The Integratron is the creation of George Van Tassel, and is based on the design of Moses' Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla, and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials. The domed structure 35 feet high and 55 feet in diameter, was . . . — — Map (db m78533) HM
After barnstorming across the United States from his native Wisconsin in 1914 and serving his country in World War I, the urge to homestead brought Bill Underhill to 29 Palms in 1928. He helped build roads and the first swimming pool, and was active . . . — — Map (db m165757) HM
Man of Vision
Land, Water and Power
Father of
The Model Colony
Sponsored by
Upland Sister Cities Association.
Upland's Sister City
Mildura, Australia,
was founded by
George and W.B. Chaffey.
John Edward Svenson, FNSS . . . — — Map (db m168) HM
Founder of Knox's Corners,
later the City of El Cajon
Owner of community's first business, the Knox Hotel on the southwest corner of Main and Magnolia; first Postmaster, County roadmaster; charter member of California's International Order of . . . — — Map (db m54383) HM
This building has also served as newspaper office, a bank, telephone company, a lodge, Farmers Institute and a meat market.
Purchased by the Weinstock family and served as an appliance and radio store
1932
Purchased & restored by . . . — — Map (db m54384) HM
A reconstruction (1934) of Vallecito Stage Station built in 1852 at the edge of the Great Colorado Desert. It was an important stop on the first official transcontinental route, serving the San Diego-San Antonio ('Jackass') mail line (1857-1859), . . . — — Map (db m51579) HM
Occupied in 1858 by Warren Hall, Divison Superintendent, Butterfield Overland Mail which operated between San Francisco and the eastern termini, St. Louis and Memphis, from September 15, 1858 to March 2, 1861. The first mail stage from the east . . . — — Map (db m51093) HM
On 7 November 1989, Qualcomm publicly demonstrated a digital cellular
radio system based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) spread spectrum
technology, which increased capacity, improved service quality, and extended
battery life. This . . . — — Map (db m193674) HM
This bronze statue of the first Emperor was created and cast in China by the famous sculptors Guo Xuanchang 郭宣昌 and Cheng Yunxian 程云贤 . The first Emperor unified China and standardized the written language, . . . — — Map (db m204226)
No lighthouse kept vigil over the harbor four centuries ago when Cabrillo sailed into the bay. There were no channel buoys, fog horns, or local charts to guide mariners safely to anchor. Today, however, the Coast Guard and Port of San Diego provide . . . — — Map (db m84888) HM
Established Aug. 1, 1890, Ballast Point Light Station was a fine example of “railroad Gothic” and lasted until 1866, when it was replaced by a light on top of a slender steel tower, and new quarters were built for the Coast Guard personnel who . . . — — Map (db m238819) HM
This lighthouse built in 1854, was one of the first eight lighthouses on the Pacific Coast. It continued in use until 1891, when the new Pelican Point Lighthouse began operating. The Point Loma Lighthouse became the site of the Cabrillo National . . . — — Map (db m36602) HM
San Diego's first lighthouse guided ships along the coast and marked the entrance to the harbor for over 30 years. A captain reported seeing the light from as far as 39 miles (63km). For many years it was the highest coastal light in the country — . . . — — Map (db m157361) HM
Since ancient times, lighthouses have been integral to the development of maritime commerce around the globe. With each voyage, mariners staked their cargoes and, indeed, their very lives on these lights. The story of lighthouses in the United . . . — — Map (db m157458) HM
Samuel Morse and his partner Alfred Vail tested the first forty-mile telegraph line, between Washington and Baltimore, on May 24 1844. In most accounts, a young woman provided the first message they sent:
What Hath God Wrought
The . . . — — Map (db m182843) HM
[ Upper Plaque: ]
In 1958, here at 9416 Mission Gorge Road, then owner Lee Bartell built the KCBQ AM 1170 radio broadcast facility with its 50,000 watt transmitter and six two-hundred foot towers. For many years, KCBQ AM 1170 was San . . . — — Map (db m35120) HM
In 1844, Gov. Manuel Micheltorena granted 44,322 acres to Juan Jose Warner who built this house. Gen. Kearny passed here in 1846; Mormon Battalion in 1847. First Butterfield Stage stopped at this ranch on Oct. 6, 1858 enroute from Tipton, Mo. to San . . . — — Map (db m51084) HM
The Alcatraz water tower is one of the most visible landmarks in San Francisco Bay. As such, it was an ideal place for American Indians who occupied the island to broadcast their message of "peace and freedom" to the world. Standing on each . . . — — Map (db m133766) HM
The first Pony Express rider to reach San Francisco on the final relay carrying mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to California, arrived in this city Apr. 14, 1860 aboard the River Str. ‘Antelope’. Led by a band and several engine companies, a . . . — — Map (db m84866) HM
This was the site of the western business headquarters of Russell, Majors, and Waddell -- founders, owners, and operators of the Pony Express, 1860-1861. The firm's main office was in Leavenworth, Kansas. W.W. Finney was the western representative . . . — — Map (db m33775) HM
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Deep channels make San Francisco’s protected harbor accessible to immense ships. On the other hand, swift currents, high winds, rocks and fog make navigating the narrow Golden Gate treacherous. Early mariners . . . — — Map (db m211172) HM
Deep channels make San Francisco’s remarkable harbor accessible to immense ships. On the other hand, a narrow entrance, swift currents, high winds, rocks, and fog make navigating the Golden Gate treacherous. Early mariners looked for on-shore . . . — — Map (db m48641) HM
There are two markers mounted on opposite sides of the flagpole base in the Marina Green
This plaque marks the site of the
Marina Air Field
The first terminus of the
United States Post Office Dept.
