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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Contra Costa County, California
Martinez is the county seat for Contra Costa County
Adjacent to Contra Costa County, California
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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
Benjamin Shreve, the settlement's
earliest known schoolteacher, entered
the general merchandise business in
1855. Credited with naming the town,
he was appointed first postmaster of
Lafayette in 1857. He erected this
building in the early . . . — — Map (db m152802) HM
This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation.
1775 - 1783
Presented by Acalanes Chapter Daughters of . . . — — Map (db m246658) WM
Built in 1879 by James
Bickerstaff on a dirt road
that is now Mt. Diablo
Blvd. Daughter, Jennie
Bickerstaff (Rosenberg),
lived in the house for 85
years. It was razed in 1964
to build a market which is
now at 3615 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Jennie was . . . — — Map (db m184239) HM
Built in 1894 as a hotel and tavern
by Edward J. Brady & Co. on a portion
of the mill lot once owned by Elam
Brown. Colorful name bestowed by
T. H. Reed, a later proprietor. — — Map (db m144949) HM
Tucker Mansion
Originally located at 40
Escobar, this luxurious
mansion was built for Capt.
Tuckers Family, a sea captain turned successful wheat
grower. Home was moved
here in the 1920S by city
postmaster Franklin Glass
& is listed on . . . — — Map (db m146404) HM
Original DiMaggio Home
Vincenzo DiMaggio & his wife Caterina bi Leci, purchased this lot from prominent land owner Achille Baccilieri. Caterina died young during the local influenza epidemic of the WWI years. Vincenzo made fishing nets & . . . — — Map (db m93568) HM
Original home of fisherman and S.P. Railway worker Francesco Marchi and wife Santa Balestrieri. Later home to Bocce Champion Nicola di Tullio and wife Annuziata.
Built 1928 — — Map (db m93572) HM
Aiello Family Home
Fishing nets and wines were made in this home of an Italian fisherman family. In 1892, Francesco Aiello emigrated from the Isola de Favignana Sicilia, Italia.
Built 1904 — — Map (db m93569) HM
Original Homesite of Francesco & Girloma Bilecci.
Francisco biological father was a 4 star general in the Italian army. His adopted father was a prominent local fisherman.
Orig 1900 — — Map (db m93570) HM
DiMaggio Family Home
Built by parents of baseball great, Joe DiMaggio & sold to his aunt & uncle. Site of Joes wedding reception.
Built 1927 — — Map (db m93571) HM
Original Martellacci Home
Frank & Emma emigrated from
Suvereto, Tuscany, Italy. They
owned Martellaccis Grocery
on Main St. & provided a wine
press at $1.25 for the service.
Built 1926 — — Map (db m146403) HM
Original
Lubbe Family Home
Pete Lubbe ran a saloon & livery until his death in 1897.
His widow remarried Jim Smith and they operated
a wagon dairy and horse and buggy rental into the 1930's
Circa 1870 — — Map (db m145090) HM
Original
Buckley Home
William Buckley was
in charge of the
Carquinez Ferry piers
and slips. Later home
to several Italian
fishing families.
Built 1884
— — Map (db m91653) HM
Costanza Home
Former Saloon, Bakery &
Boat Shop. Moved here
from Grangers Wharf
in 1927, operating as a
store and home until 1941
* Circa Pre 1900 * — — Map (db m145100) HM
Old Town Martinez
Home of Historic Interest
Original home of Antonio and Marian Bruno Russo of Sicily. Later home to bocce champion, Gino di Tullio and wife, Mimma of Pozzuoli Italy
Circa 1900 — — Map (db m17463) HM
Original
Compagno home
and vegetable market.
One of only two examples
of San Francisco Style row housing in
Martinez
* Built 1889 * — — Map (db m145093) HM
Original Tarantino Family Home
Fisherman and Mountain Copper Co. employee, Giuseppe and wife Peppina Amato came here from Sant' Ella, Sicily — — Map (db m145098) HM
Original
Freschi Family Home
The Freschi's were
a prominent Italian
fishing family who
emigrated from Guisto'
de lo Benedetto in 1902
*Built 1916* — — Map (db m145107) HM
Purchased by the Aiello
Family for 14 pieces of
gold in the 1910's. Pete
Aiello was a block warden during WWII, wife
Catherine Lucido, was head
floor lady at the
Martinez Cannery
* Built 1896* — — Map (db m145109) HM
Mascitelli Home & Garden
purchsed from Guiseppe
Bartolini for 10 gold peices,
Angie Mascitellis locally famous
garden grew next door (510).
