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Agriculture Topic
By Syd Whittle, November 5, 2009
Agricultural Heritage Plaques Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| Near East Campbell Avenue when traveling east. |
| | The Agricultural Heritage Plaques located throughout Historic Downtown Campbell were installed in 1992 as part of the Downtown Streetscape Project. The fruits and blossoms commemorating Campbell’s agricultural heritage were selected as most . . . — — Map (db m24742) HM |
| On Civic Center Drive near Harrison Avenue. |
| | This Property Has Been
Placed on the
National
Register of
Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
John Colpitts Ainsley, an Englishman, immigrated to California in 1886 and made his fortune in the canning of . . . — — Map (db m24136) HM |
| On Central Avenue at Orchard City Drive, on the right when traveling north on Central Avenue. |
| | Built in 1912 as a fruit storage and packing plant for
the Campbell Farmer's Union Packing Company,
purchased by Sunsweet in 1919, this complex
formed the core of Santa Clara Valley's agricultural
trade. A neighboring building, demolished to . . . — — Map (db m154773) HM |
| | The Ainsley House is an architectural gem and a
beautifully preserved example of English Tudor Revival complete with the original furnishings from the 1920's. It is also the final home of an important individual who made
significant contributions . . . — — Map (db m156294) HM |
| On Monterey Street at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling north on Monterey Street. |
| | John Cameron Gilroy
circa 1854
John Cameron Gilroy, native of Scotland, arrived in Spanish California in 1814, and became the first permanent English speaking settler. He married Maria Clara de la Ascencion Ortega, daughter of the family that . . . — — Map (db m68909) HM |
| Near Watsonville Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This land was originally part of the El Rancho Solis granted in 1828. The main home is one of the oldest wooden structures in the county. Part of the present residence dates back to 1833 and the redwood timbers were hauled from Mt. Madonna for its . . . — — Map (db m54056) HM |
| Near Rucker Road east of Monterey Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Bernard and Mabel Franklin moved to this property after its purchase in 1895. The home at this location had been built approximately 20 years prior, from Mt. Madonna Redwood. It has been home to four generations of Franklins. Bernard helped build . . . — — Map (db m54059) HM |
| | This park was once the summer home of "the cattle king" Henry Miller. Mr. Miller was the dominant partner in the firm Miller & Lux. The large foundation on your left was Mrs. Miller's home, and the other two foundations were a dining hall and . . . — — Map (db m54057) HM |
| Near San Martin Avenue 2 miles east of U.S. 101. |
| | Charting a course of their own to become founders of Santa Clara Valley
In 1844, Martin Murphy Sr. brought his large, Irish family across the continent in the Stephens-Murphy-Townsend overland part. Their determination, optimism and close . . . — — Map (db m18546) HM |
| | Henry Miller, “The Cattle King”
With only $6 in his pocket, German immigrant Henry Miller (birth name Heinrich Alfred Kreiser) stepped off the boat in San Francisco in 1850 with one pervading ambition – to labor hard at a . . . — — Map (db m54122) HM |
| | This is all that remains of the four-story stone flour mill built in 1854 by James Alexander Forbes. The town that grew around this building was first called Forbes Mill, then Forbestown, and finally Los Gatos. — — Map (db m3295) HM |
| On Monterey Road (California Route 82). |
| | [The Morgan Hill Centennial Project is a very unusual ‘marker’. It was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Morgan Hill. One starts at the center of the marker and then proceeds along an expanding spiral . . . — — Map (db m46097) HM |
| On Depot Street south of 1st Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Background
What is a Granary?
