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By Syd Whittle, March 17, 2009
Monroe House and Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Highway 49 (Main Street), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Perly Monroe was the grandson of Peter and Nancy Gooch, who were freed from slavery here when California became a state in 1850. The Monroe family became successful fruit farmers and prominent property holders in Coloma. Built in 1925, this house is . . . — — Map (db m17205) HM |
| On State Highway 49, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Most of Coloma's buildings were wooden, but some were were made of brick or stone to resist fire. This one, known as "Bells Brick Store," was a general merchandise store that also sold feed and grain. The U.S. Post Office was located in this . . . — — Map (db m12207) HM |
| On Pleasant Valley Road (State Highway 49), on the right when traveling west. |
| | This town, settled in 1848, derived its name from its crystal clear springs. Among the richest in this vicinity its diggings produced a 25 pound nugget, one of the largest in El Dorado County. Its most thriving period was in 1851. Later it became a . . . — — Map (db m10936) HM |
| On Cold Springs Road, on the right when traveling north. |
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Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the beginning of . . . — — Map (db m76181) HM |
| Near Carson Road 0.3 miles north of Schnell School Road. |
| | This fieldstone building was built by Giovanni N. Lombardo in 1872 from stones cleared to plant vineyards on the property. The lower cellar was used to produce wine for the local community. The grapes were crushed in the upper story living room and . . . — — Map (db m101534) HM |
| Near Carson Road 0.3 miles east of Union Ridge Road. |
| | Whose deep concern for the conservation and improvement of our forests led him to establish the Eddy Tree Breeding Station on this site in 1925. His own effort and funds created this oldest forest genetics research institution in the Western . . . — — Map (db m105854) HM |
| On North 5th Street at West Elm Street, on the left when traveling north on North 5th Street. |
| | Jacob Zwang was born in Sennefeld, Baden Germany and migrated to the United States in 1896 at the age of 16 years. He arrived at 2:00 o’clock in the morning and was met by his uncle Moses Levy, and cousin Albert Levy. This was the start of a . . . — — Map (db m64061) HM |
| On South Elm Avenue at West Lincoln Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Elm Avenue. |
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[Side A:]
Easton
In 1878, O.W. Easton and J.P. Whitney, San Francisco entrepreneurs, bought a total of 12 sections of land in this area (7680 acres), formed the Washington Irrigated Colony and began selling 20-acre farms. Allen T. . . . — — Map (db m28011) HM |
| | "Fresno" is the Spanish word for "Ash Tree." The first settlement to which the name was applied was "Fresno City," a station on the old Butterfield Stage Route located on Fresno Slough about one and one-half miles northwesterly from the present . . . — — Map (db m41007) HM |
| On Tulare Street near Van Ness Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
During and after World War II, nearly 5,000,000
contracted braceros came to work in agriculture
and on the railroads, the majority in California and
the San Joaquin Valley, under U.S. and Mexican Treaty,
demonstrating their patriotism . . . — — Map (db m41067) HM |
| Near South Maple Avenue south of East Edgar Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Father of Fresno Irrigation. He was born in New York State in 1819, became a blacksmith and emigrated to California in 1852. He came to Fresno County in 1868 and employed by A. Y. Easterby, built the first irrigation system for lush fields of . . . — — Map (db m127909) HM |
| Near Pine Flat Road 1.5 miles north of Elwood Road. |
| | Its waters made possible the irrigation of a million fertile acres, despite a 39 year battle over water rights. From 1882 forward, 150 lawsuits were filed and early irrigators often used armed force to open headgates to water their crops. L. A. . . . — — Map (db m27996) HM |
| On Trimmer Springs Road near East Belmont Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | "Yank" Hazelton, son of Joseph, a blacksmith, and Sophia Cleveland, was born in Coeyman, N.Y., in 1824. He emigrated to California through San Diego in 1853. He settled on this site and homesteaded this land in November, 1857, with his wife of 2 . . . — — Map (db m28069) HM |
| Near Art Gonzales Parkway 0.2 miles from Highland Avenue. |
| | [Marker Front:]
Groundwater Irrigation Beginnings
The San Joaquin Valley's groundwater reservoir was first tapped with a practical pumping plant 4 miles northeast of here on Dec. 12, 1894. William De La Grange of Selma, tired of . . . — — Map (db m28594) HM |
| On East Front Street 0.2 miles west of Park Street, on the left. |
| | On this 6 1/4 acre site, Libby, McNeill and Libby opened the San Joaquin Valley's largest cannery on July 18, 1911, less than four hectic months after the site was acquired and construction plans were announced. The initial construction cost was . . . — — Map (db m52240) HM |
| On Highway 211 at Herbert Street, on the left when traveling south on Highway 211. |
| | This pioneer agricultural community, settled in 1852, helped feed the booming population of mid-century San Francisco. Long known as “Cream City,” Ferndale made innovative and lasting contributions to the dairy industry. Local . . . — — Map (db m1557) HM |
| On Main Street at Milton Avenue on Main Street. |
| | This site, originally R.A. Simpson's Ferndale Mechanical Shop, and shared by A. Monroe Cider and Vinegar Company, was chosen in 1904 by Aage Jensen as the founding location of the Central Creamery with first production of butter in September, . . . — — Map (db m65235) HM |
| Near Eel River Drive near Hookton Road. |
| | These historic images represent an earlier time when the low-lying wetlands and salt marshes around Humboldt Bay and the lower Eel River valley were largely drained and converted to agricultural uses.
