Dr. George C. Clark Family Home, built 1894, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
Plaque placed by Fullerton Heritage - 1998 — — Map (db m262132) HM
This site is on the northern edge of the West Coyote oil field, one of the largest fields in the Los Angeles Basin. This field produced about 250 million barrels of oil from sandstone at a depth of about 3,000'. West Coyote was active from 1903 to . . . — — Map (db m58909) HM
The Sienna Botanica is the riverine system that you see here. It is a man made natural biofiltration system that handles urban run-off throughout the community of Ladera Ranch. The Sienna Botanica uses plants and soilto filtrate the run-off and uses . . . — — Map (db m276459) HM
Arriving from Boston in 1884, Dwight Whiting began buying the foreclosed upon acreage of Rancho Cañada de los Alisos. He augmented the crops with dry- farmed orchards of olives and apricots and subdivided the land. Intent on establishing an English . . . — — Map (db m194216) HM
The main exhibit displays a fossil right whale skull in profile. It was recovered from the marine siltstone member of the Capistrano Formation (3.5 to 5 million years old) in the 1970's right here in Mission Viejo. It is a fossil skull from the . . . — — Map (db m72036) HM
The eloquent artwork, Spirit, creates a landmark corner for the 38-acre Mission Hospital campus as well as the City of Mission Viejo. Grand, curved arches in soft brown, oxidized steel act as a frame for the artwork with clear reflection . . . — — Map (db m196038)
Originally dedicated on June 4, 1977 by the Mission Viejo Cultural and Heritage Association.
The Fossil was unearthed in the southern part of the city in 1976, and is a partial skull of a Baleen whale belonging to the Bowhead or right whale . . . — — Map (db m72035) HM
The redwood trees along this path are dedicated in memory of the seven Challenger Crew Members
who lost their lives in the Space Shuttle accident which occurred on January 28, 1986.
Dedicated January 28. 1987
Gregory B. Jarvis •
Sharon . . . — — Map (db m195651) HM
This building first constructed in 1852, opened on September 22, 1855 as the first Placer County Hospital. In 1890 the building was badly damaged by fire. At the time, the upstairs was the residence and gallery of photographer J.M. Jacobs and the . . . — — Map (db m93966) HM
Original Site
Roseville's First Hospital
Site of two story brick residence of
Roseville pioneer John Doyle's Family - built 1890.
Later utilized as a private hospital
For J.L. Fanning, M.D.
1954- Building razed and present . . . — — Map (db m135934) HM
This is dedicated to Dave Stratford & his contributions to the Emergency Medical Services, without which many lives would have been lost. For 22 years, Dave worked everything from the ambulance to the O.R., from EMT to Paramedic. He recruited many . . . — — Map (db m56744) HM
In 1933, Dr. Sidney R. Garfield opened Contractors General Hospital thirteen miles east of here. This facility successfully delivered health care to Colorado River Aqueduct workers through an innovative prepaid insurance plan. Later, in association . . . — — Map (db m153949) HM
During the opening days of the World War II, more than 18,000 square miles of the Arizona and California desert were designated by the U.S. Army as a military training facility. The facility, conceived by General George Patton and referred to as the . . . — — Map (db m78512) HM
From this location instruments reflected light in 1926 to Mount Wilson, 82 miles northwest. The work was one of a series of experiments conducted by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Albert A. Michelson to refine the value of the speed of light. . . . — — Map (db m129941) HM
Dr. June Robertson McCarroll was born June 30, 1867 in the Adirondacks and began her medical career in Chicago. She left a promising practice for Indio in 1904. Becoming the sole practicing physician for the entire Coachella Valley. She traveled by . . . — — Map (db m78540) HM
In 1926 Smiley Place was built by Dr. Harry W. Smiley. It served as the first medical office in Indio, as well as a residence for he and his wife, Frances. The Smiley's made significant contributions to the social and medical development of the . . . — — Map (db m50728) HM
This small Spanish Eclectic structure was the northernmost residence in the village of Palm Springs when it was built in the 1920s. As the city grew, there was an increasing need for community services, especially along "Main Street," and Dr. Smith . . . — — Map (db m82141) HM
University of California Centennial Planting in honor of Herbert John Webber who in 1897 discovered and described motile sperms in the Family Cycadaceae — — Map (db m212932) HM
Whereas butterflies uplift many with their beauty, they became a life consuming passion for Charles Dammers.
