Lynching in America
Following the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for Black people and an
ideology of white supremacy led to racial terrorism not only in the South, but across the United States. Lynching emerged as the most . . . — — Map (db m243303) HM
In 1905, after several previous courthouses had burned down in Waldron, another was commissioned. The new courthouse would also be accompanied by a new jail in 1907. The new jail was to be built of stone unlike its wooden predecessor. J.L. . . . — — Map (db m262762) HM
Bass Reeves, a slave born in Arkansas and reared in Texas, rose to become one of the best known and effective deputy U.S. marshals to ride out of Fort Smith for Judge Isaac C. Parker. Recognized as one of the first African Americans commissioned as . . . — — Map (db m58046) HM
This statue was erected in 2012 as a result of growing awareness of the extraordinary service of Bass Reeves, an African-American former slave who became a highly respected Deputy U.S. Marshal. The deeds of African-American and Native American . . . — — Map (db m58047) HM
This memorial built of the original stones
marks the location of the fort erected in
1838-1842 for protection against the Indians.
The wall was 12 feet high and 2 feet thick
with port holes about 4 feet apart.
The main buildings in the . . . — — Map (db m282462) HM
After the U.S. Army closed Fort Smith in 1871, the guardhouse served the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. It remained in use as a jail, detaining primarily women suspected or convicted of federal crimes until 1888. At that time, . . . — — Map (db m58128) HM
The nation's 42nd president, William J. Clinton (1993-2001), and First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, were faculty members of the University of Arkansas School of Law in the mid-1970s. Mr. Clinton started in 1973, teaching trade regulation, . . . — — Map (db m224737) HM
Lynching in America. Before the Civil War, millions of African people were kidnapped, enslaved, and shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas under horrific conditions that frequently resulted in starvation and death. Over two centuries, . . . — — Map (db m258636) HM
Dr. Robert A. Leflar (1901-97) of the University of Arkansas School of Law was one of the nation's leading scholars in the field of conflict of laws. He taught at the School of Law for more than 60 years, and directed the appellate judges seminars . . . — — Map (db m224734) HM
Breonna Taylor was a black healthcare worker from Louisville who became an iconic figure of the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprising, the largest protest movement in U.S. history. She was murdered in her home by three plainclothes police . . . — — Map (db m211516) HM
On December 18, 1872 Ernst Reush, A jealous husband, shot and killed E.H. Erickson, A local saloon owner and Great Saint of Whiskey Pouring, at Erickson's saloon in Silver Mountain City. Reush believed that Erickson had been having an affair with . . . — — Map (db m285000) HM
On December 18, 1872, Ernst Reusch, a jealous husband shot and killed E.H. Erickson through the window of Erickson’s Saloon in Silver Mountain City as Erickson played cards. Reusch believed that Erickson had been having an affair with his wife . . . — — Map (db m116094) HM
City Council
Michael C. Bohl, Mayor • Bobbie Potts, Mayor Pro Tem • Gary Beck, Councilman • Jim Brazil, Councilman • Loreta Tillery, Councilwoman
Staff
Randy L. Johnsen, City Administrator • Janic Traverso, City Clerk • Guy Reynolds, . . . — — Map (db m2376) HM
The “castle,” built in 1890–1894, is the most significant example of Romanesque Revival architecture in the Mother Lode. It was built to house the Preston School of Industry, established by the State Legislature as a progressive . . . — — Map (db m100594) HM
A place for fun, frolic, dancing and good food for early gold miners and lumber mill workers.
Room on the right served as the
Justice Court, scene of
the first hanging trial held by
Judge Jonas, original owner
Renovated in 1987 by . . . — — Map (db m15832) HM
Attacked La Port [sic] – Oroville stage here, July 13, 1888. Frank N. Morse, driver, was repulsed by George Hackett, armed messenger for Wells Fargo Express. Twenty eight stage hold-ups in California 1875-1883 are credited to Black . . . — — Map (db m134505) HM
It is not how this officer died that makes him a hero, it is how he lived.
Deputy Sheriff Randal Eugene Jennings
Badge No. 80
Butte County Sheriff’s Office
On May 21, 1997 Deputy Randy Jennings became the first Butte County Sheriff’s . . . — — Map (db m65841) HM
The Myrphys Pokey was built around 1915 by Tom Burrow, Frank Kaler, Price Williams, Frank Segale and Frank Forrester and is constructed of hand-mixed concrete. The previous jail was made of wood and was located closer to the creek.