Trans-Continental
Air . . . — — Map (db m70028) HM
Herb Caen published his first column in the San Francisco Chronicle July 5, 1938; he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. His last weekday column appeared January 10, 1997. When he moved to the San Francisco Examiner in 1950, 30,000 . . . — — Map (db m73492) HM
Nearby was the location of the Broadway Wharf. The wharf extended from Broadway and Davis Streets east to this location. All of the Pony Express mail that was delivered to and from San Francisco used this wharf. The Pony Express ran from April 3, . . . — — Map (db m63717) HM
This marker consists of six plaques arranged in a 2 X 3 pattern. The top left plaque is the title plaque and may contain some text. The top right plaque displayed an arrow which points in the direction of the named street. Other plaques contain . . . — — Map (db m72551) HM
In a simple laboratory on this site, 202 Green Street, Philo Taylor Farnsworth, U.S. pioneer in electronics,invented and patented the first operational all-electronic "television system" on September 7, 1927. The 21 year-old inventor and several . . . — — Map (db m20900) HM
During Gold Rush days a look-out stationed in a structure on this spot observed and signalled (sic) the arrival of incoming vessels. By adjusting movable arms high on a tall pole and by hoisting national colors, he identified the nature of the ship . . . — — Map (db m143441) HM
British cryptanalyst, logician, philosopher and mathematician widely recognized as a pioneer of artificial intelligence and the father of computer science
Alan Turing — — Map (db m98105) HM
Jane Warner spent two decades keeping the peace in the city's Castro, Noe Valley and Mission neighborhoods as a San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer. To her many friends, she was simply known as "Officer Jane".
She was dedicated not only . . . — — Map (db m64229) HM
Influential author and journalist, the first openly gay reporter to cover LGBT issues for American mainstream media
Randy Shilts — — Map (db m98161) HM
This historic building originally served as the headquarters of the Home Telephone Company, San Francisco’s first telephone exchange site.
Built
1908
Original Architect
Coxhead and Coxhead . . . — — Map (db m71944) HM
Founder of Hearst Newspapers began his newspaper publishing career with the San Francisco Examiner on March 4, 1887. Announcing: “The Examiner with this issue, has become the exclusive property of William R. Hearst, the son of its former . . . — — Map (db m71869) HM
With a strategic location in the center of the San Francisco Bay opposite the Golden Gate, Yerba Buena Island has been home to three branches of the U.S. Military – the Army, Navy and Coast Guard.
From 1867 to 1897 the Army used the island . . . — — Map (db m218468) HM
One of the last living Pony Express riders. His route of 104 miles ran from Cottonwood Springs to Box Elder near Fort Kearny in the Nebraska Territory. In 1883 he moved to Escalon where he became a community leader. — — Map (db m220288) HM
Pioneer Hill
It was on this hill that Dr. Dean Jewett Locke and his brother Elmer H. Locke built the first cabin of this section in 1851. Disturbed by grizzly bears, they spent their first nights in the oak trees. Dr. Locke, physician for the . . . — — Map (db m143490) HM
Gertie Deforce Cluff and her sister, Laure Deforce Gordon carved out careers originally followed exclusively by men. Gertie Became the publisher of the first newspaper in Lodi, "The Valley Review" and Laura, the first woman attorney in California . . . — — Map (db m243802) HM
The first newspaper in Lodi, "The Valley Review," debuted on July 20th, 1878. It was located on the west side of Sacramento St. between Pine and Elm. By 1883 it claimed the largest circulation of any weekly in San Joaquin Co. Its publisher, Gertie . . . — — Map (db m241692) HM
Built in 1890 as part of the original light station, this building combined the lighthouse (tower structure) and the residence/office of the head keeper and his family. — — Map (db m70052) HM
This first order fresnel lens was manufactured in 1850 in France by Henry LaPaute. The clock mechanism was built in 1872 and the lens you see here was installed atop the lighthouse at Piedras Blancas in 1874.