Under the congressional Swamp and . . . — — Map (db m139531) HM |
| Near Eel River Drive near Hookton Road. |
| | Hard work and perseverance created a family business that lasted generations
In 1850, Joseph and Zipporah Russ moved to Humboldt County from Maine to start a cattle and sheep ranch. The main buildings were built between 1915 and 1925 and . . . — — Map (db m139548) HM |
| On McConnell Road 1.3 miles north of E. Evan Hewes Hwy (County Route S80), on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1908 Hardy McConnell and son, Leslie, (A Native Son) left Temescal Canyon, near Corona, enroute to settle in Imperial Valley, driving two teams of horses pulling wagons, hauling farm implements, chickens and leading a cow.
Fourteen days later . . . — — Map (db m81635) HM |
| On East Barioni Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The largest gravity fed irrigation district in the western hemisphere, established in 1911. They later assumed control of several water companies and were instrumental in getting the Hoover Dam and the All American Canal built.
They commenced . . . — — Map (db m62035) HM |
| On California Route 136, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Owens Lake was once over 300 feet deep and part of a large ancient freshwater lake. As the climate changed over centuries, the lake began to dry up leaving behind concentrated minerals and salts. By 1905, diversion of water by farmers in the Owens . . . — — Map (db m72575) HM |
| Near U.S. 395 at Los Angles Aqueduct Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Alabama Gates and gate house were constructed in 1913 when the Los Angeles Aqueduct was built to dewater the aqueduct when maintenance is necessary. On November 16, 1924, seventy or more local citizens seized the aqueduct at the Alabama Gates . . . — — Map (db m93252) HM |
| | In the 1890's a Chinese man named Ah Foo came to this canyon from the Borax Works in Death Valley. He developed a successful ranch, raising livestock, hay, fruits and vegetables to help feed the local silver miners and their draft animals. The . . . — — Map (db m72929) HM |
| On Chester Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This area was originally a portion of the Jewett Brothers’ Ranches. In 1859 Solomon and Philo Jewett walked 2000 miles to present day Kern County. They built the first store in Bakersfield in 1865 and the same year raised the first commercial cotton . . . — — Map (db m24989) HM |
| | The Chinese community was an early and significant element of the population of Kern County.
Chinese immigrants contributed to the social, economic and industrial growth of Kern County by mining, farming, building railroads, and owning . . . — — Map (db m25318) HM |
| On Truxtun Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1871 Horatio P. Livermore and William Muehe built the Kern River Flour Mills on the Kern Island Canal. Muehe sold his interest to Fordyce Roper in 1874 and Livermore to James B. Haggin in 1879, who also acquired Roper's interest in 1884. The . . . — — Map (db m53243) HM |
| | Large scale farming and ranching was needed to supply the restaurants and grocery stores in fast-growing cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles in the late 1800s.
Henry Miller and Charles Lux purchased large areas of land throughout . . . — — Map (db m25309) HM |
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This barn, used to feed and harness teams of horses, was originally located at 1606 “R” Street in Bakersfield.
