM |
| Near West Side Road 12.3 miles south of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Bury me beside Jim Dayton in the valley we loved. Above me write: "Here lies Shorty Harris, a single blanket jackass prospector." - Epitaph requested by Shorty (Frank) Harris, beloved gold hunter, 1856-1934.
Here Jas. Dayton, pioneer, perished, . . . — — Map (db m159314) HM |
| On Scotty's Castle Road 1 mile north of Daylight Pass Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Traces of civilization remain for a long time on the face of Death Valley. Here, on both sides of the paved highway, you can see tracks of wagons that rolled between the mining boom towns of Rhyolite, Nevada and Skidoo, California. — — Map (db m159209) HM |
| Near California Route 190, 3.5 miles east of Badwater Road. |
| | Mining comes and goes with fluctuating demand for minerals, but the draw of the desert is eternal. By the 1920s borax mining activity had slowed and the Pacific Coast Borax Company began looking for other uses for its holdings in Death Valley. The . . . — — Map (db m159455) HM |
| Near California Route 190, 1 mile north of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Used in hauling borax from Death Valley to
Mojave, 165 miles - 10 days. The borax weighed
24 tons. The entire weight totaled 36½ tons. — — Map (db m159870) HM |
| On Badwater Road south of California Route 190. |
| | Interbedded salt and water-bearing gravels are more than 1,000 feet thick beneath the Devils Golf Course. Great horizontal forces exerted by crystallizing salt, push these columns upward. Wind and rain carve them into fantastic shapes. — — Map (db m158905) HM |
| Near California Route 190 near Greenland Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Furnace Creek is a spring fed stream flowing into Death Valley. Native Americans lived here centuries prior to its discovery by lost Forty Niners. In 1881, Aaron Winters found borax nearby, and sold his claims and water rights to William Tell . . . — — Map (db m159457) HM |
| Near California Route 190, 1 mile north of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Steam tractor and ore wagons introduced
at Old Borate to replace the twenty mule
teams and replaced in turn by the Borate
and Daggett Railroad. The tractor was later
used and abandoned on the Beatty-Keane
Wonder Mine Road in Death Valley. — — Map (db m159872) HM |
| On California Route 190 at Borax Mill Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 190. |
| | On the marsh near this point borax was discovered in 1881 by Aaron Winters who later sold his holdings to W. T. Coleman of San Francisco. In 1882 Coleman built the Harmony Borax Works and commissioned his superintendent J. W. S. Perry to design . . . — — Map (db m158971) HM |
| Near Airport Road just west of California Route 190. |
| | He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m158620) HM |
| On Skidoo Road 7 miles east of Emigrant Canyon Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | You are standing in what once was downtown
Skidoo.
Unlike other Death Valley boomtowns, Skidoo
flourished for nearly ten years. At its height in
1907 it boasted 700 residents, a newspaper, bank,
school, and telephone service. The hundreds . . . — — Map (db m159370) HM |
| Near Skidoo Road 8 miles east of Emigrant Canyon Road. |
| | Powered by water piped from a spring high in
the Panamint Range, the Skidoo Mill extracted
gold from ore and was one of Death Valley's
most profitable operations. Skidoo had the only
water-powered milling plant in Death Valley.