A former WW I British sea captain with only a grammar school education, Dammers bought a failing citrus grove at this location in . . . — — Map (db m258205) HM
Constructed by G.D. Haigh for the Jaeger family, this fine house was part of the heightened building activity just west of the original Mile Square. The family moved from Des Moines, Iowa, in 1906 and quickly became established in Riverside. This . . . — — Map (db m305113) HM
What’s Behind This Wall?
In 1895, Riverside built one of the first municipally owned electric utilities in California, including a 20-mile transmission line to carry power from a hydroelectric plant in the mountains down to the city. That . . . — — Map (db m305492) HM
In 1993, the volunteer organization Victoria Avenue Forever undertook to improve a semi-abandoned plot on land on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Jane Street. The hardscape, irrigation system and plants were funded by donations, and VAF volunteers . . . — — Map (db m273846) HM
Henry Jekel designed this Spanish Colonial Revival house for Ernest and Louise Clarke; it was built in 1928. In 1896 Ernest became Editor of the Riverside Daily Press, a position he held for 37 years, and later the Head of the combined . . . — — Map (db m303638) HM
Site of American River Hospital
1962-2000
A general hospital which provided medical care for the people of Carmichael and the Sacramento area.
Dedicated by Friends of the American River Hospital
June 7, 2008 — — Map (db m294086) HM
Dr. Jim And Bea Kuntz came to Folsom in 1963 with their three boys Jim,
Charles, and Jeffrey. Tim, their fourth son was born in Folsom at Twin Lakes
hospital. Dr. Kuntz had just finished his residency in family practice at
Indiana University when . . . — — Map (db m192734) HM
In the 1850's, Horatio Gates Livermore and later his sons, Horatio P. and Charles E. pioneered the development of ditches and dams on the American River for industry and agriculture. One historic result was Folsom Power House, which began . . . — — Map (db m706) HM
The ancestral land given to Miwok headman Aleck Blue at this cemetery by employer and friend Pio Valensin for the burial of himself and his lineal descendants is now recognized as rows 14 thru 18 oof the eastern side. Aleck was well known for his . . . — — Map (db m193827) HM
The base hospital, built in 1938, was the second building completed at the Sacramento Air Depot. The hospital provided services to all depot personnel, including the delivery of the first baby born on the base in 1939. The hospital building conveys . . . — — Map (db m227485) HM
Underwater photograph shows deep-sea divers adjusting the tow line on the sea plow.
The plow, designed by Bell Labs to bury undersea telephone cable below the ocean floor, was used by AT&T to bury the shore-end sections of two transatlantic . . . — — Map (db m266350) HM
A cable repairman adjusts the Bell Solar Battery, a device used to pick up prevailing light, which was being used in experiments to develop more and better rural telephone service. The solar battery is an invention of Bell Labs. 1955 — — Map (db m266347) HM
Mounting Bell Laboratories 170 pound Telstar I Satellite to a Thor-Delta rocket for its journey into orbit in 1962. A great many Bell Laboratories achievements, including the transistor and the solar battery, made satellite communications possible. — — Map (db m266349) HM
AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories scientists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invented the transistor, the first solid state amplifier or switch. The three shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for the achievement. — — Map (db m266342) HM
BORN August 11, 1846
DIED April 26, 1905
This monument is dedicated to
Dr. Pendery, his family, and all the
men and women of medicine who were
moved here from the New Helvetia
Cemetery in 1955 – 1956.
Erected June 12, 1999 by . . . — — Map (db m18946) HM
Dr. Chung advocated for the voting rights of Chinese and American women through her
activism in the Woman's Auxiliary of the Chinese American League of Justice, the Chinese
Protective Association, and the Chinese Women's Reform Club.