In 1949 the lens was removed . . . — — Map (db m68626) HM
On this site, the storied original Andrews Hotel stood. The grand opening of that remarkable structure was celebrated July 3, 1885. Nine and one half months later, on Palm Sunday, April 18, 1886 it burned to the ground. On the ashes, the present . . . — — Map (db m16502) HM
Architect
Resing & Mc Ginnes
Contractor H.H. Smith
**
Incorporated as Lawndale
In Aug. 1924. The Town’s name
was changed to Colma in Nov. 1941
Originally the Town Hall
served as a traffic court,
post office, health dept. and . . . — — Map (db m18401) HM
The decade of the 1870’s saw an influx of European immigrants into the Half Moon Bay area and over to the coast. Irish, German, Italian, and Portuguese made up the majority of the newcomers whose numbers included merchants, business people, dairy . . . — — Map (db m13747) HM
Erected 1888
Deeded as use as a railroad depot
by John W. Brittan
Site of the first San Carlos Telegraph
Post Office and Library
An Historical Site
Dedicated 1976 — — Map (db m41451) HM
The South San Francisco Enterprise Journal covered
local news for more than a century. Starting in 1895, the
South City Printing Company began publishing the
Enterprise, a free local newspaper. In 1927, the
Enterprise was bought by the South San . . . — — Map (db m176737) HM
The first Post Office in South San Francisco opened
on April 11, 1892, on the southwest corner of Miller
Avenue and San Bruno Road (now Airport
Boulevard). In 1892, it moved to the corner of
Grand and Linden Avenues. The current building . . . — — Map (db m176738) HM
On this site September 28, 1905 representatives of the Masonic Grand Lodge of California convened to place the cornerstone of the first Masonic temple in Santa Barbara County.
Among those famous representatives present were Edward H. Hart, acting . . . — — Map (db m162353) HM
Gilroy’s strategic location contributed to great economic growth beginning in the 1850s.
Inset Images:
In 1870 James Culp was a tobacco grower and owned a cigar factory. Over one million cigars were rolled and shipped monthly all . . . — — Map (db m219074) HM
Original site of Gilroy’s First Post Office
Later rebuilt for Wentz Pharmacy by William Radtke in 1928
Placed by: Gilroy Downtown Development Corporation and the Gilroy Historical Society — — Map (db m230450) HM
“Legacy of Gilroy” Commemorating the Historic Transportation District
Traveling north by foot, horse or cart along the El Camino Real was several days journey from the southern Santa Clara valley to the nearest town. Recognizing an . . . — — Map (db m230447) HM
A toll road was built over Pacheco Pass in 1857 by Andrew D. Firebaugh. Later in that same year he built a tavern near this site, which became a Butterfield transcontinental stage stop. In 1859 the Pacific and Atlantic Company built a telegraph line . . . — — Map (db m54036) HM
In 1899 this fire bell was cast in bronze in San Francisco by W.T. Garrett Company and weighs 2500 pounds. It was originally installed atop a 60 foot wooden tower which ironically burned down in the Great Fire of 1901. It was then reinstalled . . . — — Map (db m196042) HM
Retired Morgan Hill teacher Belle McCormick celebrated her 100th birthday on May 2, 2006. She brought the bell with her from Montana when she moved to Morgan Hill with her husband and daughters. It held a place of honor in front of her home from . . . — — Map (db m213055) HM
Commonly termed the "Mother of All Demos,” Douglas Engelbart and his team
demonstrated their oNLine System (NLS) at Brooks Hall in San Francisco on 9
December 1968. Connected via microwave link to the host computer and other
remote users at SRI . . . — — Map (db m182615) HM
From 1907 to 1925 this bell was used to summon the volunteer firemen of the town of Mayfield. First used at College Avenue and El Camino Real. The bell was transferred to the town hall at El Camino Real and California Avenue in 1921. When Mayfield . . . — — Map (db m91031) HM
This garage is the birthplace of the world’s first high-technology region, “Silicon Valley.” The idea for such a region originated with Dr. Frederick Terman, a Stanford university professor who encouraged his students to start up their . . . — — Map (db m3402) HM
Original site of the laboratory and factory of Federal Telegraph Company, founded in 1909 by Cyril F. Elwell. Here, with two assistants, Dr. Lee de Forest, inventor of the three-element radio vacuum tube, devised in 1911-13 the first vacuum tube . . . — — Map (db m2604) HM
In March 1863 the Supreme Court adjudged that the original Castillero claim to the New Almaden Mine was fraudulent and invalid. President Abraham Lincoln, acting on this judgment, sent a writ to U.S. Marshall C.W. Rand in San Francisco.