A granary is a storage facility for grains. Granaries have been built from ancient times, with the oldest granaries dating back to 9500BC! Originally, they were carved into the ground or rock, or made of . . . — — Map (db m46725) HM |
| On North Shoreline Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Victorian Beauty
The 16 room house that Henry Rengstorff built in 1867 is a fine example of the Bay Area’s late Victorian Italianate architecture. The facade of the house is symmetrical, with the central entrance defined by a pillared . . . — — Map (db m69151) HM |
| Near Maybell Avenue 0.1 miles from Clemo Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Juana Briones de Miranda lived not far from here at Rancho la Purísima Concepción. From her house on a knoll in the rolling foothills of Palo Alto, she could look down on the very land you’re standing on. Of course that would’ve been when she wasn’t . . . — — Map (db m94503) HM |
| On Old Adobe Road at Old Trace Lane on Old Adobe Road. |
| | In 1844 Juana de Briones de Miranda, a pioneer Latina property owner, businesswoman and humanitarian, purchased the 4,439 acre Rancho La Purisima Concepcion from Indian grantee Jose Gorgornio. The grant extended two miles south, encompassing . . . — — Map (db m54016) HM |
| On Blossom Hill Road at Dartmouth Dr. (County Route G-10) on Blossom Hill Road. |
| | On this site in 1852 Charles LeFranc made the first commercial planting of fine European wine grapes in Santa Clara County and founded Almadén Vineyards. LeFranc imported cuttings from vines in the celebrated wine districts of his native France, . . . — — Map (db m2580) HM |
| Near Curtner Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Most colorful of all characters in Santa Cruz Mountains.
First white settler in Santa Cruz Mountain section, a pioneer hunter, rancher, teamster and road-builder.
His motto was “Right Wrongs Nobody.” — — Map (db m52207) HM |
| On Auzerais Avenue east of Sunol Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Del Monte Park is named after the cannery that once occupied this site and the land across the
street. California was a major producer of fruits and vegetables in the late 1800's. Santa Clara
Valley was known as the Valley Of Heart's Delight for . . . — — Map (db m155029) HM |
| |
Emma Prusch
Born February 12, 1876, Emma
Prusch was the daughter of William
and Cathrena Prusch. The Prusch
family ran a dairy farm on the land
that is now Emma Prusch Farm Park.
Emma spent her life on the family farm
and helped raise . . . — — Map (db m155041) HM |
| On West Santa Clara Street at San Pedro Square on West Santa Clara Street. |
| | The Farmers Union Corporation, established in this building in 1874, was once indispensible to San Jose’s farming community. It served as an agricultural cooperative and bank and throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the chief . . . — — Map (db m52658) HM |
| On Airport Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here, on the 1,939-acre Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara, Christopher A. Shelton in early March 1853 introduced the honeybee to California. In Aspinwall, Panama, Shelton purchased 12 beehives from a New Yorker and transported them by rail, . . . — — Map (db m3627) HM |
| On St. James Street east of Terraine Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Pellier Park is all that remains of the City Gardens Nursery, established by Louis Pellier in 1850. Here with, his brothers, Pierre and Jean, Louis introduced “la petite D’Agen,” the French Prune, during the winter of 1856-1857. I was . . . — — Map (db m52613) HM |
| On St. James Street just east of Terraine Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
[This marker is composed of three photographs with captions. Reading from left to right:]
San Jose City Gardens Nursery
People traveled far and wide to visit Louis Pellier’s City Gardens Nursery and purchase orchard and vineyard . . . — — Map (db m154468) HM |
| On West Santa Clara Street. |
| | [The Remembering Agriculture marker is composed of seven panels.]
[Panel 1]
Creation itself seemed to plan a garden where you now stand. This place came to be called “Valley of Heart’s Delight” because of its mild . . . — — Map (db m52670) HM |
| | “Following indigenous American Indian occupation, this land was part of Spain and then Mexico. Under Mexican rule it was known as Rancho Yerba Buena de Socayre, a land grant deeded to Antonio Chaboya in 1833. It was the site of the historic . . . — — Map (db m54663) HM |
| | Around 1890, Orvis Stevens built this fruit barn to store fruit. He was one of the first orchardists in Coyote Valley, located in South San José. Born in Vermont, Stevens came to California in 1852 to try his hand at mining before settling in the . . . — — Map (db m52139) HM |
| Near Senter Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1851 David Umbarger, a “forty-niner” from West Virginia, bought 136.5 acres in the Santa Clara Valley. Umbarger built this house on his homestead in the 1870s.
Like many ex-miners who remained in California, Umbarger started . . . — — Map (db m52178) HM |
| Near Senter Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Zanker House is a mid-19th Century example of an informal Victorian Italianate farmhouse. The house, built of California redwood, was originally located north of the Alviso-Milpitas Road on the west side of Zanker Road.