Four horses could be fed and harnessed inside this barn. Chopped hay, stored in the barn’s loft, was lowered . . . — — Map (db m25642) HM |
| | A fifth generation native of Kern River Valley, Bob is best remembered for the 9 history books he wrote. Without him much of what happened in our valley’s past would have been lost. He was a cowboy, cattleman, ranger, family man and historian. But . . . — — Map (db m25238) HM |
| On Shafter Avenue north of Merced Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Shafter Cotton Research Station, established here in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, developed the "Acala" varieties which were exceptionally well suited to the San Joaquin Valley. The quality of the acala cottons and the marketing . . . — — Map (db m52055) HM |
| On S Green Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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In 1947 the Tehachapi Soil Conservation District was organized to advise the farm industry. It was apparent by the early 1960s that if agriculture were to continue as economic force in the District, additional water had to be found. In the early . . . — — Map (db m135047) HM |
| On S Green Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Tehachapi’s early settlers grazed cattle on the abundant grass of the open range until the great droughts of the 1860s & 70s reduced the herds. Herds increased again in the 1880s and large ranches began such as the Hill Ranch, the Tehachapi Cattle . . . — — Map (db m134558) HM |
| On East Tehachapi Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The "T-Hacha-P" logo was taken from an early fruit crate label. The steam powered combine shown is followed by a horse drawn water wagon, with Tehachapi Peak in the background. Jake Jacobsen, a former mayor and civic leader, along with his brother . . . — — Map (db m53115) HM |
| On East F Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Avelino Martinez was of Mexican, Indian and Chinese descent, four feet-four inches tall and thirteen years of age when he came with a group of drovers to the United States from Sonora, Mexico, searching for his father. He worked as a groom for . . . — — Map (db m52918) HM |
| On Woody Road 0.2 miles south of California Highway 155, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Joseph Weringer, Sr., Born 1855 in Vienna, established the “Weringer Brewery and Bowling Alley” in Bakersfield in 1881. In 1889 he moved here and established the original townsite of Woody, named after pioneer rancher Sparrel Woody. . . . — — Map (db m113825) HM |
| On Woody Road at State Highway 155, on the left when traveling east on Woody Road. |
| | Dr. Sparrell W. Woody, pioneer rancher, settled in this area in 1862. In 1894 quartz gold was discovered on Blue Mountain. Copper was discovered in 1891 by Joseph Weringer who operated both the Greenback Copper Mine and the Weringdale Hotel. The . . . — — Map (db m83341) HM |
| On High Valley Road (Business County Road 220). |
| | Considered by some to be the oldest dwelling in Lake County, the Ranch House was built in the 1850’s to 1860’s. It was associated with the earliest settlement of High Valley and beginnings of agriculture in Lake County. It is a one and one half . . . — — Map (db m26738) HM |
| On Main Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Built in 1921 by J.A. Youngreen, the Bank of Upper Lake was a tribute to the prosperity of the area. This was a farming center with extensive cattle and sheep production. The Blue Lake bean developed here by Adolphus Mendenhall became the foundation . . . — — Map (db m140004) HM |
| On Main Street at 1st Street South, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Since its humble beginnings, Upper Lake's strategic position drew an enterprising and hard working population. The town bustled with activity as the terminus for the Clear Lake and Cloverdale stage lines. Visitors to local resorts and hot springs . . . — — Map (db m140003) HM |
| | “When Lassen returned to Sutter’s Fort he was still haunted by memories of the beautiful scenery in the North Valley. He decided to apply for land and settle there. There were no settlements at all in this region, so there would be room enough . . . — — Map (db m14226) HM |
| On Rainbow Crest Drive at Reyes Adobe Road, on the left when traveling west on Rainbow Crest Drive. |
| | Daughters of the American Revolution commemorate the significant role the
Reyes Adobe historical site played in the development of California and its
history. The property was a stop along the state's famous El Camino Real. — — Map (db m154344) HM |