“I, . . . — — Map (db m12916) HM
On this site in 1909, Charles "Doc” Herrold aired the first
regularly scheduled radio programs, giving birth to
broadcasting. Initially identified as "This is San Jose calling,"
the station was later licensed as KQW before it became
KCBS. . . . — — Map (db m155118) HM
Charles Herrold, a pioneer in radio, was the first person to transmit radio programs of music and news to a listening audience. Beginning in 1909, three years before Congress’ Radio Act of 1912, Herrold broadcast from his College of Engineering and . . . — — Map (db m30335) HM
The San Jose Mercury News was first published, on this site, on June 20, 1851. Known as the San Jose Weekly Visitor, it was the city’s fist permanent newspaper. The paper changed owners and mastheads several times before becoming the San Jose Weekly . . . — — Map (db m52657) HM
On this corner stood the Garden City Bank Building, where Charles D. Herrold established Station FN, the first radio broadcasting station in the world. As a pioneer in wireless telephony (radio), Herrold established the first station in 1909 to . . . — — Map (db m30327) HM
On this site in 1909, Charles D. Herrold founded a voice radio station which opened the door to electronic mass communication. He conceived the idea of broadcasting to the public, and his station, the world’s first, has now served Northern . . . — — Map (db m193571) HM
Now a relic from the days when Monterey road served as cattle trail; stage route, and Mission road between San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Monterey, Coyote Post Office was once the oldest surviving and functioning post office in Santa Clara County . . . — — Map (db m42293) HM
This building, originally a residence, was built in 1884 in downtown San Jose at 91 North San Pedro Street near the corner of St. John Street. The neighborhood was an Italian American commercial district for one hundred years and the center of the . . . — — Map (db m52161) HM
Originally a residence, this building was constructed in the early 1880s and stood at 91 N. San Pedro Street near the corner of St. John Street. The popular Italianate style of architecture is seen in the top brackets and the decorative quoins at . . . — — Map (db m52160) HM
Named after Frank Gubser, a German immigrant and barber, Gubserville was an important stage, mail and teamster stop on the road between San Jose and Saratoga. Gubser served as the village's first and only postmaster, beginning July 5, 1882. . . . — — Map (db m2398) HM
History
The machine that you see inside is a fully functional weight-driven tower clock, commissioned by Jane Stanford in 1899 and built by the Seth Thomas Clock Company in 1901. It was originally housed in the dome above Memorial Church, . . . — — Map (db m232000) HM
These two artifacts were part of Sunnyvale's first City Hall, a
Spanish-style building located at the corner of South
Murphy Avenue and McKinley Avenue. Constructed in 1929,
the building was demolished in 1969. This City Hall Bell was
made by . . . — — Map (db m163130) HM
Founder Publisher and Editor
Santa Cruz Surf
Brilliant in mind, just in judgment, valiant in spirit, for forty years leader in initiative thought and action for the public welfare.
He rests here in the place of his choice under the shadows . . . — — Map (db m62436) HM
James Knox Taylor, Architect
Italian Renaissance Style
State’s Oldest In-Use P.O. Bldg.
Historic Landmark
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History — — Map (db m62529) HM
In Loving Memory to These Pioneers Who “Held the Ribbons” but Have Turned the Bend in this Road
One of the best known and beloved men in California
Williamson Lyncoya Smith • Aug 6. 1830. Born on a plantation on the James River, Bedford . . . — — Map (db m1177) HM
Constructed circa 1852. Joseph Mackerman used the building as home and brewery. Since that time the building housed a drug store, meat market and California’s oldest weekly newspaper - - - The Mountain Messenger. This fireproof building, with iron . . . — — Map (db m43913) HM
Site of Berryvale Post Office. It operated from 1870 to 1887. Postmasters were JH Sisson, GL Lamphere, ET Keyser, Sophia J Fellows. The post office moved to the railroad station in 1887 and became known as Sisson in 1924. It was renamed Mt. Shasta. . . . — — Map (db m62786) HM
The presence of this on an early Yreka map indicates that it was constructed on or before 1856. It was home to Charles Peters’ Yreka Brewery and Saloon, with the saloon occupying the front portion of the building and the brewery the back. Peters was . . . — — Map (db m129501) HM
David D. Colton arrived in Yreka in 1851, mined for a time, established the Mountain News Herald, and at age 21 became the second Siskiyou County sheriff. His original 1853 hewed-log house on this site was replaced the same year by a brick . . . — — Map (db m70135) HM
Gen. Mariano G. Vallejo
Who was Commandante of Northern
California for over 10 years.
