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By Alan Price - ECV Chapter 1866, May 1, 2015
Joseph Weringer, Sr. Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| | 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 |
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The City of Arcadia was founded by Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin from part of his large landholdings (Santa Anita Rancho) in the San Gabriel Valley. Baldwin was responsible for incorporating Arcadia as a City and became Arcadia’s first . . . — — Map (db m140512) HM |
| | Early in 1942 the US government designated Santa Anita Park for special usage during the war years.
Pursuant to Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from March 30, 1942 until October 27, 1942 the facility was used as . . . — — Map (db m128364) HM |
| | Won 1940 Santa Anita Handicap
to become world's greatest
money winner at that time.
Owned by
Charles S. Howard
1877-1950 — — Map (db m52754) HM |
| | Located along Arcadia’s Huntington Drive, just east of Santa Anita Avenue, the Thoroughbred Racing Walk of Champions is a tribute to the horse racing community that has been an integral part of Arcadia history for more than 100 years.
The . . . — — Map (db m145251) HM |
| | The sport of big game fishing originated in Avalon when Charles Frederick Holder caught a 183 pound Blue Fin Tuna with sport fish tackle on June 1, 1898. This angling milestone inspired him to form the Tuna Club of Santa Catalina Island, an . . . — — Map (db m49856) HM |
| | The Tuna Club of Avalon marks the birthplace of modern big game sportfishing. In 1898, led by Dr. Charles Frederick Holder, the club's founding members adopted the rules of conduct stressing conservationist ethics and sporting behavior. Today, their . . . — — Map (db m49678) HM |
| | The Sunset Canyon Country Club opened in 1921
as a private nine-hole golf course and country club.
In 1927 fire destroyed many club buildings. This
arch was built in 1927 as an entrance gate for a new
clubhouse. The City of Burbank owned the . . . — — Map (db m154850) HM |
| | In 1916 the city purchased the land for this first city park
with $5,000 in bond money. Originally called Triangle Park,
this land was owned by Helen Renwick, a local community
leader. It was not developed into a park site until 1926 when
funds . . . — — Map (db m149837) HM |
| | Built in 1927. Excellent example of Mediterranean Revival architecture. Residence of world heavyweight wrestling champion Ed "Strangler” Lewis between 1933 and 1940. — — Map (db m137362) HM |
| | Created in 1932 for the rowing events of the Xth Olympiad, the Stadium was the first manmade rowing course in the United States. Its width allowed four teams to race abreast, eliminating additional heats and allowing oarsmen to enter the finals at . . . — — Map (db m2614) HM |
| | The Transpacific Yacht Race, 2,225 nautical miles to Honolulu, is one of the great ocean races of the world. First launched in 1906, the race now features as many as 80 yachts, all completing for a place on the Transpac Walk of Fame. Past winners . . . — — Map (db m72450) HM |
| | This plaza, located on the site of the 1984 Olympic village, honors a great Trojan instrumental in bringing the Olympic Games to Los Angeles.
A 1956 graduate of the USC Gould School of Law, he served with distinction on the USC Board of . . . — — Map (db m128301) HM |
| | This stadium was originally completed in 1923. It was partially redesigned and enlarged for the 1932 Olympic Games. Both designs were by architects John & Donald B. Parkinson. The Coliseum has witnessed many important sports, political, and . . . — — Map (db m116751) HM |
| | The 1942 Rose Bowl was the 28th Rose Bowl Game. Originally scheduled to be played in the
Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena,
California, it was moved to Durham, North Carolina, due to the fears of an attack on the West Coast of the United States . . . — — Map (db m128107) HM |
| | On July 10, 1999, the U.S. women’s soccer team secured a win for the ages at the Rose Bowl. On a sweltering day before
a sellout crowd of 90,185 — the
largest ever to watch a
women’s-only event — the U.S.
posted a 5-4 shootout . . . — — Map (db m136525) HM |
| | This official Olympic Flagpole
was used at Squaw Valley, California
in the pageantry ceremonies
of the VIII Olympic Winter Games
held in February 18 - 28, 1960.
