California in Moniteau County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

California Aurora School Memorial

1914 - 1993

California Aurora High School Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2012

1. California Aurora High School Memorial Bench

Inscription. "Seek Til You Find"

Erected by Class of 1961.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Education.

Location. 38° 37.903′ N, 92° 34.08′ W. Marker is in California, Missouri, in Moniteau County. It is on Owen Street south of Stella Street, on the right when traveling south. Memorial is at the current middle school campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 211 South Owen Street, California MO 65018, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor.

It is also in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Farmers and Traders Bank (approx. 0.2 miles away); Smith - Burke Park

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Finke Opera House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Eisenhower Green Ash (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Moniteau County Courthouse (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fertile Fields and Flooding (approx. 14.6 miles away); The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri (approx. 14.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in California.

Also see . . .
1. California, Missouri. (Submitted on November 27, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. California R-1 School District, Missouri. (Submitted on January 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

California Aurora School Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2012

2. California Aurora School Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2012

3. California Aurora School Memorial

Middle School in background

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2012

4. California Aurora School Memorial

Former School Entrance Frontispiece

California Aurora School Memorial Image image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2012

5. California Aurora School Memorial Image

Former combined school

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 712 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 7, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.