The outhouse is the . . . — — Map (db m52180) HM |
| On Minnesota Avenue near Newport Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | W.W. Cozzens purchased 13.5 acres of land and built a house on this site between 1873 and 1875.
He was a pioneer of Santa Clara Valley who introduced a revolutionary process of drying prunes and apricots, that would eventually be shipped all over . . . — — Map (db m128446) HM |
| On North 5th Street near East Taylor Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Occupying the entire south side of Taylor Street between 5th and 6th was a truck transfer company owned by Mr. K. Yasunage. Farmers had to sell their produce in San Francisco and Oakland markets and needed someone to transport the produce. Most . . . — — Map (db m52493) HM |
| On Fremont Street just east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | “The house that seeds built” was constructed in 1892 by Charles Copeland Morse, co-founder of one of the largest vegetable and flower seed companies in the world, the Ferry-Morse Seed Company. This outstanding Queen Anne residence is the . . . — — Map (db m52857) HM |
| On Lafayette Street at Reeve Street, on the right when traveling north on Lafayette Street. |
| | This is the site of the former Santa Clara Walnut Growers Association. The main plant was constructed here in late 1926/1927 on land purchased from the Town of Santa Clara. Hard shell walnuts in the state of California can be dated as early as 1854. . . . — — Map (db m54027) HM |
| Near Garrod Road east of Mt. Eden Road. |
| | Established November 13, 1893
Garrad Farms was founded by David Garrod with the purchase of sixty-five acres. For over seventy years the family run farm was active in fruit production. In the following years the farm has been devoted to equestrian . . . — — Map (db m41493) HM |
| | From the winery that bears the name of Paul Masson, premium wines and champagne have flowed continuously since 1852, even during Prohibition under a special government license. Twice partially destroyed by earthquake and fire, the original sandstone . . . — — Map (db m2625) HM |
| On Springfield Terrace west of Pome Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Originally constructed in the 1870's for
pioneer orchardist and vintner George
Briggs, the mansion underwent extensive
reconstruction in the 1920's at the hand
of Henry Stelling, another accomplished
orchardist. Under Mrs. Stelling's care,
the . . . — — Map (db m154934) HM |
| On South Murphy Avenue at East Evelyn Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Murphy Avenue. |
| | The Del Monte Building was constructed by the Madison and Bonner Company in 1904 adjacent to the Southern Pacific Railroad on the northwest corner of Sunnyvale and Evelyn Avenues. For the first 26 years dried fruit from local orchards was processed . . . — — Map (db m132515) HM |
| Near East Remington Drive. |
| | Prunes are not picked like other fruit, but shaken out of trees, then picked up off the ground. In the early days, after the prunes were picked up and hauled to a shed,
they were dipped in boiling water and lye to crack the skin.
This procedure . . . — — Map (db m155317) HM |
| Near East Remington Drive. |
| |
Prunes! Enough to feed the British army.
I am charmed with your valley
and mountains. Words cannot describe it.
-Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener, English visitor, circa 1920.
The first prune trees in the valley were produced . . . — — Map (db m155315) HM |
| Near East Remington Drive. |
| | Mexicans and "Okies” picked fruit in the valley's
orchards through the 1930s, often "camping
out” in whatever orchard they were working.
Displaced Oklahomans usually traveled individually
from farm to farm calling out, "Do you . . . — — Map (db m155316) HM |
| On Cranberry Avenue north of Ticonderoga Drive. |
| | Originally part of a 320-acre ranch, this is Sunnyvale's
oldest remaining house. It was
built c.1862 by William Wright
a '49er who left the gold fields
to raise grain and stock. — — Map (db m154935) HM |
| Near East Remington Drive. |
| | Throughout Sunnyvale's history, orchard farmers have
come from many cultures. One of the most prominent
groups in Sunnyvale have been the Yugoslavs. On the
adjoining panel are listed over 60 such families.