Walt Disney, Chairman of Pageantry. — — Map (db m154852) HM |
| | The Pasadena Robinson Memorial sculptures were created through a community effort spearheaded by the Board of Directors of Pasadena Robinson Memorial and the City of Pasadena. The monumental bronze portraitures of Mack and Jackie Robinson focus on . . . — — Map (db m71143) HM |
| | The coastal bluffs of Isadore B. Dockweiler State Beach have played host to modern Hang Gliders since 1966, and are considered to be the birthplace of modern Hang Gliding in
the United States. The soft gentle slopes and smooth coastal breezes . . . — — Map (db m118364) HM |
| | Bill and Bob Meistrell identical twins were born in Boonville, Missouri; Bill on July 30, 1928, and Bob 20 minutes later on July 31st. They started diving as kids in the farm's pond using an oilcan for a helmet, a bicycle pump and a hose for air. . . . — — Map (db m93287) HM |
| | George Freeth was born in Honolulu November 8, 1883 of royal Hawaiian and Irish ancestry. As a youngster he revived the lost Polynesian art of surfing while standing on a board. Henry H. Huntington was amazed at Freeths surfing and swimming . . . — — Map (db m93273) HM |
| | This was the site of ‘Los Robles’, the 400 acre estate of Governor George Stoneman. Here in 1880 President Rutherford B. Hayes was entertained. The first schoolhouse in the San Gabriel Valley, California's first tennis club, and the first municipal . . . — — Map (db m127644) HM |
| | Commemorates the XXIII Olympiad and marathons run through Santa Monica, August 5, 1984 and August 12, 1984, including the first women’s marathon in Olympiad history. — — Map (db m119673) HM |
| | A great morale builder, Fort McDowell’s bowling alley opened in 1944, sporting six lanes. Fort McDowell’s bowling teams – the “Jail Birds,” “Brass Hats,” and the "McDowell Mermaids” competed against teams from . . . — — Map (db m69299) HM |
| | If you listen carefully, you can hear the crack of a bat and soldiers cheering as a Fort McDowell “Indian” rounds third base and heads for home – Cole Field. The ball park was home to the men’s baseball team, the . . . — — Map (db m69275) HM |
| | Samuel was born to Catherine and Charles Chapman of Mar West Street in Tiburon on April 11, 1916. He worked in his father’s merchandise store on Main Street and delivered mail for his father who also served as Tiburon’s Postmaster from 1915 to 1941. . . . — — Map (db m69305) HM |
| | Carson’s Camp, first private resort in the June Lake Loop, was established by Roy Carson in 1916. The initial camp was in a tent “where fishing is always good”. In 1919 his wife Nancy became camp cook and housekeeper. The first building . . . — — Map (db m50143) HM |
| | Pioneering Eastern Sierra skier, visionary and entrepreneur, Dave McCoy's passion for skiing began in high school and soon thereafter he joined the Eastern
Sierra Ski Culb. In 1936, Dave was hired by LADWP as a hydrographer, conducting snow . . . — — Map (db m59340) HM |
| | The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area was constructed here in 1938 because of its dependable snow and nearness to a highway. . . . — — Map (db m2951) HM |
| | John “Bricky” Crivello, a key figure in the Monterey Fisherman’s Union for 67 years, was instrumental in the passage of Senate Bill 1213 which provided unemployment benefits to all California fishermen. Due to Bricky’s relentless . . . — — Map (db m68861) HM |
| | The railroad
A major landmark in the history of the Monterey Peninsula was the Southern Pacific Railroad. Built in 1880, the rail line was intended to bring tourism to this scenic area. In addition to transporting tourists, however, it . . . — — Map (db m55213) HM |
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Sam Morse was a preservationist long before fashionable. In 1915, he was sent by the Pacific Improvement Company to liquidate its land holdings in the region, including the area now known as Pebble Beach. Instead of pursuing the liquidation, . . . — — Map (db m83309) HM |
| | History
Today people travel swiftly along I-80 to their destinations in the Sierra, many times not even staying overnight. When they do stay overnight it is most likely in hotels or rental houses.
