"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
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
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
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
"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
[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 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
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 creameries, and the . . . — — Map (db m1557) HM
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
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
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
At this historic spot the first irrigation water from the Colorado River reached Imperial Valley in 1901, coming from Mexico. This waterway was replaced in 1942 by the All-American Canal. Water has made this once arid area into an agricultural . . . — — Map (db m176186) HM
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
Emil Schaffner arrived from Rufenach, Switzerland, through Ellis Island, in 1914, bound for Imperial Valley. He began working in Calexico for Judge Towland, insisting on being paid in cattle. In 1921, Emil established "Schaffner Dairy" and it has . . . — — Map (db m219773) HM
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
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
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
Named for the Diaz family who established a ranch
here when brothers Rafael and Eleuterio Diaz
emigrated from Chile in the 1860's. They owned and
operated a successful cattle ranch until the land
was sold to the City of Los Angeles Dept of . . . — — Map (db m221367) HM
This English Pedunculate Oak tree
originated in Sherwood Forest England.
Around the turn of the century a small
sprout was sent to Lone Pine. A member
of the Fred French family planted the
sprout on this original site, a part of the
old Harvey . . . — — Map (db m221404) 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
Basque immigrants from the Pyrenees mountains of France and Spain were drawn to California by the Gold Rush. They found providing the miners with lamb and wool more profitable than digging for gold.
Young Basque men would follow their sheep . . . — — Map (db m237371) HM
In the 1930’s, more than half of a million Americans fled the Southwestern part of the United States due to the prolonged drought called the “Dust Bowl.”
Traveling in old cars with just basic necessities, the migrants came primarily from . . . — — Map (db m167100) HM
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
When European explorers first came to what is now Kern County, it was inhabited predominantly by indigenous peoples known as the Chumash, Kawaiisu, Kitanemuk, Serrano, Tubatulabal and Yokuts.
The Kern County area was first claimed by the . . . — — Map (db m167101) HM
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
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
Back From the Brink of Extinction
Half a million tule elk once roamed
the marshes and grasslands of
California. The Gold Rush began an
era of commercial hunting and
agricultural practices that decimated
the elk and their . . . — — Map (db m184928) 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
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
In 1872, the fifteen families residing in what is now Bear Valley Springs joined together to
build a schoolhouse in order to provide an education and source of community structure for
their children. The original schoolhouse was erected near . . . — — Map (db m209103) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Rancher John Morrison and his family occupied this historic house in 1904. They lived and worked here for almost 60 years. Morrison‘s family cleared land to grow hay and raised horses and cattle to sell at nearby markets. They also built barns, . . . — — Map (db m167302) HM
A Future President’s Ranch
By 1951, then actor Ronald Reagan purchased several parcels creating the approximately 357-acre ranch that spreads out before you and runs for 1.5 miles along Mulholland Highway. For the next ten
years, . . . — — Map (db m236739) HM
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
Anita May Baldwin
was the only daughter born to Arcadia's founder and owner of
Rancho Santa Anita, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin and his third wife,
Jane Virginia (Jennie) Dexter. Known for her generosity and
compassion, Anita Baldwin was a . . . — — Map (db m198153) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m135467) HM
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
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
Tropico (South Glendale area) was the
center of strawberries
raised in Burbank, Glendale
and Tropico from 1904 to 1908.
Strawberry growers organized
an association in 1904. Near 600
acres had been signed up and
Burbank receipts . . . — — Map (db m246737) HM
This historic setting of the Pitzer House and Garage was preserved in the year 2000 by Sunrise Assisted Living as a major architectural landmark of the City of Claremont. Sunrise carefully restored the Pitzer House residence to serve as its . . . — — Map (db m244782) HM
Orange Blossom Park's architectural motif and special features were designed to honor Duarte's historic citrus
industry that made Duarte famous nationwide and saw its heyday from the 1880s to shortly after the end of WWII.