Orchards ranged from two to seventy . . . — — Map (db m155550) HM |
| Near Stanton Road near Big Creek Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Indian Days
Most of the Indian activity of the Central California Ohlone Tribe took place in the canyon or valley to the north, Waddell Creek. which runs east and west and has a greater beach area. Some evidence such as shell piles and . . . — — Map (db m106636) HM |
| On Glenwood Drive at Apache Lane, on the right when traveling north on Glenwood Drive. |
| | This site was built around 1880 as a brandy aging barn for the Charles Martin Winery. Later it became a saloon with a small general store next door. — — Map (db m62766) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 152) north of West Lake Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Apple Annual was held in downtown Watsonville from 1910 to 1913. For the first event in 1910, William H. Weeks, renowned Watsonville architect, designed a pavilion to house the show exhibits which was located on Second Street, now the site of . . . — — Map (db m54881) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 152) south of East/West Lake Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Watsonville, where strawberries are sweeter, apples are crisper and produce plentiful, is a friendly place of diverse people who share a strong sense of community and optimism.
Don Sebastian Rodriquez owned the grant, Bolsa de Pajaro, on which . . . — — Map (db m54880) HM |
| Near Mackley Alley, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This barn was built in the late 1850’s by Thomas and Mary Coyle. It originally stood in the old Trinity Center and, for a time, was used to shelter guest’s horses at the Holland House Hotel on the road to Oregon. In 1959, when flooding of old . . . — — Map (db m96938) HM |
| Near Mackley Alley, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A Traditional American Barn
This barn was built in the late 1850s by Thomas and Mary Coyle. It originally stood in the old Trinity Center and was used to shelter horses at the Holland House Hotel, on the road to Oregon.
Rescued From . . . — — Map (db m70580) HM |
| On Yuba Pass Road at California Route 49, on the right when traveling south on Yuba Pass Road. |
| | In 1852 a pack trail was blazed from Sierra Valley over the summit to the placer mines of the North Yuba. Originally packers transported hay but within a few years this trade included beef, butter, barley, oats, hogs, and poultry.
On April 24, . . . — — Map (db m99627) HM |
| On Golden Chain Highway (California Route 49 at milepost 45.7), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | Sierra Valley was discovered in 1851 by James P. Beckwourth, a mountain man and entrepreneur who was searching for a northern route across the Sierra Nevada. The valley had been sighted a year earlier by prospectors exploring the nearby Sierra . . . — — Map (db m65990) HM |
| On Big Springs Road (County Route A-12 E) near Lake Shore Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A dream of Dr. G.W. Dwindle and others was realized when this dam was completed in 1927. The water surface is 1,800 acres, the length of the shoreline is over 15 miles, the maximum depth is 80 feet. 11,000 acres of farm land are irrigated from this . . . — — Map (db m89115) HM |
| On East Monte Vista Avenue 0.1 miles west of Nut Tree Road. |
| | Nut Tree began under a great black walnut tree as a ranch fruit stand on July 3, 1921. The founders, Edwin and Helen Power, pioneered highway merchandising and food service, creating a unique enterprise that symbolizes bountiful California. The Nut . . . — — Map (db m94545) HM |
| | This is the site of Rancho Los Putos of 10 square leagues granted in 1845 by Governor Pio Pico granted to Juan Felipe Peña and Manuel Cabeza Vaca. The Peña Adobe, erected here in 1842, is still owned by the descendants of the Pena-Vaca families. The . . . — — Map (db m10821) HM |
| On Putah Creek Road 1 mile west of Winters Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1842 John R. Wolfskill arrived here loaded with fruit seeds and cuttings. He was a true horticulturist and became the father of the fruit industry in this region. In 1937 Mrs. Frances Wolfskill Taylor Wilson, his daughter, bequeathed 107.28 acres . . . — — Map (db m40132) HM |
| Near Asti Post Office Road near Asti Road. |
| | Here in 1881 Italian Swiss immigrants established an agricultural colony. Choice wines, produced from grape plantings from the old world, soon brought wide acclaim. By 1905, ten gold medals were awarded these wines at international competitions. — — Map (db m102481) HM |
| On El Rancho Drive at East School Street, on the right when traveling north on El Rancho Drive. |
| | The City of Cotati was once the Coast
Miwok village of Kota'ti. By 1850,
it became a 17,000-acre ranch set
in the center of Sonoma County's golden
fields. Dr. Thomas Stokes Page and his heirs
ran their ranch until the 1890s when they
laid out . . . — — Map (db m152689) HM |
| | Eucalyptus were introduced in California before Jack London's time. Pioneer families needed wood, which was in short supply, for many items such as furniture and utility poles. Planting eucalyptus, a fast-growing import from Australia, was believed . . . — — Map (db m102537) HM |
| | To establish a model farm on the land that he loved and desired to preserve for future generations.
