No. 7
Dedicated
in commemoration
the heroic sacrifice and
history-making achievements
of the
Mormon Battalion
"whose march over 2000 miles
from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego
help to win California for the Union
and open a . . . — — Map (db m51992) HM
On Taylor Street at Presidio Drive, on the right when traveling north on Taylor Street.
Traditionally the earliest planted tree in California. Directly in the rear, beneath the brow of the hill, lie the dead of the sacred expedition of 1769. Burial place of our first unknown soldiers. — — Map (db m11959) HM
Near Santa Fe Avenue 2 miles south of California Route 76, on the right when traveling south.
Formerly attached to Mission San Luís Rey, the 2,219-acre ranch passed through brief ownership by two Mission Indians, then Don Abel Stearns, and into possession of Ysidora Bandini upon marriage to Col. Cave Johnson Couts. The adobe ranch house, . . . — — Map (db m148680) HM
On Highland Drive just south of West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south.
The five Panzer boys were surrendered to the care of the social services between April 1918 and 1919. Their mother was hospitalized in an institution and their father, an overnight waiter, had passed in January 1919. In October 1922, the boys were . . . — — Map (db m212698) HM
1847 First fire-brick structure in San Diego. Constructed by Mormon Battalion.
1849 Headquarters of the U.S. Boundary Commission
1850 Served as courthouse, church, school, and polling place over next two decades. . . . — — Map (db m84183) HM
First public schoolhouse in this county. Erected at this site in 1865 and known as “Mason Street School – District No.1” when San Diego County covered an area larger than three New England states. Restored by popular subscription in 1955. — — Map (db m149193) HM
On Carlsbad Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1942, the North Sector office of California State Parks was the first fire station in northern San Diego County. The Caifornia Division of Forestry (CDF) occupied the building until 1973 when California State parks acquired it.
From 1942 . . . — — Map (db m128479) HM
On Campo Road (California Route 94 at milepost 50.6), on the right when traveling south.
The pioneer Gaskill brothers of 1868 built a frame store which was raided on December 4, 1875, by border bandits. This fort-like replacement of summer, 1885, was bought in 1896 by E.T. Aiken, resold to Klauber Wangenheim, 1889, and operated by Henry . . . — — Map (db m51087) HM
1829 Large adobe-block townhouse built by José Antonio Estudillo. Included servants' quarter, work and storage rooms, living and dining rooms, and Roman Catholic chapel.
1884 Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona published, linking the . . . — — Map (db m145304) HM
Near Panhe Nature Trail 0.1 miles north of Cristianitos Road, on the right when traveling north.
The ancient village of Panhe (pan), meaning "place by the water" in the Acjachemen (A-ha-che-men) language, is nestled along the San Mateo Creek. The Acjachemen are the Native Americans of Orange and Northern San Diego County who have called this . . . — — Map (db m183222) HM
On North Coast Highway south of Civic Center Drive, on the left when traveling south.
On this site is the former homestead of the founder of Oceanside, Andrew Jackson (A.J.) Myers. A native of La Salle County Illinois, A. J. Myers was born in 1840, and lived for a time in San Joaquin County, California in 1852. He served in the . . . — — Map (db m54231) HM
Near East Burdick Expressway (Business U.S. 2) at 13th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.
Forman, North Dakota 1884-1954 U.S. Navy An accidental explosion of ammunition occurred on the USS Pittsburgh on July 23, 1917. Commander (then Lieutenant) Bradley, who was about to enter the ammunition storage area, was blown back by the . . . — — Map (db m240630) HM
The San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park is a continuing community project to preserve the natural ecology, reestablish the underwater sea life and maintain the natural beauty of the shoreline. The San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park was created in . . . — — Map (db m280673) HM
The first Balboa Park replacement of a 1915 Exposition building, this structure was completed in 1971 with public bond funding. The ornamentation decorating the original building was replicated for the new building with the aid of private . . . — — Map (db m209504) HM
On Main Street at Arcadia Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Land, Luxury and the Last Mexican Governor
When Pio Pico, California's last Mexican governor, erected the city's most elegant hotel in 1870, its indoor plumbing, dramatic gas lighting and French restaurant suited the social and . . . — — Map (db m227921) HM
This 6,000-square-foot ranch complex is C-shaped, with a carriage house at one end and a two-story building at the other. It is one of only a few authentic nineteenth-century adobe ranch houses of its kind—combining both Hacienda and Monterey . . . — — Map (db m81323) HM
Near Ortega Highway (California Route 74) just west of Rancho Viejo Road, on the left when traveling west.