It was not always that way. Before I-80 . . . — — Map (db m81970) HM |
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History
When Bill Klien, who would transform skiing himself, invited Hannes Schroll to Donner Summit from Yosemite in 1937, the ski industry was about to change. Hannes was a dare-devil champion skier whose yodels as he tore down mountains . . . — — Map (db m81933) HM |
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History
The current building at the head of Donner Pass on Old 40 was built for the Division of Highways in 1931 to serve as a dormitory for highway workers. That was the first winter the road was plowed and on-call workers needed . . . — — Map (db m81881) HM |
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History
William Wilson Wurster was the most “influential unknown architect in California.” He designed many houses and buildings such as Ghirardelli Square, Cowell College at UC Santa Cruz, as well as other U.C. and Stanford . . . — — Map (db m81939) HM |
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History
The ritual of arriving in early morning by train and taking the 15 minute ride in tractor drawn sleighs was in place for more than ten years after Sugar Bowl opened in 1939. It was the only way to get to Sugar Bowl. It was a cold . . . — — Map (db m81936) HM |
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History
Because there were three lodges built on Forest Service land in the early 1930’s, they have always been referred to as the Tri-Lodges. The first of the three lodges built was der Naturfreund in 1931 (right). This is a private lodge . . . — — Map (db m81969) HM |
| | Downhill ski racing history in the Western Hemisphere first began in California circa 1857, and in this famous Donner Pass of the Sierra Nevada the Auburn Ski Club presents a full exhibition of pioneered manpower transportation and skisport history . . . — — Map (db m60888) HM |
| | History
Today each August hundreds of swimmers take to the 65º water of Donner Lake and swim its 2.7 mile long length. Each swimmer has lots of company.
On August 19 (sic, 18), 1935 though, it was a different story. On that day 17 year . . . — — Map (db m129739) HM |
| | In dedication to Don Hansen and Dana Wharf Sportfishing, the first business operating out of Dana Point Harbor. Dana Wharf Sportfishing originated Whale Watching for Orange County and founded the Dana Point Festival of Whales and Dana Point Boat . . . — — Map (db m60798) HM |
| | Duke Kahanamoku, three time Olympic gold medalist swimmer, public servant, goodwill ambassador of the State of Hawaii, and considered by many to be the father of modern surfing. In the early 1920's, the Duke surfed under Huntington's Pier. In his . . . — — Map (db m51964) HM |
| | On this site, May 23, 1971, with a gathering of enthusiasts for personal human flight, began the Worldwide sport of Hang Gliding. — — Map (db m125332) HM |
| | Following the example of Gordy Ainsleigh in 1974, each year runners from around the world meet the challenge of completing on foot the rugged 100-mile distance of the historic Western States Trail from Squaw Valley to this stadium. Placer Union High . . . — — Map (db m95777) HM |
| | One thousand competitors from 34 nations came to Squaw Valley to compete in the VIII Olympic Winter Games of 1960. The Games, brought here by Alexander C. Cushing, commemorated a century of sport skiing in America. By 1860 mining towns in the Sierra . . . — — Map (db m23504) HM |
| | Waypoint
George A. Wyman
1st Across America
San Francisco to
New York City, 1903 — — Map (db m143373) HM |
| | News that the 1960 Winter Olympics were coming to tiny Squaw Valley and to Lake Tahoe’s West Shore marked a milestone in Tahoe City development. All at once Lake Tahoe became known world-wide. Many new facilities were built for the Olympics, with . . . — — Map (db m37441) HM |
| | Gold Mountain, now Eureka Peak, is the site of some of the first organized ski races in the western hemisphere. Ski clubs organized in the 1850’s rode 10-14 foot “longboards snowshoes” down “Lost Sierra” slopes in Plumas and . . . — — Map (db m56614) HM |
| | The first sport ski area in the western hemisphere was in the Sierra Nevada. By 1860, races were held in the Plumas-Sierra region. The mining towns of Whiskey Diggings, Poker Flat, Port Wine, Onion Valley, La Porte, Jamison City, and Johnsville . . . — — Map (db m143423) HM |
| | Snow-shoe Race beginning 1854
Sierra County Surveyor 1870
Deputy U.S. Surveyor 1871
Plumas County Surveyor 1879
Plumas County Supervisor 1910
Snow-shoed to Quincy for meetings
past the age of 80 — — Map (db m56365) HM |
| | Snow skiing was introduced to Plumas County in 1858. Skis were called “snow shoes” at the time. Skis were first used to travel to and from the mining camps. Sport skiing soon followed, and by 1863 became a “mania”. The first . . . — — Map (db m65904) HM |
| | This plaque commemorates the origins of the world’s first downhill snowshoe racing events which began in Plumas and Sierra Counties in the 1850’s. The Alturas Snowshoe Club was the world’s first organized ski club, having originated between . . . — — Map (db m56368) HM |
| | During the equestrian games of the 10th Olympiad,
Lt Col Shunzo Kido turned aside from the prize to save his horse.