Husband Joseph was town
barber on Ferry Street.
* circa 1910 * — — Map (db m145108) HM
Original home of
David & Golda Mendel,
owners of "Mendel's Dry
Goods" on Main St. Later
home to the Frazer
& Vitale families
* Built 1920 * — — Map (db m146395) HM
Original home of fisherman
Nino Cardinalli & family who
operated Cardinallis Fish
Market at 604 Alhambra.
He & wife Jenny, were
parents of former county
supervisor Nancy Fahden
Built 1913 — — Map (db m91663) HM
Dr. John Tennant practiced from this Queen Anne home until his death in 1892. House was later sold to City Attorney James Rogers Sr
circa 1880's — — Map (db m146392) HM
Building originally served as a
boarding house to early refinery
workers & fishermen. Owned by Frank
Martellacci, who lived next door. He
also owned a grocery store, worked
at the Shell Refinery & C&H Sugar
Built (date illegible) — — Map (db m146385) HM
Prosser Home
Dutch Colonial built as a
wedding gift for Alice,
daughter of James Rodgers Sr
Granddaughter of the Buckleys
Built 1919
— — Map (db m91725) HM
Original Rogers Home
This home was moved
from downtown in early
1900's as a wedding gift
to James Rodgers Jr.
Grandson of the Buckleys
Built 1880's — — Map (db m146389) HM
Original
Oehm Hotel
First modern hotel
in Martinez. Built in
anticipation of the
soon to come Shell
Oil refinery.
* Built- 1914 * — — Map (db m146378) HM
Built after the Fire of 1904 that consumed the entire block Occupied in 1881 by Contra Costa Telephone Company founded in 1881 by J. Borland which was sold to Pacific Bell Telephone Company in 1892 with R. Borland as superintendent for 40 years . . . — — Map (db m53919) HM
Built by William Jones, Hotelkeeper
1884
Bought by W.J. Hough and became "Hough's Saloon"
1891
Bought by Watkins Prosser
1915
Moved to present site
Residence of Dr. H.D. Buckman family for many years
Historic Marker XVI . . . — — Map (db m16009) HM
This lowland marsh area, now known as McNabney Marsh, was first visited by
the Bay Miwok's Chupcan people. This local tribelet is thought to have consisted
of about 200 people. With the vast fishing, hunting, and plant resources of the
bay, . . . — — Map (db m145094) HM
Built by Maximillian Bergamini in 1905 to replace grocery and notions store that was leveled in block-wide fire of August, 1904.
Historic Marker XII
Martinez Historical Society
October 11, 1997 — — Map (db m53997) HM
Fisherman Giovanni Billecci immigrated to Martinez in 1899. After serving both in the French & Italian armies he and his wife Grazia, raised 14 children in this home. Built 1916. — — Map (db m53573) HM
On this site in 1874, Julio Richelieu, bartender, served up the first martini when a miner came into his saloon with a fistful of nuggets and asked for something special. He was served a "Martinez Special." After three or four drinks, however, the . . . — — Map (db m57975) HM
This Victorian cottage was the home of the Robert Borland Family. Built in 1890 by Dr. John S. Moore, D.D.S., and originally used as his dental office. The property was inherited by his daughter, Mrs. Emma Moore Borland. The Martinez Historical . . . — — Map (db m16730) HM
Framed house shipped around the Horn from the East Coast to San Jose. Eventually barged to Martinez. Later home to several Italian fishing families
Built 1870's — — Map (db m53078) HM
This monument erected in honor of his contributions as a soldier, mountain man, and explorer who through his efforts and those of his breed such as Jim Bridger, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Jedediah Smith, helped explore and open the way to the West. There . . . — — Map (db m93508) HM
Built in 1914 by
Mayor John J. McNamara, George J. Winkleman
and James E. McNarmara
1st apartment building in Martinez. Built during refinery boom. Unique because it sits astride Alhambra Creek. Retail stores were on 1st floor, . . . — — Map (db m51307) HM
Dedicated to the family of Don Ignacio Martinez, who settled El Rancho Pinole in 1830. Many of his descendants rest here, members of one of Contra Costa's first families. — — Map (db m53061) HM
324-328
Talbart
Home of Historic Interest
Former anti-aircraft
W.W.II barracks, moved
from Concord in 1961.