During the . . . — — Map (db m218679) HM
City of Glendale Register of Historic Places No. 45. Manor home of Daniel & Margaret McPeak Campbell,
a 25 to 50 acre early citrus ranch.
Pioneer city banker, developer of area in 20's/30's,
and community philanthropist.
Children: Daniel . . . — — Map (db m214542) HM
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
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
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
In 1890 Andrew McNally purchased 2360 acres from the Stearns Ranchos for his La Mirada Colony of "country gentleman estates", and his Windermere Ranch. His plans were not fulfilled,
instead grew the McNally olive oil empire.
Nearby, to the . . . — — Map (db m236410) HM
Christian J & Sarah Brandt
came from Iowa to Covina
in 1887 and began raising
citrus. Brandt bought ten
acres in Lordsburg in 1910.
The famly first lived at
what is now 2838 White
Avenue, then resided here
1922-1939. Both homes were
built . . . — — Map (db m191079) HM
Henry L. Kuns was son
of David Kuns, one of four
men who established
Lordsburg College. Henry
Kuns was a rancher, realtor,
banker, and first mayor of
Lordsburg. He founded an
orphanage named for his
parents, David and Margaret,
and created . . . — — Map (db m190950) HM
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
In 1887 Lewis C. Meredith
bought land in the unincorporated town of La
Verne Heights, planted citrus trees, and built this home. The town's name was
taken by Lordsburg in 1917.
Meredith's citrus acreage
was later sold, but the home
has . . . — — Map (db m190770) HM
As shown on a Pomona Land Water Association map, the Weber House
was built in 1885 by its owners, Thomas Oldam and John Park.
John Weber acquired the home in 1892 and like other land owners
in the area, Weber planted several acres of citrus . . . — — Map (db m190769) HM
Tractor racing returned to the
Rural Olympics with the introduction
of the Antique Tractor Race in 1982.
Red Dog won in 1984 and set a new
record in 1986.
He won this race eight times and was
in the top three places nearly every
year.
Leesa . . . — — Map (db m245908) HM
Arthur B. "Art" Ripley came to the Antelope Valley in 1929. Mr.
Ripley grew wheat and barley on a portion of his property
until he retired in 1972. However, he did not develop a
significant part of the land, thereby preserving a stand of . . . — — Map (db m242086) HM
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
This plaque marks the dividing line between the two ranchos on which Long Beach was subsequently built. Originally a part of a Spanish land grant to Manuel Nieto in 1784. They were partitioned between the heirs by government in 1834. — — Map (db m72706) HM
Cummings Comes To California
The stately brick building, with its projecting turret and other distinctive Victorian-era details, is one of the reminders of early Boyle Heights; and the Cummings Block, completed in 1889, represents . . . — — Map (db m174709) HM
The Garnier Building was built in 1890 by Philippe Garnier, a French settler who arrived in Los
Angeles in 1859 at the age of eighteen. Philippe Garnier and his brothers, Eugene, Abel, and
Camille, owned the 4,400 acre Rancho Los Encinos in . . . — — Map (db m229248) HM
Antonio Pelanconi bought this lot in 1871 from wine makers Giuseppe Gazza and Guiseppe Cavacci. It is not known when the Pelanconi Winery, which ran between Alameda and Olvera Streets, was builtbut it was in operation prior to 1875. Pelanconi died . . . — — Map (db m163049) HM
Sandstone trough used for feeding crushed acorns
to livestock, hewn in 1897 by the Schweikand
family on their San Fernando Valley ranch.