It is doubted . . . — — Map (db m229243) HM
First sheriff of Contra Costa County 1850-1852 which then also included portion of Alameda County
This tablet donated by Sheriff John A Miller of Contra Costa County and Sheriff M.B. Driver of Alameda County and placed by Native Sons of the . . . — — Map (db m216832) HM
Coloma’s first jail was made of logs and was located around the corner on High Street. The second jail, built in 1855, quickly proved to be too small, and this stone-block prison was erected. It was used from 1857 until 1862. The metal cell that . . . — — Map (db m12228) HM
In the 1850s, the law offices of Thomas Robertson and the firm of Sanderson and Hews were at this site. The town alcalde also had his office here. Borrowed from Mexican government, the position of alcalde combined the roles of mayor, justice of the . . . — — Map (db m17572) HM
On Thursday, June 30, 1864 at about 10 PM two west-bound stage coaches of the Pioneer Stage Company were held up and the passengers robbed at gun-point at a location approximately 15 miles east of Placerville.
The bandits demanded and obtained . . . — — Map (db m13150) HM
Re-Dedicated July 1, 1986
To The Memory of
Joseph M. Staples
El Dorado County Deputy Sheriff
Who Was Killed In The Line
Of Duty July 1, 1864 — — Map (db m13970) HM
Scene of the robbery of two coaches of the Pioneer Stage Line running between Virginia City, Nevada, and Sacramento, California, on the night of June 30, 1864, at about ten o’clock. Perpetrated by a gang of fourteen men, eight sacks of bullion and . . . — — Map (db m13922) HM
In Memory of the victims of September 11, 2001 and in honor of our fallen heroes
America's bravest - New York City Firefighters
Port Authority of NY and NY Police Officers
America's Finest - New York City Police Officers
The Passengers . . . — — Map (db m114526) WM
Headquarters of notorious bandit Joaquin Murieta. Killed here July 25, 1853 by posse of state rangers led by Captain Harry Love. Terrorized mining camps and stage operations during his career. — — Map (db m151585) HM
Headquarters of notorious bandit, Joaquin Murieta. Killed here July 25, 1853, by posse of State Rangers, led by Captain Harry Love. Terrorized mining camps and stage operations during his career. — — Map (db m229467) HM
On the night of November 2, 1916, Fred French, while performing his duties of deputy night watchman for the community of Kingsburg, encountered Lew Cowan behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner in the pool hall. Cowan and French engaged in a . . . — — Map (db m95379) HM
Constable George Boyle died of gunshot wounds on November 18, 1924, after being shot four times in a gun battle with three fugitives. According to the Kingsburg Recorder, Boyle was shot four days earlier while attempting to apprehend three convicts . . . — — Map (db m95380) HM
Early California pioneer,
member of original
Bear Flag Party
organized June 1846 in Colusi County, since changed to Colusa.
As first and only president of
"California Republic",
issued, on June 18, 1846,
historic proclamation.
Held . . . — — Map (db m172453) HM
Built circa 1880, the rear portion of the building began as a private residence. Later, the front served as a restaurant and Chinese chop house. Around 1914-15, A.W. Blackburn moved the rear portion to the street and added a new front to serve as . . . — — Map (db m71952) HM
The early days of Inyo County presented many challenges to the original settlers, particularly for peacekeepers. The first sheriff, W.A. Greenly, served only one year. Many officials served only one or two years before resigning. Territorial and . . . — — Map (db m200934) HM
Barker Ranch was built by
"recreational ranchers"
who moved to the desert to
enjoy the solitude and simplicity of living far from civilization, Bluch and Helen
Thomason moved to the
area in the late 1930s to try
their hand at gold . . . — — Map (db m238166) HM
Architect: William H. Weeks
Contractor: McCombs and Son
Board of Supervisors
George W. Naylor · Amos Hancock ·
Thomas Thomson, Jr. · W.V. Butler ·
Charles Partridge
Accepted: November 8, 1921
The Inyo County Courthouse is . . . — — Map (db m2956) HM
Perhaps no other event in the history of
Manzanar has evoked more emotion,
produced more rumors, or inspired more
debate than the fatal confrontation
between US Army Military Police and
incarcerated Japanese Americans at this
site on the . . . — — Map (db m300573) HM
This was the site of the original county courthouse in Bakersfield (1874). In 1913 it was purchased by the city for use as a city hall and was occupied until the earthquakes of 1952. The present city hall was dedicated in 1954. — — Map (db m116962) HM
This original iron structure served as the City of Maricopa's jail for 50 to 60 yrs. (from the teens to the 1960's). It primarily functioned as a "Drunk Tank." — — Map (db m54788) HM
Kelly Silver Mine
Silver was discovered directly behind this building around 1918. The Kelly Silver Mine was the richest in the world at the time, albeit other silver mines in the area were very profitable as well. As a result, the . . . — — Map (db m152428) HM
To quote the authors, Frank F. Latta, Arnold R. Rojas, and Bonnie Ketterl Kane, per Rancho El Tejon’s Mayordomo (Supervisor) of almost sixty years, Don Jose Jesus Lopez (J.J.), about Avelino Martinez; “He was a little dried up gnome of a man, so . . . — — Map (db m98873) HM
“I’m coming to see you Tom”, said James Hayes. “Well, come a’ shooting” Godwin replied ---and he did!