Dr. . . . — — Map (db m171553) HM
This Restorative Art Exhibit is Dedicated in Honor of Jack McGarey, Who Tragically Lost His Life in the Performance of His Duties on May 22, 2020, at the East End Complex. Family, Friends & Coworkers Honor Jack, Whose Dedication to . . . — — Map (db m266277) HM
A physician practicing during California's Gold Rush who was also a spiritualist,
businesswoman, and leading Sacramento suffragist. When Sacramento officials denied
her the vote, she sued the city on the grounds that as a taxpaying citizen, she . . . — — Map (db m171896) HM
A Californian botanist and botanical artist, Mount Lemmon in Arizona is named
for her, as she was the first white woman to ascend it. She was responsible for
the designation of the golden poppy as the state flower of California, in 1903. . . . — — Map (db m171502) HM
Curing the sick and injured was the primary mission of the Catholic Sisters of Mercy Order when they arrived in Sacramento in 1857. Not long after their arrival, the Sisters established the first Catholic School in Sacramento. In 1896, the Sisters . . . — — Map (db m229822) HM
On June 24, 1895 the Sisters of Mercy responded to the healthcare needs of the people of Sacramento by acquiring the Ridge Home, a small private hospital, from two local physicians. In 1896, the Sisters broke ground for the construction of a larger . . . — — Map (db m91585) HM
Dr. Nixon, tall and impeccably dressed with a silk hat, Prince Albert coat and carrying an elegant gold handled cane, could be seen in downtown Sacramento walking toward 13th and D Street to the Central Pacific Railroad Hospital where he was Chief . . . — — Map (db m227470) HM
Dr. Logan came to California in 1850 in search of gold. When the cholera epidemic broke out in Sacramento in October of that same year, he left the gold fields to lend his services to aid the residents of the city.
Dr. Logan wrote the first . . . — — Map (db m226383) HM
In Celebration of the
U.S.Geological Survey's Centennial
1879 - 1979
Dedicated July 4, 1979
by
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
In Cooperation With
Old Mission San Juan Bautista-Diocese of . . . — — Map (db m15340) HM
The Last Word and the Last Chance
In 1944, radio evangelist Curtis Howe Springer
filed a mining claim on public lands here at
Soda Springs and established Zzyzx Mineral
Springs resort. Over the next 30 years,
Springer transformed . . . — — Map (db m221075) HM
BBSO is home to the world's largest aperture,
and highest resolution solar telescope. The 1.6
meter primary mirror of the New Solar
Telescope (NST) is housed in the first facility-class solar telescope made in the USA in a
generation. The . . . — — Map (db m197808) HM
In Memory of his Contribution
Captain Milburn G. “Mel” Apt, USAF
Pilot of the Bell X-2
First human being to reach and exceed Mach 3 — 2094 MPH
Perished near this site on September 27th 1956
while returning to base on . . . — — Map (db m125805) HM
Throughout the conflict, doctors and nurses performed vital and heroic functions to save lives. Whether on-board hospital ships, conducting airborne medical evacuations, or serving with frontline Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units, days were . . . — — Map (db m242380) HM WM
As a communication platform: Supporting space exploration beginning with the Mariner 4 mission to Mars, and through the years providing a vital link to NASA's robot explorers across the solar system, including Voyager, Mars Exploration Rovers, . . . — — Map (db m50371) HM
Established to honor those men and women who have lived, worked and
received treatment at this institution; and to reflect on the significant role it has
played in the advancement of psychiatric treatment in California.
Through this museum . . . — — Map (db m197718) HM
...and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Micah 4:3
With the end of World War II and the onset of the Cold . . . — — Map (db m78521) HM
In memory of
Henry Harbinson Sinclair,
1858-1914.
A testimonial to his high and useful
service as a pioneer
in the establishment
and development of the
hydro electric industry in California. — — Map (db m155025) HM
Designed in the Minimal Traditional style, this home was constructed for James A. Finley who was the General Manager of the Exchange Orange Products (Sunkist) plant in Ontario. As a chemical engineer, Finley made significant contributions to the . . . — — Map (db m287936) HM
Young pencil cholla joints are edible after being boiled. The fruits of this cactus are light brown when ripe and taste a bit like sour apples. The buds are also edible. They can be boiled or fried. The taste is similar to asparagus or . . . — — Map (db m292630) HM
Dr. William H. Craig played a leading role in the founding of the original San Antonio Hospital, which opened May 7, 1907 at 792 W. Arrow Highway. This historic two-story building had 18 beds and a staff of 5 physicians. Dr. Craig was a graduate of . . . — — Map (db m150192) HM
Charles M. Hatfield agreed with San Diego City Council members, after a four year draught, to “make it rain” sufficiently to fill Lake Morena Reservoir for $10,000. His “rain enhancing” tower and pans were erected south of . . . — — Map (db m49824) HM
From Earth's far distant reaches
he brought the beasts of the soil
the birds of the air and the life
of the sea that all might learn
the wonders of created life.