Eliza London Shepard, Jack's step-sister and Ranch Superintendent, worked with Charmian for many years after Jack's death maintaining the . . . — — Map (db m102535) HM |
| | London's workers graded the steeper fields before you into stair-steps to prevent erosion. Traveling to Japan and Korea as a war correspondent in 1904, London had seen how well terracing worked.
"What I never been able to understand was why they . . . — — Map (db m102538) HM |
| | The ruins before you are all that remains of Kohler and Frohling Winery's main building. Damaged by the 1906 earthquake, the structure was later converted by the London's into living quarters for their many workers and guests.
Jack's stepsister, . . . — — Map (db m102539) HM |
| On Wohler Road at Eastside Road, on the right when traveling north on Wohler Road. |
| | In 1856, 1500 acres of the 17,892 acre Rancho El Molino were a "gift of love" to Mariano Vallejo's niece Anna Wohler. In the 1880's hops pioneer Raford Peterson purchased the land and built the "The House on the Hill," where his family lived for 100 . . . — — Map (db m159544) HM |
| | This structure served the important hop industry of California’s North Coast Region, once the major hop-growing area in the west. Built in 1905 by a crew of Italian stonemasons, it represents the finest existing example of its type, consisting of . . . — — Map (db m10352) HM |
| Near Highway 1 near Fort Ross Road. |
| | George Washington Call (1829-1907) and his Chilean wife, Mercedes Leiva (1850-1933), bought 2,500 acres including Fort Ross in 1873. While maintaining a house in San Francisco, the family developed a dairy ranch and expanded the transport of local . . . — — Map (db m16357) HM |
| On Moscow Road near Stagecoach Road. |
| | This building originally located 1500 feet east of this location and housing livestock, was built by a pioneer family from this area in the early 1870's. Once part of the historic Bodega Rancho, this land was known as the Rancho Paridiso and later . . . — — Map (db m102496) HM |
| On Adobe Road near Old Redwood Highway. |
| | 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.” — — Map (db m2564) HM |
| On Donahue Street north of Boyce Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Isaac De Turk came to Santa Rosa from Indiana in 1858. The son of a viticulturist, he was one of the first to appreciate the favorable conditions for growing wine grapes in this area and in 1862 established Belle Mount Vineyards at the foot of . . . — — Map (db m55049) HM |
| | Birthplace of California wine. Founded in 1857 by Colonel Agoston Haraszthy, father of state’s wine industry. Limestone tunnels were dug into the hillside and vineyards were also established. Haraszthy toured Europe in 1861 to gather the cuttings . . . — — Map (db m80732) HM |
| | Erected 1851
Purchased by
State Park Commission
Through Funds Furnished by
The General Vallejo Memorial Association
And the People of the State of California
Donors Names Within Building
Plaque donated by Historic Landmarks . . . — — Map (db m57667) HM |
| On Fourth Street East, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here is 1825 the Franciscan Fathers of San Francisco Solano Mission planted the first vineyard in Sonoma Valley. The grapes were used for making sacramental wines. After secularization of the Mission in 1835, General Mariano G. Vallejo, Commander of . . . — — Map (db m15302) HM |
| | Constructed about 1850 by Don Salvador Vallejo. This adobe adjoined his first Sonoma dwelling built in 1836. Occupied by various pioneers. It was the house in 1861 of Dr. Victor J. Faure, vintner of prize winning wine made from grapes of the Vallejo . . . — — Map (db m15281) HM |
| |
Wild iris leaf and other plant
fibers were used for making
string, hich was traded. Men
particularly specialized in making nets, used
for fishing and hunting, as well as an element
of ceremonial regalia.