| On Campus Drive at Holly Avenue, in the median on Campus Drive. |
| | Elias Jackson Baldwin, founder and first Mayor of the City of Arcadia, was born into an Ohio farming family on April 3, 1828, but spent his formative years growing up in nearby Indiana where a year at Wabash College in Crawfordsville completed his . . . — — Map (db m135467) HM |
| Near Baldwin Avenue 0.3 miles south of Interstate 210, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The home place of Elias Jackson “Lucky” Baldwin, founder and first Mayor of the City of Arcadia, was this relatively simple adobe house, though during Baldwin's occupation (1875-1909) it was the larger and more inviting structure seen . . . — — Map (db m153423) HM |
| On Chandler Boulevard west of Mariposa Street, in the median. |
| | When early settlers migrated to Southern California in the late 1800s, they saw the future potential of the fertile
valley located twelve miles north of Los Angeles. In 1867, Dr. David Burbank purchased the land, which, in
1911, would become . . . — — Map (db m137688) HM |
| On Lassen Street at Farralone Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Lassen Street. |
| | 76 olive trees, clippings from
the San Fernando Mission, planted by Nelson A. Gray in 1893. — — Map (db m144984) HM |
| On Verdugo Road north of York Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of many distinct districts of Glassell Park, Verdugo Village is a two block commercial corridor in the historic Sagamore Park tract (est. 1920s) situated along the early transportation route that linked the Rancho San Raphael (1784) and the . . . — — Map (db m145372) HM |
| On East Bennett Avenue at Minnesota Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Bennett Avenue. |
| | Planted in 1901 by the R.W. Hamlins, early citrus growers, the Glendora bougainvillea is the largest growth of this exotic plant in the United States. The parent stock was brought to California by a whaling ship about 1870, and the vines survive as . . . — — Map (db m127847) HM |
| Near Mauna Loa Avenue 0.5 miles east of Glendora Avenue. |
| | The Rain Bird horizontal action impact drive sprinkler head was invented in
1933 by Orton Englehardt, a citrus grower and native of Glendora. The design
offered slow rotation and uniform watering, benefits long sought by local
irrigators. . . . — — Map (db m146402) HM |
| On Avenue 64 at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Avenue 64. |
| | This dinner bell
was used on
the San Rafael Ranch,
1890 - 1920.
Presented to
the Church of the Angels
by the San Rafael Ranch Co. — — Map (db m149010) HM |
| On Bonita Avenue at D Street, on the right when traveling east on Bonita Avenue. |
| | This transportation kiosk salutes the past and future role of transportation in shaping the city of La Verne.
Founded by entrepreneur Isaac W. Lord in 1887 as one of a string of boom towns platted along the Santa Fe railway, the township of . . . — — Map (db m128943) HM |
| On Bixby Hill Road east of Palo Verde Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Honoring the Indians of Puvungna
who fished these shores long before the reign of the Dons.
U.S.A. Bicentennial year 1975
Susan B. Anthony Chapter NSDAR — — Map (db m132708) HM |
| Near Hellman Way west of Trousdale Parkway. |
| | Visited the USC campus in 1982, 1985 and 1989.
“The end of all education should surely be service to others” • “El próposito de toda educacíon verdaderamente deberia servir a otros” — — Map (db m130214) HM |
| On Paseo Rancho Castilla 0.5 miles east of Eastern Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On this site in 1776 Franciscan missionaries built one of 36 original California adobes. — — Map (db m146916) HM |
| On Lamar Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | For nearly a century, the San Antonio Winery has been the heart of winemaking culture in Los Angeles. The winery's founder Santo Cambianica left his home, Berzo San Fermo, in Lombardy, Italy in 1910. Then in 1917 he founded his company on the . . . — — Map (db m94904) HM |
| Near 3rd Street east of Fairfax Avenue. |
| | 1872: Arthur Fremont Gilmore leaves Millersburg, Illinois and heads west to seek his fortune in California. He soon forms a partnership with Julius Carter and the two go into the dairy business in Compton, California.
1880: A.F. Gilmore . . . — — Map (db m130531) HM |
| Near Elizabeth Lake Road 0.1 miles west of Ranch Center Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Lazy T is one of the
original Ritter family homesteads
of the late 18th & early 19th century.