He heard the low voice of mercy, not the loud acclaim of glory.
情は武士の道 . . . — — Map (db m147984) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m14979) HM |
| | On August 19, 1931, famous Golf Course Designer Dr. Alister MacKenzie was selected by the City of Sacramento to lay out the new Sacramento Municipal 18-Hole Golf Course, which opened for play on October 1, 1932. The course name was changed to . . . — — Map (db m14938) HM |
| | This was the site of home plate at Edmonds Field, home of the Pacific Coast League’s Sacramento Solons Baseball Team for fifty years. More than 4,200 games were played here over those years and Solon fans set several PCL attendance records.
The . . . — — Map (db m17071) HM |
| | This plaque is dedicated to Frank C. Freer by the City of Sacramento in recognition
of his commitment of over 50 years to improving the game of golf in Sacramento, California.
• Member-Sacramento Golf Club at Haggin Oaks
• Member-Sacramento . . . — — Map (db m14907) HM |
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• 1998 National PGA Golf Professional of the Year
• 1998 National PGA Merchandiser of the Year (Public Course)
• 1994 National PGA Horton-Smith Award Winner
• 1990 National PGA Merchandiser of the Year (Public Course)
Ken Morton, Sr. . . . — — Map (db m14857) HM |
| | In recognition of Michael “Mac” McDonagh for his 32 years of service as Superintendent of Golf for the City of Sacramento from 1932 – 1964. Mac McDonagh went to England in 1923 to become an apprentice in golf course construction . . . — — Map (db m14939) HM |
| | Pinnacles has seen the birth and growth of modern rock climbing over the past 80 years. The early accents of the rock spires, often done with basketball sneakers and braided hemp rope, were dangerous and intensely challenging. The crackless faces of . . . — — Map (db m87694) HM |
| | Carrothers Court
Dedicated
By the City of Coronado
And Honoring
Bob Carrothers
National Boys Tennis Champion
1937 — — Map (db m134445) HM |
| | Considered the first purpose-built auto racing facility in the United States when completed, the Lakeside Auto Speedway transformed the nascent motorsports movement by moving races off dangerous public roads and horse racing tracks.
The Speedway . . . — — Map (db m82349) HM |
| | This monument honors the past and present surfers at Tourmaline Canyon Surfing Park who have embraced its beach, surf and camaraderie. Since the opening of the park in May 1963, Tourmaline's local surfers have shared their time, skills, and wisdom . . . — — Map (db m84586) HM |
| | Hurriedly built in two months by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for $25,000 in 1936, this wooden, green painted and later termite-infested ballpark was the original home of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) San Diego Padres. The breeze that . . . — — Map (db m83871) HM |
| | [Marker #1]
In commemoration of the early aviation pioneers that flew American designed and manufactured sailplanes in San Diego. These aviators are remembered by those who flew after them and the citizens of San Diego.