Thomas O. Larkin
U.S. Consul in California 1844-1846.
Robert Semple
Presiding Officer of the First Constitutional
Convention of California and . . . — — Map (db m16360) HM
[Front of Marker:]
Dedicated April 23, 2000
by
James Stretesky
Benicia Historical Society
Benicia (N.S.G.W.) Native Sons
Richard & Veronica Tipton
Benicia Camel Barn Museum
Exxon Mobile, Benicia Refinery
Benicia Chamber of . . . — — Map (db m16327) HM
{Obverse:}
Dedicated April 23, 1998
Halfway House
Added Station
Apr. 23, 1860 - Sep. 8, 1861
By
Sidney & Diane Schroeder Family
Ron Dupratt Family
John & Patty Greiner Family
Dixon Historical Society
American Legion . . . — — Map (db m29940) HM
{Obverse:}
Dedicated April 23, 1998
Rockville House
Added Station
Apr. 3, 1860 - Sep. 8, 1861
By
Rockville Inn
Floyd & Lillian Hembree
Joseph C. Wolfskill Family
Ramirez Towing - Rudy's Auto Body
Solano #39 (NGSW) . . . — — Map (db m30619) HM
This site was originally constructed in 1860 as the Suisun Valley General Mercantile & original Pony Express station.
The Vezer Family provides this facility for the enjoyment of the families of this wonderful valley and gives special . . . — — Map (db m25058) HM
Two structures built by Raleigh Barcar, newspaper publisher and second owner of the Vacaville Reporter. Lower floor of the two-story brick building was for businesses. At one time it was Vacaville's fire station. Upper story was for offices and club . . . — — Map (db m113020) HM
On a hill 300 feet south of this point, the first naval wireless station on the Pacific Coast was erected in 1904.
Plaque erected in Sept 1954 — — Map (db m26010) HM
This bell, cast of steel, in Sheffield, England in 1860, was the “start work” and “stop work” signal on Mare Island Navy Yard for many years. Restored by shipyard apprentices at the Mare Island Apprentice School
Seal:
Mare Island . . . — — Map (db m217292) HM
The "Cloverdale Reveille" is the oldest weekly newspaper continuously published under the same name in the state of California. Founded in the 1870s, and surviving the ups and downs of frontier journalism, the "Cloverdale Reveille" was adjudicated . . . — — Map (db m102479) HM
August Courier columnist and peopleologist. Petaluma's number one booster. Founder of the World Wist Wrestling Championship and numerous other events. Trade mark - He's been photographed with more famous, infamous, usual and unusual people than . . . — — Map (db m85590) HM
Completed in 1910 at 401 Fifth Street
Designed by James Knox Taylor, FAIA
Moved to this site in 1979
Preservation Architect, Dan Peterson, AIA
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United Staes Department of the . . . — — Map (db m102518) HM
The Sonoma Index was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Frank. It is the successor to the Sonoma Bulletin (1852-1855), the first California newspaper published north of San Francisco.
The Index was purchased in 1884 by Harry H. Granice, maternal . . . — — Map (db m78925) HM
Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith), as seen in George Lucas' classic film American Graffiti, howled out to cruisers in Modesto beginning in 1963, but only after all the local AM radio stations signed off for the night. It was then that the . . . — — Map (db m227177) HM
In 1886 the Lodge was organized in Hills Ferry. They moved to Newman in 1910 to the newly constructed 3 story building. Street level retail space, 2nd floor meeting rooms and 3rd floor the social hall. Knights of Pythias referred to their lodges as . . . — — Map (db m208394) HM
In 1896 Innis Sturgeon published the first issue of the paper from the Main Street location. Alvin Fleharty bought the paper in 1903. Fire destroyed the building in 1906 and years of records were lost. The business moved in 1929 to the present . . . — — Map (db m208712) HM
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