acorns
For the Southern . . . — — Map (db m153741) HM |
| On Sonora Road at Schell Road on Sonora Road. |
| | Mexican land grant. 11 Sq. leagues, - 48,887 acres - made to Francisco Rico and A. Castro on Dec. 29, 1843 by Gov. Micheltorena. Patent signed by Pres. A. Lincoln on Jan. 21, 1863. Abraham Schell bought 3½ leagues in 1863 and with George H. . . . — — Map (db m42103) HM |
| On Plaza Circle at West Las Palmas Avenue on Plaza Circle. |
| | This bell was for many years at the honor farm at Frank Raines Park in the Del Puerto Canyon and was returned to Patterson because it was believed to be either the old Las Palmas School bell or the Presbyterian Church bell, both structures which are . . . — — Map (db m27357) HM |
| | William Thompson, an Englishman, and his family settled here in 1863. In 1872 he sent to New York for three cuttings called Lady de Coverly of which only one survived. The grape, first publicly displayed in Marysville in 1875, became known as . . . — — Map (db m12008) HM |
| On State Highway 99 0.1 miles south of Messick Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | First white settlement in Sutter County, on banks of the Feather River, established 1844. General John A. Sutter retired to this farm in 1850. Partially destroyed by debris from mines in flood. — — Map (db m154376) HM |
| On Oak Street at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling west on Oak Street. |
| | James E. Moore, the son of Irish immigrants, worked as a blacksmith in the logging camps of the late 1800's. It was there that he met his wife Mirah who was employed as a cook and laundress. In 1910 he founded Moore's Blacksmith Shop which served . . . — — Map (db m89148) HM |
| On Old Lewiston Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This granary, known as the Frick and Davis Granary, was built in 1853, as part of “Mud Ranch,” named from its rich black alluvial soil. First settled by George W. Davis and Christian Frick in 1850. The house was built in 1855. The ranch . . . — — Map (db m56197) HM |
| On Guy Covington Drive 1.1 miles south of Trinity Lake Boulevard (California Highway 3), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This barn was built by the Bowerman family in 1878 as part of their ranch operation. Much of the barn was handcrafted and it serves as a fine example of the skills of that time.
The Bowerman’s are an early pioneer family in Trinity County. . . . — — Map (db m56260) HM |
| Near Lorenz Road north of Bremer Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This house built in 1917 by family members on land purchased from Mrs. J. Putnam is located adjacent to the 32 acre Lorenz Ranch farmed by the Lee family since 1906. Acquired from the Lee family in 1989 by Trinity County. — — Map (db m56193) HM |
| On North L Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Alta Irrigation District was formed in August 1888 by means of a general election
after the Wright Act, which became law on March 7, 1887. It was the first such district to become operational. The Alta District incorporated the holdings of the "76" . . . — — Map (db m141675) HM |
| On Sierra Drive (California Route 198) at Pogue Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Sierra Drive. |
| | On this site, in 1879, a large two story thirteen room hotel was constructed, known as “The Cottonwoods,” by the partnership of C.W. Crocker and J.B. Wallace of San Francisco, and J.W.C. Pogue. The Pogue family came to this lime kiln . . . — — Map (db m155190) HM |
| On Tulare Lindsay Highway at Cairns Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Tulare Lindsay Highway. |
| | In 1894 John Jolly (J.J.) Cairns planted rows of olive trees as a windbreak on the north side of his newly planted orange orchard. His daughters Laura and Ethel, stated that Cairns truly loved the beauty of the trees. He planted three rows on the . . . — — Map (db m155668) HM |
| | This cabin was built by cattlemen who had acquired much of the Giant Forest land for grazing purposes prior to the establishment of Sequoia National Park in 1890. After the park’s establishment, the land was leased to men who supplied meat and milk . . . — — Map (db m44338) HM |
| On North Mooney Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This district was formed in 1889 and is considered the fourth oldest irrigation district in California. At the time of its founding it encompassed 32,500 acres and has since grown to 70,000 acres. The district delivers canal water to 230 farms and . . . — — Map (db m141915) HM |
| On Jackson Street at Columbia Street on Jackson Street. |
| |
As a reminder of their homelands, people brought familiar plants to Columbia during the gold rush and in the years that followed. The plants were used to establish family gardens and orchards, providing seasonal vegetables and fruits, and . . . — — Map (db m53279) HM |
| On Tuolumne Road (Local Route E17) at Soulsbyville Road, on the right when traveling east on Tuolumne Road. |
| | Land homesteaded by Isaac Taylor Holland and the adjoining Campbell property was sold to Jonathan Florentine Ralph, who later divided and gave the parcels to his son's Galo, Walter, and Frank. An apple packing house, served by the Sierra Railroad . . . — — Map (db m6710) HM |
| | "Mirage"
For thousands of years, the Chumash visited Anacapa Island, which was
known to them as "Anyapakh,” meaning "mirage.” The first European
settlers, fishermen, and sheep ranchers arrived in the 1800s. The . . . — — Map (db m141286) HM |
| On East 5th Street 0.1 miles east of Oxnard Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The American Beet Sugar Factory was built on a 100-acre site between 5th Street and Wooley Road in 1898 at a cost
of $2,000,000 by sugar industrialists Henry, James, Robert and
Benjamin Oxnard. It was the second largest sugar beet factory in
the . . . — — Map (db m146639) HM |
| Near Gottfried Place north of Cesar Chavez Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built in the 1870's by Gottfried Maulhardt
who was on the building committee for the
Santa Clara Chapel along with his brothers
Jacob and Anton plus Dominick McGrath,
Thomas Cloyne & Christian Borchard.