This ranch was at one time part of
over 12,000 acres owned and worked
by the Ritter brothers as a: Cattle
ranch, almond orchard, dry . . . — — Map (db m155711) HM |
| On Paramount Boulevard 0.5 miles north of California Route 91, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The towns of Hynes and Clearwater, later incorporated as Paramount, were the center of the hay and dairy industry in Los Angeles and Orange Counties from the 1920s through the 1960s. Considered the “Milk Shed of Los Angeles”, Paramount . . . — — Map (db m128218) HM |
| On Paramount Boulevard south of Jackson Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | One of the biggest hay suppliers to the Southern California dairy industry was Western Consumers Feed Company, which had its headquarters in the still-standing building to the south of the Hay Tree. To the north, where City Hall now sits, was the . . . — — Map (db m131046) HM |
| Near Ocean Trails Drive 1 mile south of 25th Street (Palos Verdes Drive South). |
| | This site was designated a Point of Historical Interest at a meeting in regular session on May 1, 1992 in Sacramento. It particularly honors Kumekichi Ishibashi, who built the first Japanese-American farmhouse in 1906. He was born in Japan and came . . . — — Map (db m31245) HM |
| On Wolfskill Street at Truman Street, on the right when traveling east on Wolfskill Street. |
| | Panel 1:
“Show me the suffering of the most miserable
So I will know my people’s plight.”
“Free me to pray for others
For you are present in every person.”
“Help me take responsibility for my . . . — — Map (db m149987) HM |
| On West Paseo Del Mar 0.2 miles east of Western Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | About 25 miles west of here, across the
channel, lies Santa Catalina Island,
which can be seen distinctly on a clear
day.
Santa Catalina Island, originally
named San Salvador by Juan Rodriguez
Cabrillo in 1542, was later visited . . . — — Map (db m155322) HM |
| Near Florence Avenue 0.4 miles west of Norwalk Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Jesse & Lola Hathaway started to farm here in 1905. Lola was raised by her grandparents Martin & Mary Ann Koontz (near Telegraph Road & Norwalk Blvd.) They came to Fulton Wells (now Santa Fe Springs) in the 1860’s via the Oregon Trail in a covered . . . — — Map (db m125326) HM |
| On Dawson Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | [Walkway Poem]
Here on this hill
what perspective to see
our world
ourselves
with clarity
Each point of view
repositioning
living
vibrant
inspiring
We come
to this place
when life gets too fast
to reflect on . . . — — Map (db m101509) HM |
| On Panorama Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Signal Hill was home to fruit, flower and vegetable farms beginning in the early 1900s. In addition to the backyard gardens of hill residents, land was leased by Japanese “truck farmers” who grew produce and flowers to sell commercially . . . — — Map (db m100452) HM |
| On Pasadena Avenue east of Sycamore Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1885, Edwin Cawston chartered a ship for the purpose of transporting from South Africa to America some of the best ostriches obtainable in the world. Of the original 50 fine birds only 18 survived the five week voyage to Galveston and hazardous . . . — — Map (db m130144) HM |
| On Foothill Boulevard at Vaughn Street, on the right when traveling west on Foothill Boulevard. |
| | Originally part of the San Fernando Mission lands, this ranch was purchased by David Wark Griffith, revered pioneer of silent motion pictures, in 1912. It provided the locale for many western thrillers, including "Custer's Last Stand", and was the . . . — — Map (db m122861) HM |
| On Hamlin Street at Vesper Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Hamlin Street. |
| | Built in 1921 by Robert J. Baird, owner of a pioneering gardening business specializing in fruit and walnut trees. The Baird House was
declared Los Angeles Historical Monument Number 203 in 1978. — — Map (db m127624) HM |
| On South Orange Avenue south of Merced Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Hurst family, including Josiah Newell, his wife Anna Belle, and their three children, Allie, Harriet Maude, and Charles Josiah, moved from Dover, Ohio to Whittier, California in 1898. In 1906, the family purchased 50 acres on the corner . . . — — Map (db m138044) HM |
| On Whittier Boulevard north of Mar Vista, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Planted in 1907 as an experiment for the
University of California. — — Map (db m50978) HM |
| Near Lichenberg Fire Road. |
| | A shingled shed now protects the ruins of Camilo Ynitia’s adobe home from further weather damage. Dating from the late 1830’s this structure represents a period when the Wiwok were abandoning their traditional dwellings in favor of more sheltered . . . — — Map (db m143486) HM |
| Near Lichenberg Fire Road. |
| | In 1852, Camilo Ynitia sold most of the Olompali land grant for $5,200 to James Black, Marin County’s Assessor. Eleven years later, Black gave the property to his daughter, Mary, when she married prominent San Francisco dentist Galem Burdell. By . . . — — Map (db m12169) HM |
| On Red Hill Road 0.5 miles south of Novato Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This site is part of Corte Madera de Novato granted by Governor Juan Alvarado to John Martin in 1840. Purchased by Jefferson A. Thompson in 1865. A working ranch and cheese making family of five generations, that continued to make the world famous . . . — — Map (db m78066) HM |
| Near Redwood Blvd., on the left when traveling north. |
| | Rancho Olompali was home to three generations of Burdells from 1866 to 1943. For the following five years the new owner, Court Harrington, used the property to raise purebred beef. In 1948, the building was converted to a religious retreat when the . . . — — Map (db m85929) HM |
| On Tiburon Boulevard at Lyford Drive, on the left when traveling north on Tiburon Boulevard. |
| |
(Left photo caption:) In this 1947 photograph you see the buildings of the Navy housing on the left, the Hilarita Dairy, and the undeveloped Sugarloaf Mountain.