Tom Godwin was a farmer, stock raiser, and owner/manager of the Mountain House bar and restaurant, but he was also the Tehachapi town . . . — — Map (db m232409) HM
In 1933 California’s first women’s prison was established in Tehachapi to provide an environment more conductive to rehabilitation than San Quentin State Prison. Two-story buildings were constructed of reinforced concrete in the French Normandy . . . — — Map (db m134503) HM
Lake County’s century-old classic courthouse, designed by A.P. Pettit in 1871, served as the seat of county government from 1871 until 1968 when it was replaced by the new courthouse. Among the court’s landmark cases were the White Cap murders, a . . . — — Map (db m152479) HM
The mid-1800s saw Vasquez Rocks quiet, emptied of its Tataviam inhabitants. California underwent
drastic changes under Spanish, Mexican, and American rule. The Gold Rush brought an influx of
settlers, increasing racial hostility and . . . — — Map (db m262562) HM
The firehouse-jail was the first civic building
commissioned by the city of Covina. The mission
revival structure was constructed in 1911 by pioneer builder Clarence Allison. When a new city hall and fire station was built in 1930, the fire . . . — — Map (db m138043) HM
First historical landmark — Historical Society Museum, original site of 1913 city hall, jail, and fire house — Dedicated May 8, 1990. Bob Kuhn, Mayor, City of Glendora. John Gordon, President, Glendora Historical Society.
Marker . . . — — Map (db m242573) HM
The Hermosa Beach Police and Volunteer Fire Station, Jail, and
Courthouse were built here in 1916. The city hall and the
Marshal's office were moved here from the head of Pier Avenue
as well. Stories maintain that the jail cells were built . . . — — Map (db m205516) HM
Immigrant Japanese doctors prevailed in 1928 U.S. Supreme Court case.
Cultural Heritage Commission
Cultural Monument No. 1131.
City of Los Angeles — — Map (db m230009) HM
The First and Finest Hotel in Devils' Town
The city's name was "Los Angeles"
when it incorporated in 1850, but it
was as "Los Diablos," the town of
devils, that it first became a widely
known mecca for murderers, . . . — — Map (db m227926) HM
There is no greater monument to Los
Angeles’ ethnic diversity than Little
Tokyo, the one-time commercial center
of the growing little pueblo.
In the neighborhood
originally settled by
French immigrants is
a government . . . — — Map (db m234586) HM
Sei Fujii was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan and
arrived in Los Angeles in 1903. An early graduate of
USC Law, he and colleague J. Marion Wright won a US
Supreme Court ruling to build the Japanese Hospital in
1929. Sei Fujii also challenged . . . — — Map (db m230723) HM
U.S. Post Office and Court House
has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This property possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America.
This U.S. District Court House is . . . — — Map (db m229663) HM
Louis H. Santillan, "Lou", founder & president of Los Desterrados (The Uprooted), former residents of Chavez Ravine, July 19, 1979.
(PVLBCHA) Palo Verde, Loma, Bishop Cultural Historical Association. — — Map (db m188915) HM
On March 21, Pope Pius XI issued "Mit Brennender
Sorge" ("with burning concern"), an encyclical
read from Catholic pulpits throughout Germany
attacking racism.