John C. Barstow . . . — — Map (db m156384) HM |
| | Americanization was difficult for the Issei. Prejudice, language barriers and discrimination often stymied their efforts, yet they persisted, often venturing into Western society with great zeal. With the Nisei generation, however, the Japanese . . . — — Map (db m86488) HM |
| | Designed by Frederick H. Mayer in 1907. First structure built in the Uptown Tenderloin after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fire. San Francisco Landmark No. 176. Boxer Muhammed Ali (known as Cassius Clay at the time) trained in the Hotel's . . . — — Map (db m63863) HM |
| | After the 1906 Earthquake, dance ballrooms and academies such as the Arcadia, Fisher's and Golden Gate Ballroom replaced the demolished Alhambra Theatre on this site. By the 1930's, roller skates replaced dancing shoes. In 1942, the Golobic family . . . — — Map (db m91057) HM |
| | This is the site of the original Dimaggios' Restaurant founded by the five DiMaggio brothers in 1937. Tom, the oldest of the 9 children of Sicilian immigrant parents, ran it until the youngest, Dominic Paul DiMaggio, took on the responsibilities in . . . — — Map (db m115951) HM |
| | George Sterling
1869 – 1926
George Sterling represented California in the world of poetry for a generation. His works included “A Wine of Wizardry.” “Testimony of the Suns,” and “The House of . . . — — Map (db m69986) HM |
| | First openly gay major league baseball player whose raised hand, after a home run, led to the invention of the high five.
Glenn Burke — — Map (db m120400) HM |
| | More than one hundred years ago, the bicycle was king of the road in San Francisco.
The streets were filled with scorchers, bloomer girls, bone shakers, and wheelmen.
More than one hundred years ago, the bicycle was king of the road in . . . — — Map (db m72526) HM |
| | This Property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Metropolitan Club
Incorporated in 1915 as the
Woman’s Athletic Club of San Francisco
Bliss & . . . — — Map (db m71912) HM |
| | San Francisco entrepreneur and sports advocate who worked within the City's bar culture to create social activism — — Map (db m120448) HM |
| | A San Francisco City
Landmark No. 181
California's
First Municipal
Lawn Bowling Greens
Established 1901 — — Map (db m28756) HM |
| | The Dolphin Club, in cooperation with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, maintains this facility to accomodate it program of open water swimming and rowing in San Francisco Bay.
It was founded in 1877 as a small boat club at the . . . — — Map (db m65562) HM |
| | The South End Rowing Club was founded on San Francisco Bay in 1873 by a group of rowing enthusiasts who gathered at Jimmy Farrell's Saloon at the southern end of the City near 3rd and Berry Streets.
The Club became a dominant power in the Pacific . . . — — Map (db m61359) HM |
| | Physician, decathlete and founder of the Gay Games which created an international community of LGBT athletes and helped to shatter stereotypes of LGBT people worldwide
Thomas F. Waddell — — Map (db m98138) HM |
| | Victoria Manalo Draves was the first Asian-American woman
to win an Olympic medal when she earned gold medals
in the 3-meter springboard and the 10-meter platform diving
competitions at the 1948 Olympics. Born in the South of
Market area to an . . . — — Map (db m120149) HM |
| | On this site: Civil War victories were celebrated by flying "Old Glory" on Charles Weber's 120 foot flag pole; in a 2,000 seat baseball stadium, Stockton became the 1888 California League champion; Coxey's Army camped in 1893; and delta reclamation . . . — — Map (db m82587) HM |
| | Presented to the city of El Paso de Robles to preserve the memory of the winter home of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1924-1934 — — Map (db m66413) HM |
| | On October 29, 1960, a chartered aircraft carrying the Cal Poly Mustang Football Team crashed on takeoff at the Toledo, Ohio Airport. Sixteen Mustang football players, the team manager, and a Mustang booster were killed in the crash and twenty-two . . . — — Map (db m38511) HM |
| | Al Terremere is a member of the Sequoia Sports Hall of Fame as both an athlete and a coach. Al was All-League in both football and baseball during his Sequoia playing career, and captured multiple championships in both baseball and football as a . . . — — Map (db m62605) HM |
| | Seabiscuit
Born 1933
Sired by Hard Tack – Out of Swing On
Owner – Charles S. Howard
Jockeys
Red Pollard – George Woolf
World’s Champion Money Winner to 1938 — — Map (db m18406) HM |
| | Baseball was the country’s favorite sport in the 1890’s. Communities across America supported amateur baseball teams comprised of local young men. Mayfield’s baseball team, the Ringtailed Roarers, played other local teams up and down the Peninsula, . . . — — Map (db m91111) HM |
| | They built a baseball diamond with the homeplate on the Jackson and Sixth Street corner and the outfield towards the railroad tracks. Rightfield was shorter and leftfield went on across Seventh Street. The centerfield was much lower than homeplate, . . . — — Map (db m52513) HM |
| | Drilling contests were the miners’ own distinctive event. The contest pitted individuals or teams of two miners against one another. They centered on hand-drilling, an essential aspect of the hard-rock miners’ work. Drilling contests tested the . . . — — Map (db m41324) 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 |
| | People also made a sumo wresting ring in the baseball grounds and had tournaments. Dr. James Dobashi was the strongest then. Nobody could even be compared with him.