Presented in 1930 by
the Department of Water and Power
of the City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m174513) HM
Eloisa Martinez de Sepulveda built this Eastlake Victorian style structure for use as stores and as a boarding house. After Olvera Street had been transformed into a Mexican marketplace in 1930, the cellar and first floor of this building were . . . — — Map (db m163440) HM
In 1870, John Jones bought land formerly owned by Cristobal Aguilar,
Mayor of Los Angeles in 1866, and John G. Downey, governor of California in 1860. Jones lost the east side of his property when North Main
Street was widened in 1886 and the old . . . — — Map (db m162732) HM
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
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
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
Prior to 1913, farming in the San Fernando Valley was primarily dry farming
(wheat) due to a lack of reliable service of water, except for wells, springs and
sporadic rainfall. Under the direction of William Mulholland, the Chief Engineer
of . . . — — Map (db m200810) HM
Celebrities Sat for His Camera
Back when the fields of the San Fernando Valley helped to feed California and eventually the nation, Fred Hartsook raised champion black and white Holstein dairy cows with names like Bessie, Snowball, . . . — — Map (db m189206) HM
A Fruitful Land — Literally
During the land boom of the 1880s, a retired New Orleans judge and banker named John M. Bonner came west and bought land in the future North Hollywood, including 110 acres of fruit orchards along what . . . — — Map (db m206801) HM
Orchards to Parkland
In 1890, a pair of brothers, Alfred and Harry Prince, came west from Ohio and bought themselves nearly 70 acres to plant an orchard at what is now Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue.
Harry moonlighted . . . — — Map (db m162408) HM
Following Spanish and Mexican rule, Ex Rancho Mission de San Fernando, the land today known
as the San Fernando Valley, was sold by Governor Pio Pico to Don Eugolio de Celis for $14,000. After California
Statehood in 1849, the subdivision of . . . — — Map (db m202497) HM
The grove's more than 400 orange trees serve as one of the
last vestiges of the San Fernando Valley's agricultural history.
Harvested fruit is regularly donated to local food banks.
The grove has been transformed into a welcoming retreat
with . . . — — Map (db m208641) HM
This land was
part of the Mexican
land grant Rancho Boca
de Santa Monica, given
to Francisco Marquez and
Ysidro Reyes in 1839.
Since that year it has been
owned and lived on continuously
by members of the Marquez family.
After the partition . . . — — Map (db m220432) HM
The Pascual Marquez Family Cemetery
The cemetery stands on the 1839 Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, a Mexican land
grant of 6,656 acres to Francisco Marquez and Ysidro Reyes for a cattle ranch.
Here Francisco built the first . . . — — Map (db m220027) HM
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
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 m193883) HM
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
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 31 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles.
panel 2:
Why are there swastikas on
this historic home?
The symbol on the Orcutt Ranch house is . . . — — Map (db m170282) HM
Shadow Ranch, 1869 - 1872.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 9 by the Cultural Heritage Board, Municipal Art Department, City of Los Angeles. — — Map (db m163864) HM
The Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve was part of the 113,000-acre Rancho San Jose de
Gracias de Simi tract granted to Javier, Miguel and Particio Pico by the King of Spain in 1795. The Rancho,
which was later transferred to Jose . . . — — Map (db m196844) HM
Aguaje de la Centinela.
Adobe built about 1834.
Marked June 29, 1934,
California Parlor No. 247 Native Daughters of the Golden West.
Pioneer Residents
of La Casa de La Centinela
Ignacio Machado . . . — — Map (db m191645) HM
Original Mexican grant to Ignacio Machado in 1844, known as
Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela.
The bean and barley fields of the old Andrew Bennett rancho made an inviting landing strip for early day pilots, and later was known as Mines Field. Los . . . — — Map (db m189479) HM
Tongva 500 B.C.
The Tongva people were Native Americans who were hunter/gatherers rather
than farmers. Coast Live Oak trees were significant to the Tongva culture and the acorns were a staple of their diet.
Founding of . . . — — Map (db m210730) HM
Garvey Ranch, founded by Richard Garvey, Sr.
in 1873, extended from San Gabriel Boulevard
to Atlantic Boulevard.
This building was used
by Mr. Garvey for storage, bunkhouse, and the
pursuit of his interest in astronomical studies. . . . — — Map (db m226801) HM
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
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
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
Pomegranate Amphitheater
This amphitheater is built from split concrete urbanite and sandstone
recovered from the Durand House mansion that stood on this site
from 1905 until the mid-1960s. The stained glass window in the . . . — — Map (db m216174) HM
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