In mid-May, the Gestapo ordered the Jehovah's
Witnesses, their supporters . . . — — Map (db m234083) HM WM
As millions of Jews were being killed, the Nazis
also murdered hundreds of thousands of others
including gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses,
the mentally disabled, anti-Nazis, and the
chronically ill. Sadistic "medical" experiments . . . — — Map (db m234093) HM WM
John O'Melveny, the former owner of this property, was
the son of Henry W. O'Melveny who, in 1885, founded
Los Angeles' oldest law firm, O'Melveny & Myers. The
O'Melveny law firm represented many of Los Angeles'
founding families, including . . . — — Map (db m213624) HM
Built - 1925,
Renaissance Revival style. Declared
November 15, 1972,
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 274
by the
City of Los Angeles,
Cultural Heritage Commission, Cultural Affairs Department. — — Map (db m178918) HM
Built 1940. Declared 2024.
Long-time home of five-term mayor
Tom Bradley and first lady Ethel Bradley,
pioneering political leaders in Los Angeles.
Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1304,
Cultural Heritage Commission,
City of Los . . . — — Map (db m292711) HM
Firefighters: Service and Sacrifice
When the entire force of four volunteers first started putting out fires here in the 1880s, the brigade used a two-wheel cart that stayed parked next to the train depot between fires. Nearly 50 . . . — — Map (db m162320) HM
At midnight on January 1, 1967, undercover LAPD officers raided the Black Cat Tavern in Silver Lake. 14 men were beaten, dragged outside, and arrested. Six men were charged with lewd conduct for same-sex kissing. Outrage over the raid spurred . . . — — Map (db m233806) HM
First L.A. Panther Headquarters
By January 1968, Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter, an intelligent and charismatic young activist, had organized and consolidated power as the head of the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party. . . . — — Map (db m226562) HM
To those Pasadena Police Officers and other law enforcement officers killed in pursuit of Peace and Justice in Pasadena
"Be just and fear not; let all the ends thou aimest at be thy country’s, thy God’s and truth’s."
W. Shakespeare . . . — — Map (db m160994) HM
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior.
Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals Building, c.1931. — — Map (db m161963) HM
Youngest son of John Rowland for whom Rowland Heights is named. His brother, William R. Rowland, was the youngest Sheriff of Los Angeles County at age of 25 (1872-75 and 1880-82). William Rowland was responsible for the capture of the bandit . . . — — Map (db m152163) HM
The son of Thomas J. Wiggins, he was born in El Monte, and was one of the few American children to attend Old Mission School. He was known as the “Watermelon King” due to his success in raising watermelons in large quantities. He was an . . . — — Map (db m154045) HM
The first San Dimas Sheriff's Station opened in July 1927. It was located at 116 North San
Dimas Avenue. In 1949, in order to make way for a new station, this building was moved to
Fifth Street and Monte Vista Avenue and is now a single family . . . — — Map (db m167180) HM
"Early today four young
California Highway Patrolmen
gave their lives to protect their
fellow citizens. They did so
without hesitation. They did
so because heroism and
devotion to duty were things
they simply accepted as part of
their . . . — — Map (db m212876) HM
After a breakwater was built in 1933 & 1934, Santa Monica Harbor became home to a proud collection of yachts, fleets of fishing boats, a cruise liner to Catalina and water taxis which served mobster Tony Cornero's infamous gambling ship, the "SS . . . — — Map (db m185313) HM
At the time of its construction in 1991, the centerpiece of the original Reform School
for Juvenile Offenders was the Administration Building, a Romanesque-style
building called The Castle with an attached chapel Designed by architect . . . — — Map (db m207954) HM
In 1912, the Board of Trustees hired Los Angeles businessman
Fred C. Nelles as the Superintendent of the Whittier State
School. Under Nelles' tenure the school's focus was shifted from
a correctional philosophy to a philosophy of reform . . . — — Map (db m207801) HM
The former Fred C. Nelles School for Boys was the oldest school for juvenile
offenders in the State of California. Originally named the Reform School for
Juvenile Offenders when it opened on July 1, 1891, the name was subsequently
changed to . . . — — Map (db m207789) HM
On August 5, 1973, U.S. Park Ranger Kenneth C. Patrick was fatally shot while patrolling Point Reyes National Seashore.