Dr. Isamu Kawamura — — Map (db m52511) HM |
| | This area was once the site of one of Alum Rock Park’s most popular attractions, the Natatorium, a large indoor swimming pool. Built about 1912, it attracted over 35,000 swimmers each summer season. For about 20 cents, park visitors could swim in . . . — — Map (db m63790) HM |
| | Bicentennial
1845 – 1995
In recognition of the efforts of the citizens of the City of Santa Clara and the members of the Santa Clara Council #84.
This event started with the Drum & Bugle Corps of Y.M.I. in 1945, and expanded to feature . . . — — Map (db m64940) HM |
| | Posted as a sentry on the dark, damp night of November 17-18 1931,
Gordon Hampton, '35, a frosh of only six weeks on the
"Farm," stood under the adjacent oak tree to sound the alarm of any Cal
attempt to torch prematurely the tower of RR ties . . . — — Map (db m143594) HM |
| | The Santa Cruz Beach was changed forever in 1904 when promoter and entrepreneur Fred Swanton hosted the grand opening of the Neptune Casino, a Moorish-style wonder and wedding cake of a building. The Casino was destroyed by fire in June of 1906. . . . — — Map (db m62796) HM |
| | This is the location of one of the last known bull and bear rings in California, where the animals were placed in a wooden stockade and local settlers would bet on the outcome of their fight.
Bull and Bear fights were brought to Santa Cruz by . . . — — Map (db m100961) HM |
| | The history of surfing in Santa Cruz can be traced in part to the Santa Cruz Surfing Club, founded in 1936. The following members were among the first in this area to experience the thrill of conquering a wave.
Jim Alumbauch Bill . . . — — Map (db m112987) HM |
| | In 1959 Jack O'Neill came with his family to Santa Cruz and opened his 500 square foot "Surf Shop” at this location, just above Cowell Beach. The Surf Shop was O'Neill's first retail store in Santa Cruz, offering custom built foam surfboards . . . — — Map (db m123878) HM |
| | During the summer of 1885, three young Hawaiian princes rode the waves at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River on Redwood planks the ordered cut in the shape of olo surfboards by the local timber mill.
H.M. Queen Kapi’olani’s nephews: . . . — — Map (db m71541) HM |
| | Less than a year after fire destroyed the original Casino and Plunge, construction began on new buildings to include an indoor natatorium. The original ceiling arches can be seen today. The main pool measured 144 feet by 64 feet and featured a . . . — — Map (db m62792) HM |
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Dunsmuir Centennial Committee
Baseball legend 'Babe' Ruth and his New York Yankee team mate Bob Meusel played in an exhibition game with local teams here on October 22, 1924.
Dedicated by
Grand Parlor,
Native Sons of the Golden West
June . . . — — Map (db m40198) HM |
| | Between 1956 and 1866 this building housed a general merchandise store, tin shop, and grocery business. Sometime before the turn-of-the-century, however, it became known as Turner Hall, meeting place for Yreka social and business groups. This . . . — — Map (db m70169) HM |
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