Dedicated to Dr. Harry M. Wegeforth,
founder and president of the . . . — — Map (db m271050) HM
A statewide network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) safeguards California's rich coastal resources. San Diego-Scripps SMCA, the first marine protected area in the state, was established in 1929 as the San Diego Marine Life Refuge. It surrounded the . . . — — Map (db m218330) HM
When Cabrillo entered this harbor in 1542, only a few native villages bordered the bay. Today about 3-1/2 million people live in the San Diego metropolitan area.
The key to the city's vitality is its close association with the sea. The . . . — — Map (db m192113) 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
Japanese-Americas human rights
activist and founder of the Critical
Path Project, one of the earliest
resources for information about
HIV research and treatment — — Map (db m120181) HM
Lou Sullivan
(1951-1991)
Transgender historian and activist who
challenged the denial of medical
treatment to trans people who would
be gay or lesbian after gender transition — — Map (db m186313) HM
American physician and political
radical who fought for peace, an
eight-hour workday, women's suffrage
and their right to birth control — — Map (db m187158) HM
Physicist and astronaut, the first
American woman in space, where as a
mission specialist she helped to
launch satellites and conduct
scientific experiments
Sally Ride — — Map (db m120150) HM
America’s First Irish Coffee was made here in 1952
It was inspirationally invented
at Shannon Airport by
Joe Sheridan
It was fortuitously introduced here by
Stan Delapane
It was nurtured to . . . — — Map (db m115924) HM
The brigantine Galilee "...has invariably outsailed and outpointed every vessel with which she has ever been in company, and has the reputation of being the smartest sailing vessel out of San Francisco."
— The Rudder, . . . — — Map (db m116754) HM
Critical Logistics Center for the Army’s Pacific Operations.
From its start in 1902 as an army hospital, built to accommodate twelve patients, this building went on to become the U. S. Army’s headquarters for troop and supply transport to the . . . — — Map (db m63580) HM
The 1906 earthquake had devastating consequences for the California Academy of Sciences. Immediately following the earthquake, dedicated staff members were able to rush to the Academy before the fire arrived and saved one carload of precious . . . — — Map (db m132051) HM
This plaque marks.
the site of the former practice of
Dr. Oscar J. Jackson, M.D., FACS
In honor of his commitment, spirit,
innovation, and steadfast dedication
to providing the highest quality
medical care to all in need in this . . . — — Map (db m176629) HM
The scene before you is the result of a tectonic collision that went on for millions of years, beginning in the Jurassic period – about 200 million years ago – and ending here about 15 million years ago. During that time the Pacific seafloor . . . — — Map (db m210703) HM
From 1864 until 1899 this building served
as the Presidio's principal medical facility.