His service and sacrifice to the National Park Service and the people of this country will never be forgotten. — — Map (db m248795) HM
In 1910, the Immigration Station was moved from the San Francisco waterfront to Angel Island. Like Ellis Island in New York, Angel Island offered an isolated location that could be tightly controlled. Unlike Ellis Island, Angel Island came to . . . — — Map (db m203482) HM
Marker One:
The Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The only law to target immigrants of a specific race, it barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States.
To get around this . . . — — Map (db m203541) HM
The fire of 1866 destroyed most of this block. When rebuilding the Bogan and Company store to your left and the hotel to your right, the space in between them remained an alley leading to Mariposa Soda Works.
In 1935, Emile Trabucco built a . . . — — Map (db m301004) HM
In July of 1915, the peace and quiet of Mono County was shattered when Sheriff James P. Dolan died as a result of gunshot wounds received while attempting to apprehend two outlaws who had terrorized ranchers a short distance from this location. . . . — — Map (db m11416) HM
On this spot Sheriff Douglass, a
Native Son of the Golden West, gave his
life July 26, 1896, bravely performing his
duty. Alone he tracked a highwayman to
this retreat and both fell in battle.
It is believed that Douglass was pitted
against . . . — — Map (db m175188) HM
This Police Memorial is dedicated to the Cypress Police Officers who gave their lives in the line of duty protecting the citizens of Cypress, May their memory and sacrifice never be forgotten.
Sergeant Donald J. Sowma
April 14, 1932 - . . . — — Map (db m195337) HM WM
In January 1857, a group of outlaws were terrorizing the citizens of
San Juan Capistrano committing robbery and murder. Los Angeles
County Sheriff James R. Barton formed a posse of five men and rode south.
On January 23, 1857, near this mound, a . . . — — Map (db m244100) HM
This park is dedicated in loving memory to Sergeant Matthew Ray Davis. A son, husband, father and hero to those he served in this community. He unselfishly gave his all to help those in need and was a dear friend to all who had the privilege of . . . — — Map (db m148344) HM
The peak before you is named for the outlaw Juan Flores.
Flores led a gang of bandits that terrorized this area in the
late 1850's. In January 1857, the gang murdered a shopkeeper
in San Juan Capistrano. While in pursuit of the gang, LA County . . . — — Map (db m148311) HM
The picture shows Orange County's first permanent jail that stood here from 1897-1925. The "footprint" of the Gothic jail is seen directly in front of you. — — Map (db m309345) HM
In 1901 Tahoe City needed a constable. There was an influx of workers and summer visitors expected with the completion of a 15-mile railroad line from Truckee and the opening of the 400-room hotel, The Tahoe Tavern. Robert Montgomery Watson, an . . . — — Map (db m55503) HM
Desert pioneer, Carl Lykken, built the first general store in the village in 1914. For many years it contained the only telephone and the post office. The store was remodeled with the existing overhang and arches when sidewalks were installed in the . . . — — Map (db m52734) HM
I would like to give you a little background on this remarkable man who began
his career at Folsom Prison in 1959. He was born on August 5, 1917,
seventeen years later Parker joined the Navy in 1934, with his fathers approval.
During his service . . . — — Map (db m192711) HM
This is a Ansul Dry Chemical Wheeled Fire Extinguisher.
It had a potassium bicarbonate based dry chemical
containing colorized additives, it was the most effective
dry chemicals used to extinguish flammable and or
combustible liquid fires. The . . . — — Map (db m192797) HM
This old Doodlebug was manufactured at Folsom State
Prison to be used as a sturdy, powerful pulling and pushing
vehicle, used in the Lower Yard. It was made in the
Maintenance Shop of Folsom
1940's.
It has a model A motor, a military . . . — — Map (db m193059) HM
A locomotive was purchased to be used on a short line railroad which had been constructed from the prison to the village of Folsom, for hauling supplies. In the
early part of June, 1893.
In 1922, the walls around the prison were finally . . . — — Map (db m193061) HM
This Tree Stump Hitching Post was blasted
loose with dynamite, quarried out, then cut
and shaped into the Tree Stump Hitching
Post by prisoners working in the quarry in
the early years of Folsom Prison. The Tree
Stump Hitching Post was moved to . . . — — Map (db m193062) HM
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