The Forster family moved to San Juan Capistrano in 1844 when English man John Forster bought the San Juan Mission and the surrounding area at auction from Pio Pico, the last of the Mexican Governors of California. Forster, then known as Don Juan . . . — — Map (db m188910) HM
On Vandegrift Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
In July, 1769, the Portola Expedition named this area for St. Margaret of Antioch. The Mission San Luis Rey 1827 inventories list a small building in the area. In 1841, Rancho Santa Margarita y San Onofre was granted to Andres and Pio Pico, the last . . . — — Map (db m51107) HM
On San Diego Avenue east of Harney Street, on the left when traveling east.
Pre-1542 - Prior to the arrival of explorers, Native people live along
the coast, hills and mountains, moving seasonally as food and water supplies change.
1542 - Seeking a more direct way to the Orient and the "Northwest Passage," . . . — — Map (db m297927) HM
Originally named San Diego Fishing Pier, the Ocean Beach Municipal Pier was built in 1966. The OB Pier is the longest concrete pier on the west coast, extending 1,971 feet with a T-shape platform at the end of the pier adding 360 feet to the south . . . — — Map (db m147233) HM
Near Old Winery Road east of Lovall Valley Road, on the left when traveling east.
Marker One:
Hidden within our maze are several private spaces; you may walk along our circuitous paths to find them. Inside these private spaces are signposts describing the astonishing life and journeys of Count Agoston Haraszthy, who . . . — — Map (db m231511) HM
Pio Pico
Mexico‘s Last California Governor
The importance of Afro-Mexicans in Los Angeles is
best represented by Pío de Jesús Pico (1801-1894), who
was the last governor of California under Mexican rule.
Born at the San Gabriel . . . — — Map (db m261685) HM
Established in Riverside, California, as a
federal school for the education of American Indians.
Dedicated June 18, 1901, and named for
James Schoolcraft Sherman,
chairman of Indian Affairs, House of Representatives,
who promoted the . . . — — Map (db m249929) HM
Bert Vaughn of Jacumba built the stone tower in 1922-23 to commemorate the pioneers and road and railroad builders who opened the area. In the 1930s W.T. Ratcliffe carved the stone animal figures which lurk in the rocks surrounding the tower, . . . — — Map (db m149171) HM
From 1862-70, Peter Larkin and Joe Stancliff used a stone house about a mile north of here as a store from which ox teams pulled wagons up a 30% grade. The San Diego and Fort Yuma Turnpike Co. used the site as a toll road station until 1876. The . . . — — Map (db m50232) HM
Near Flying Leo Carrillo Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Meet the Luiseno
Imagine life here 10,000 years ago. The Luiseno people thrived on this land, living off the rich resources. They also traded with near and distant neighbors for special materials. When newcomers from Europe arrived by ship . . . — — Map (db m312267) HM
Originally erected in New Town (Downtown)
San Diego, the two-story Derby-Pendleton building
was a prefabricated house that was one of a dozen
shipped from Maine in the 1850s. A year later the
house would move from Downtown to nearby . . . — — Map (db m296379) HM
Estudillo House has been designated a Registered National
Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United . . . — — Map (db m11781) HM
On U.S. 8 at Linden Street, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 8.
"...All of them left home hoping for a better life: enough land to raise food for their children, a country where there were no rigid classes – America...seeking new homes, good land, in a wide, strange, frightening, rich, wonderful . . . — — Map (db m247745) HM
Established in 1862 by George Alonzo Johnson. The residence and later additions were used as a hotel, bunkhouse, and quarters for a working cattle ranch into the 1960's. Acquired by the County of San Diego in 1974, added to the National Register of . . . — — Map (db m74495) HM
On Palm Street east of 32nd Street, on the right when traveling east.
In an air catastrophe witnessed by Saintsmen on our campus and in the
surrounding neighborhood on September 25, 1978, at 9:01 AM, there was
a collision between a small airplane and PSA Flight 182 that led to a crash
at nearby Dwight and Nile . . . — — Map (db m285045) HM
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.