The . . . — — Map (db m159375) HM |
| On Charcoal Kiln Road 3.7 miles east of Emigrant Canyon Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Skidoo Pipeline can be seen either north or south of this location. The pipeline, which ran from Birch Spring in Jail Canyon to the millsite 23 miles away, was completed in 1907 at a cost of $250,000. — — Map (db m159328) HM |
| On Charcoal Kiln Road 0.4 miles east of Emigrant Canyon Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | During the 1930s, Americans struggled with the financial and social turmoil of the Great Depression. The employment rate reached 25 percent, and many men were unable to support their families. Their frustration contributed to the election of . . . — — Map (db m159360) HM |
| On Charcoal Kiln Road 7 miles east of Emigrant Canyon Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Built in 1877, these kilns produced charcoal for the Modock Mine smelter about 20 miles to the west. Workers filled the stone kilns with piñon pine logs (relatively abundant in this area) and fired them. The burning, which reduced the wood to . . . — — Map (db m159369) HM |
| Near California Route 127 just north of Charles Brown Highway, on the left when traveling north. |
| | During the 1920s, miners carved
dwellings in this caliche clay
embankment. The name “Dublin
Gulch” may have come from an area
of the same name in Butte, MT,
where one resident, Joe Vollmer,
once lived. Some caves have . . . — — Map (db m159444) HM |
| On Trona Wildrose Road at Ballarat Road, on the right when traveling north on Trona Wildrose Road. |
| | Now a ghost town, Ballarat served nearby mining camps from 1897 to 1917. They produced nearly a million in gold. The jail & a few adobe ruins remain. Seldom Seen Slim, it's last resident, was buried in Boothill in 1968. It had a school but no . . . — — Map (db m159350) HM |
| On Trona Wildrose Road at Ballarat Road, on the right when traveling north on Trona Wildrose Road. |
| | 3 1/2 miles east of this point lies Ballarat. Established in 1897 as a mining camp and supply center for the gold and silver mines located on the western slope of the Panamint Mountains. It was named after a well-known gold producing area in . . . — — Map (db m159351) HM |
| On Trona Wildrose Road at Ballarat Road, on the right when traveling north on Trona Wildrose Road. |
| | Rich sliver ore was discovered in December 1872 at the head of Surprise Canyon 12 miles northeast of here. The United States Senators for Nevada, John P. Jones and William Morris Stewart, invested in and promoted the camp which drew a peak . . . — — Map (db m159349) HM |
| On Bealville Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Originally known as Allen's Camp after Gabriel Allen, who in the 1870s had a cabin and stock pasture near here, the settlement was named Caliente when railroad construction reached this point in April 1875. The town became a railroad terminal for . . . — — Map (db m157683) HM |
| On Mountain Wells Avenue at Ophir Street, on the left when traveling west on Mountain Wells Avenue. |
| | Established December 1896 with the burial of William Davis,
who was shot and killed in a gambling dispute in Randsburg.
The Cemetery is the final resting place of many pioneers
of the District whose headstones and the location of . . . — — Map (db m159553) HM |
| On Isabella Walker Pass Road (State Highway 178 at milepost 79.8), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Discovered by Joseph R. Walker, American trail-blazer who left the San Joaquin Valley through this pass in 1834. This area was traversed by topographer Edward M. Kern, after whom the Kern River was named, while accompanying the Fremont expedition of . . . — — Map (db m159834) HM |
| On U.S. 395 just north of Red Moutain Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | One of the richest silver strikes occurred in the community of Red Mountain. The Kelly and Grady claims started a silver boom which brought prosperity to this region in the 1900's. In one 60 day period over $170,000 in silver was mined from a hole . . . — — Map (db m158901) HM |
| On Douglas Avenue 0.3 miles west of 12 3/4 Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Founded in 1856 by L.A. Whitmore who operated first Kings River ferry crossing. After 1858 town became stopping place for Butterfield stages. Toll bridge superseded ferry in 1873. On December 26, 1873, Tiburcio Vasquez and bandit gang made bold raid . . . — — Map (db m158224) HM |
| On Brand Boulevard at Broadway, on the right when traveling north on Brand Boulevard. |
| | Site of Glendale Depot of the
Los Angeles Interurban Railway, 1904-1923,
first six-story building in the city.
Constructed by Security Trust
and Savings Bank in 1923.
Original property occupied by
First Savings Bank of Glendale. — — Map (db m158123) HM |
| On Virgil Avenue just south of Sunset Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Film Companies Move West
During the early 1900s, many East Coast film companies, which dominated the new industry at the time, were searching for better weather, varied locations, cheap nonunion labor, and an escape from the . . . — — Map (db m158333) HM |
| On Aquarium Way just south of Shoreline Drive. |
| | This sculpture is called a Moai. It was carved on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
by native artist Iovani Teave on white rock called Maea Tea Tea. Moai
translates to Aringa ora or "Living Face.” The top knot is called a Pukao,
carved of . . . — — Map (db m157993) HM |
| On South Olive Street north of West 4th Street. |
| | Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled by cables, travel a 33 percent grade for 315 . . . — — Map (db m160015) HM |
| On South Broadway near West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Mining Tycoon
L. Bradbury
Makes His Mark
His name endures in the eponymous town of wealth and horseflesh set against the San Gabriel Mountains, but mining tycoon Louis Bradbury made his loveliest mark on Southern California with the . . . — — Map (db m160017) HM |
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