Gottfried grew 250 vines of the . . . — — Map (db m146638) HM |
| On Telegraph Road west of Briggs Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This home was the culmination of George
Washington Faulkner’s dream, expressed to
his bride in 1876: "We will have to begin
at the foot of the ladder and grow up with
the country, but I think that in a few years
we can have a beautiful home if . . . — — Map (db m131410) HM |
| Near Strathearn Place 0.2 miles west of Madera Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Simi Adobe was headquarters for the Spanish Colonial Land Grant named San Jose de Nuestra Senora de Altagracia y Simi. Santiago Pico was the original grantee in 1795, followed by three of his sons, Francisco Javier, Miguel and Patricio, to whom . . . — — Map (db m143273) HM |
| On Hillcrest Drive west of Lynn Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Only surviving tree of an orchard planted by R.O. Hunt on the Salto Ranch which he established in 1876. — — Map (db m138684) HM |
| Near N. Moorpark Road 1.6 miles north of Olsen Road. |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m112694) HM |
| On Regent Avenue at Faculty Street, on the left when traveling north on Regent Avenue. |
| | When the college opened in 1961, the chicken coops located on the Pederson ranch were converted for campus use. F Building housed the campus coffee shop, which doubled as the cafeteria, and a full soda fountain, E Building served as the library; D . . . — — Map (db m154417) HM |
| On Greenmeadow Avenue 0.5 miles west of Moorpark Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This house was built in 1931 by Dr.
Edwin Janss, Sr. from designs by his wife
Florence Janss. It was the weekend
retreat of the Janss family, the base of
their Conejo Valley ranch, founded in 1910,
and the family home of Edwin Janss, Jr. . . . — — Map (db m143287) HM |
| On Ashwood Avenue at Loma Vista Road, on the left when traveling north on Ashwood Avenue. |
| | The family home of pioneer lima bean and walnut rancher Benjamin Dudley was designed by locally prominent carpenter architect, Selwyn Shaw in 1891. It is one of the few surviving farm Victorian houses in Ventura. The original floor plan included . . . — — Map (db m143274) HM |
| Near Valdez Alley north of East Main Street. |
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Friar Pedro Benito Cambón—the mission’s co-founder was highly regarded for his knowledge of irrigation, agriculture and building construction—directed Chumash laborers to build this filtration building in 1792 as part of the mission’s . . . — — Map (db m124925) HM |
| Near Main Street west of Palm Avenue. |
| | San Buenaventura Mission was an oasis of abundance. Visitors, including British Captain George Vancouver (1793) and the American California resident Alfred Robinson (early 1800s), commented on the good yield of the gardens and orchards.
The nearby . . . — — Map (db m135860) HM |
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The view from here was very different in 1915.
You would be looking at a lively, well-organized ranch complex, echoing with
ringing hammers, shouts of French and
Italian workers, bleating sheep, and
crowing roosters. You might even . . . — — Map (db m157583) HM |
| On Old Davis Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A relic of an early agricultural experiment - the first underground irrigation system in the Central Valley.
The structure was built by Davisville pioneer George Gregg Briggs to irrigate several hundred acres of orchards and vineyards. . . . — — Map (db m61371) HM |
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