From the 1840's until WWII Tiburon land was
used primarily for ranching. The . . . — — Map (db m154719) HM |
| Near Shoreline Highway (State Highway 1) south of Dillon Beach Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Warren Dutton, (1823-1903) co-founder of Tomales, came here from the gold fields in 1852, staked a claim to what is now known as Upper Town, and became partners with John Keys. Within a few years the relationship deteriorated, but the bitter rivalry . . . — — Map (db m54784) HM |
| Near State Highway 140, on the right when traveling east. |
| | [This marker is composed of several panels]
[Left Panel:]
Origin of the Name of Cathey’s Valley
In 1739, the Catheys immigrated from Clones, Ireland to America. Andrew D. Cathey a native of North Carolina, his wife Mary Mariah . . . — — Map (db m46839) HM |
| On H Street at 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on H Street. |
| | There is one description of Henry Miller, California's cattle king, that sums up his contributions to this community: Henry Miller - Founding Father of Los Banos.
Born 1827 in Brackenheim, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, Miller left the family . . . — — Map (db m41164) HM |
| | With the discovery of gold in the Mono Basin in the mid 19th century, ranches and farmsteads were established to supply fresh meat, dairy products, and produce to the mining communities of Bodie, Aurora, and Lundy. The De Chambeau Ranch provided . . . — — Map (db m89324) HM |
| Near Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | It took hard work, but homesteaders and settlers who came from Canada, Europe, Asia and other parts of the United States scraped a living from this tough land. Many had come to the Eastern Sierra in the 1870s and 1880s seeking riches from mining . . . — — Map (db m89326) HM |
| On Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Drawn to California by gold, Louis W. (L.W) De Chambeau's father moved to Bodie from Ontario, Canada, in 1878; L.W. followed two years later when he was 18 along with other members of their French-Canadian family. L.W. purchased the ranch from . . . — — Map (db m89325) HM |
| Near San Lorenzo Park Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | “The mouth of this valley opens into Monterey Bay, like a funnel, and the northwest wind from the Pacific draws up through this heated flue with terrible force. Sometimes the wind would nearly sweep us from our mules – it seemed nothing . . . — — Map (db m64414) HM |
| On Figueroa Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Railroad was critical to the development of the Salinas Valley's agriculture industry. As depicted in John Steinbeck's East of Eden, the advent of refrigerated rail meant that lettuce grown in the Salinas Valley could be transported coast to . . . — — Map (db m83322) HM |
| On Front Street south of Main Street. |
| | "Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect of other cultures."
