Dedicated in memory of those early aviation pioneers “The Early Birds.”
Between the years 1910-1917, aviators Weldone B. Cooke and Tom W. Benoist had aeroplane factories and flying schools in Sandusky which had a very important part in . . . — — Map (db m241109) HM
Two miles west is the old saw mill, from which the city of Mill Valley acquired its name. It was constructed in the 1830's by John Reed, grantee of the Rancho Corte De Madera Del Presidio. The creek waters furnished the motive power for the mill, . . . — — Map (db m91858) HM
During eight hours on the evening of June 27, 1962, Christo and Jeanne-Claude closed the Rue Visconti with 89 oil barrels. The art barricade was 13.7 x 13.2 x 2.7 feet (4.2 x4x0.5 meters). It obstructed most of the traffic of the Paris Left Bank. . . . — — Map (db m229764) HM
Indian Warrior
Baptized by Franciscan Fathers.
A Ferryman on the San Francisco Bay,
He Became Known as
El Marinero
(The Sailor)
Died about 1835 — — Map (db m102758) HM
The home of "Lord" Charlie Snowden Fairfax, pioneer and political leader of the 1850's, served California as an assemblyman (1853), Speaker of the Assembly (1854), and Clerk of the State Supreme Court (1856). Fairfax, a descendent of Scottish barons . . . — — Map (db m143401) HM
On this spot, in 1887, the first fish ladder of its kind on the Pacific coast was designed and built by Stephen Schuyler Stedman, a Marin County pioneer. It was located on the end of the Samuel P. Taylor paper mill dam. Duplicates were later built . . . — — Map (db m291133) HM
Battery Alexander, fully armed by 1906, mounted eight 12-inch mortars designed to fire shells in a high arc - up and then down onto the decks of enemy battleships. Low-trajectory gunfire from nearby batteries, aimed close to the enemy's waterline, . . . — — Map (db m102819) HM
As dreams and the spirit of adventure lured “fortune-hunters” from many parts of the world to California during the mid 1800s, so the news spread to the far reaches of China. To the Chinese, California came to symbolize an image of . . . — — Map (db m70853) HM
Old St. Hilary’s Landmark is one of the few surviving examples of Carpenter Gothic in original condition and setting. Built in 1886 as a Roman Catholic Church, it was deconsecrated in 1954, and acquired by the Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society in . . . — — Map (db m223554) HM
The steel trusses on each side of the roadway deck structure along its length can be identified by their triangles. The trusses support beams holding up the roadway and stiffen the deck structure against wind. They span 50 feet (15 meters) between . . . — — Map (db m176573) HM
San Francisco grew rapidly in the early 1900s, but the mile-wide Golden Gate Strait limited access and development to the north. Traveling north to Marin County and the Redwood Empire beyond required a lengthy trip by ferryboat.
In 1923, popular . . . — — Map (db m176567) HM
1964-1966--George Lucas attended USC's film school, which provided a rich environment for his quick mind, creative spirit, love of photography and cinema. George enjoyed being a film major where the emphasis was on experimenting and . . . — — Map (db m227194) HM
The remaining antenna fields and buildings in front of you were established by two cutting-edge worldwide communications companies in 1931. American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) radio-telephone station KMI provided two-way voice services between . . . — — Map (db m102641) HM
First known sail launch to ascend San Joaquin River from San Francisco landed here autumn 1846. Carried 20 Mormon pioneers who founded New Hope agricultural project on the Stanislaus. Yoke of oxen and span of mules driven from Marsh’s Landing . . . — — Map (db m143445) HM
Here in this grove of enduring redwoods, preserved for posterity, members of the United Nations Conference on International Organization met on May 19, 1945 to honor the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-first President of the United . . . — — Map (db m144203) HM
The Civic Center Complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) near the end of his long career. The Administration Building was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970. They are the only government buildings designed by the . . . — — Map (db m32748) HM
BCE 2000-1800s
The indigenous Coast Miwok people inhabit Marin County
1769
The Spanish Ship San Carlos becomes the first European vessel to enter San Francisco Bay. The explorers anchor and begin charting the bay
1775
Spanish . . . — — Map (db m232198) 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 . . . — — Map (db m192548) HM
Once the land of the Miwok, Tomales was founded in 1850 by John Keys who shipped potatoes to San Francisco and Warren Dutton who opened the Post Office in 1854. Shipping ended with the siltation of the estuary. From 1875 to 1930 the narrow gauge . . . — — Map (db m54753) HM
Constructed in 1827 by the Mexican government to collect custom duties from foreign shipping, a principal revenue source when Monterey was the capital of Alta California, Mexico's northernmost province. Thomas O. Larkin, US consul to Alta . . . — — Map (db m82186) HM
Ever since the modern suspension bridge was invented in the early 1800s, one of the biggest challenges engineers have faced is preventing these flexible structures from moving too much in the wind.
A storm on December 1, 1951, caused the Golden . . . — — Map (db m131193) HM
In 1870, Nathan Stinson
and James Upton bought
1,720 acres in this area, including
much of the beach. Roads, tent
platforms, and the Dipsea Inn were
built in short order. The Dipsea footrace,
from Mill Valley to the Dipsea Inn, was
born in . . . — — Map (db m190255) HM
The Castro/Breen adobe is associated with the early development and settlement of Mexican California. The adobe is an excellent example of blended eastern and western building methods first produced in Monterey to form the Monterey Colonial . . . — — Map (db m82243) HM
Dedicated to the Memory of
Lloyd Andrews Hamilton
First Lieutenant 17th Areo Squadron
Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
for Extraordinary Heroism in Action at
Varssionagre, Belgium August 18, 1918
Killed in Action
Near . . . — — Map (db m102756) WM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