This hospital originally consisted of a
kitchen, ten rooms holding about 50 beds,
and a morgue. It was later expanded to
include a surgical wing and a . . . — — Map (db m144302) HM
"Although the post-Civil War era, 1866-98, saw little serious American military action, it was a period of progressive change and innovation that produced the golden age of American military medicine." — The Oxford Companion to . . . — — Map (db m176598) HM
During the Vietnam War, East Hospital was replaced with a new hospital to treat the growing number of war casualties. Letterman also provided comprehensive health care tor soldiers' families. The Letterman Army Institute of Research opened behind . . . — — Map (db m242212) HM
In 1921, engineer Joseph B. Strauss submitted a design for a bridge that would cross the Golden Gate Strait — a hybrid bridge with a suspension span supported at each end by cantilever trusses. By 1929, consulting engineers Leon S. Moisseiff and . . . — — Map (db m176569) HM
We march along with faith undaunted /
Beside our gallant fighting men /
whenever they are sick or wounded
We nurse them back to health again
As long as healing hands are wanted
You'll find the nurses of the Corps
-- . . . — — Map (db m92064) HM
In 1932, a new campus for the Public Health Service Hospital replaced
the wood-frame facilities that dated from 1875. A modern, concrete hospital
was the central feature. The original mission of the hospital was the care of
merchant seamen. In . . . — — Map (db m284380) HM
She secured her own lands and managed them herself… She had the native Spanish hospitality and dignity, which endeared her to her people to the end of the Mexican regime and secured for her an abiding place in the memories of the American . . . — — Map (db m309631) HM
Between 1899 and 1903, a 300-bed hospital, later known as Letterman General Hospital, was built at the Presidio to care for sick and wounded soldiers returning from the Philippines. Today, its surviving buildings house the Thoreau Center for . . . — — Map (db m242324) HM
For more than a century, hospitals occupied this site above
Mountain Lake. The first hospital was built in 1875. Part
of the national Marine Hospital Service, it provided free
medical care to merchant seamen from all corners of the
world. In . . . — — Map (db m284373) HM
San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific
International Exposition (PPIE) in 1915, a world’s
fair that celebrated the completion of the Panama
Canal by showcasing new technologies including
cars, airplanes, telephones and movies. The
fair’s . . . — — Map (db m284491) 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 m72550) 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
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
Designed and built by renowned Stockton architect Frank V. Mayo, FAIA, and Howard Bissell, AIA, this is an excellent example of a commercial Gothic Style skyscraper. The steel-framed structure features a terraced façade typical of eastern urban . . . — — Map (db m49458) HM
The Stockton Developmental Center was established in 1853 as the Insane Asylum of California, the first of several state asylums. Stockton’s founder, Charles M. Weber, donated half of the 100 acre site. It was one of the first facilities of its kind . . . — — Map (db m146475) HM
Built in the Queen Anne Style with its polygonal bays and corbelled chimney, this house became both an office and residence of Dr. Lester Emmett Cross. This physician, considered dean of the local medical profession, was affectionately called “Dr. . . . — — Map (db m250564) HM
Aspen Hall was built in 1931 and is a representation of Tudor Revival Gothic Style architecture.
Listed as item #053 in Historical Buildings of the Stockton Center, the building has intricate glass window panels and carved wooden doors.
Aspen . . . — — Map (db m221477) HM
Constructed in 1870, the three Doctors residences are of Gothic Revival influence and located on their original site on Acacia Street.
The fourth residence, a Queen Anne cottage style home, was built in 1888 and now resides on “Doctor’s Row”. . . . — — Map (db m221480) HM
Doctors’ Row housed physicians at California’s oldest public hospital for the mentally disadvantaged. The superintendent’s residence at E. Acacia was built in 1900. The Gothic Revival residences at 504, 520 and 560 E. Acacia were built circa 1870. . . . — — Map (db m221611) HM
The Magnolia Mansion was built in 1900 for the Stockton State Hospital for a cost of $5,800. The Magnolia Mansion has served as the residence for numerous superintendents and their families. It was partially restored by Grupe Commercial Company in . . . — — Map (db m221743) HM
Built for the Stockton State Hospital at a cost of $5,800. This 16 room home is an excellent example of a Southern Mansion. The state hospital was established in 1853 as the first publicly supported facility for the mentally ill in the West. . . . — — Map (db m221741) HM
Cal Poly’s Pier has undergone change throughout its history, shifting purpose from industrial use to a center for marine research & education.
For thousands of years the Chumash Native Americans made their home on the Central Coast, . . . — — Map (db m249532) HM
Solar History
1958 - Solar in space! NASA launches the Vanguard I satellite with solar pv technology to power hs radios.
1963 - Sharp Corporation begins production of photovoltaic modules.
1977 - U.S. Department of Energy launches the . . . — — Map (db m298386) HM
Known as “Oceano’s Country Doctor” from 1930 through the 1960’s, Dr. Gerber was an important source of Dunite and town history. The Dunites who lived in Oceano’s sand dunes were well-known by him and his lovely wife Catherine. . . . — — Map (db m103008) HM
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