Cesar E. Chavez (1927-1993)
Cesar Chavez was a Mexican American Labor leader & cofounder of the United Farm Worker (UFW). Cesar Chavez was . . . — — Map (db m26874) HM |
| Near Saint Helena Highway (State Highway 29/128). |
| | This historic grist mill known as the “Bale Mill” was erected by Dr. E.T. Bale, Grantee Carne Humana Rancho, in 1846. The mill with its surrounding land was deeded to the Native Sons of the Golden West by Mrs. W.W. Lyman. Restored . . . — — Map (db m18672) HM |
| On Schramsberg Road west of California Highway 29. |
| | Founded in 1862 by Jacob Schram. This was the first hillside winery of the Napa Valley. Robert Louis Stevenson, visiting here in 1880, devoted a chapter of his “Silverado Squatters” to Schramsberg and its wines. Ambrose Bierce and Lilly . . . — — Map (db m52168) HM |
| Near Cuttings Wharf Road. |
| | Francis Cutting was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1834 and arrived in San Francisco in 1858. After establishing himself in the fruit packing business he sought to expand operations to fruit growing as well and looked here for a wharf site and . . . — — Map (db m54605) HM |
| Near Main Street near 5th Street. |
| | The Hay Barn was constructed in 1959 after an earlier hay barn building burned in the 1958 inferno. The building was rebuilt to allow sunken drive through access for hay trucks through the Main Street opening. The building is constructed of a myriad . . . — — Map (db m92488) HM |
| On Jefferson Street near First Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Near this site in 1856, John M. Patchett, native of England, opened the first commercial winery in the Napa Valley. Patchett's Grove Winery produced over 6,000 gallons of wine shipped to fine restaurants in San Francisco. The vineyard extended from . . . — — Map (db m91340) HM |
| On Randolph Street at First Street, on the left when traveling south on Randolph Street. |
| | Credit the 1908 Napa City & County Portfolio & Directory, published
by Mr. H. A. Darms of Napa, and considerable research in the archives
of the Napa County Historical Society by Napa artist Miky Kravjansky
for the concept behind this montage of . . . — — Map (db m153396) HM |
| Near Main Street near 5th Street. |
| | Napa Milling Company demolished earlier buildings to construct this building in 1932 which was later to include the 84' tall silos constructed in 1944 and the hoppers placed in 1965. The Silo Building was home to the egg candling operation. The big . . . — — Map (db m92489) HM |
| On St. Helena Highway (State Highway 29/128). |
| | Built by Frederick and Jacob Beringer, natives of Mainz, Germany. This winery has the unique distinction of never having ceased operations since its founding in 1876. Here, in the European tradition, were dug underground wine tunnels hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m18734) HM |
| Near St. Helena Highway (State Highway 29/128) south of Deer Park Road. |
| | Cesare Mondavi, an Italian immigrant, settled first in Minnesota in 1908. After a brief career in the iron mines, he opened a saloon. In 1922 he moved his family to California’s Central Valley, where he became an independent fruit shipper, sending . . . — — Map (db m18701) HM |
| Near St. Helena Highway (State Highway 29/128) south of Deer Park Road. |
| | Charles Krug, a Prussian immigrant with controversial political beliefs for which he was briefly jailed, finally arrived in San Francisco in 1852. He likely came with no grape-growing or winemaking experience, but his insight, thirst, and inherent . . . — — Map (db m54535) HM |
| Near St. Helena Highway (State Highway 29/128) south of Deer Park Road. |
| | Founded in 1861 by Charles Krug (1825 – 1892). This is the oldest operating winery in Napa Valley. The pioneer wine maker of this world famous wine region, Krug made the first commercial wine in Napa County in 1858, at Napa. — — Map (db m18693) HM |
| Near Larkmead Lane 0.4 miles east of St. Helena Highway (California Highway 29/128). |
| | Felix Salmina arrived from Switzerland in the 1860’s and in 1892 purchased this winery that had been established in 1884 by Lillian Hitchcock Coit. Felix converted the winery into a larger facility using stone quarried from nearby hills and expanded . . . — — Map (db m18601) HM |
| Near Sage Canyon Road (California Route 128), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Placed to commemorate the founding of the Nichelini Winery in 1890 by Anton Nichelini. Here on the southern slope of Sage Canyon he and his wife Caterina built their home and winery and raised twelve children. Ownership passed to eldest son, . . . — — Map (db m54839) HM |
| Near Jackson Street east of Lincoln Street. |
| | George Calvert Yount (1794-1865) was the first United States citizen to be ceded a Spanish land grant in Napa Valley (1836). Skilled hunter, frontiersman, craftsman and farmer, he was the true embodiment of all the finest qualities of an advancing . . . — — Map (db m18632) HM |
| On Yount Mill Road at Cook Road, on the right when traveling north on Yount Mill Road. |
| | In this vicinity stood the log blockhouse constructed in 1836 by George Calvert Yount, pioneer settler in Napa County. Nearby was his adobe house in 1837. And across the bridge his grist and saw mills, erected before 1845. Born in North Carolina in . . . — — Map (db m18737) HM |
| On Old Donner Summit Road near Sugar Bowl Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | History
"The sound of the bells when it was quiet (no trains), was magical to hear."
The tinkle of bells on the lead sheep was once a common sound in Summit Valley late in the summer and fall.
Lake Van Norden filled with water with . . . — — Map (db m129645) HM |
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