Prior site of shared
water tank house for
neighboring two homes
Built 1930 — — Map (db m17177) HM
In 1988, a massive oil spill from the nearby Shell Refinery
inundated the Carquinez Strait and downstream marshes
including McNabney Marsh. As a result of a settlement with
a number of agencies, Shell Oil paid over $12 million into a
Natural . . . — — Map (db m145095) HM
Potters field at Alhambra Cemetery. Here, marked by numbered headstones the size of bread loaves, are buried over 600 poor and unknown early pioneers of California and Martinez. The earliest known burial was in 1853 and they continued until the . . . — — Map (db m93541) HM
On this site in 1852, Hiram Fogg began a mercantile store.
Operating since as:
1854 - 1897 Simon Blum & Bro.
1897 - 1912 Baer Bros.
1912 - 1986 Hilson's — — Map (db m93573) HM
334
Talbart
Old Town Martinez
Home of Historic Interest
Home of County Supervisor
& Grangers Warehouse mngr,
Robnson Jones(1873). Later
sold to dog catcher, Capt.,
Horton (1893) who impounded
stray dogs on the property.
Built . . . — — Map (db m17184) HM
Built to replace building destroyed by fire in 1925
Originally built in 1854 by
pioneer & prominent landowner
William Hook
1802-1885
Occupied by the
James Hotel - James Bulger, proprietor
Until closed in 1979
Historic Marker . . . — — Map (db m40601) HM
William Hook came to the California gold country in 1850 to sell mining equipment and build mining machinery. In 1853 Hook opened a general store at the corner of Ferry and Main Streets in Martinez. Over the years Hook brought up land in Contra . . . — — Map (db m93510) HM
Coal miner, store and hotel owner, Justice of the Peace, mine manager and owner, rancher, County Sheriff, banker and community leader.
At seventeen, in 1865, James Rankin left his family and emigrated from Scotland, landing in New York City. . . . — — Map (db m93543) HM
In 1865, at the age of 17, James Rankin emigrated from a Scottish coal mining town after hearing of the "Black Gold" in Contra Costa. He worked with pick and shovel in the underground mines of Somersville.
In 1885, Rankin was elected . . . — — Map (db m93506) HM
Joe DiMaggio was born here 11/25/1914. The 8th of 9 children to parents Giuseppe and Rosalia. Later moved to San Francisco, but returned often to this neighborhood to visit family. The home burned down in 1948. — — Map (db m53000) HM
Ranch home of John Muir 1838- 1914, explorer, naturalist, author and foremost advocate of forest protection and of national parks. The John Muir Trail through the High Sierra, Muir Woods National Monument and Muir Glacier in Alaska are named for . . . — — Map (db m51132) HM
1883-1896
Martinez Free Reading Room and Library
Housed in building
owned by Dr. John Strentzel
620 Main Street
1896-1941
Main & Estudillo
Land donated by Mrs. John Strentzel
and Louie Strentzel Muir
Building built at the cost of . . . — — Map (db m53872) HM
The City of Martinez has been the home of a train station along the waterfront for 125 years. The first station (approximately 200 yards to the east of this site) was erected in 1876 and closed in 2001 when this station was opened.
More than . . . — — Map (db m93542) HM
World War II
401,522 traveling servicemen and
women, escorts, and children given
rest and refreshment
served by 1,438 volunteer hostesses
Community supported • U.S.O. aided — — Map (db m53423) HM
Founded by Dr. Robert Semple in 1847, the Martinez-Benicia ferry was the first established and longest operating ferry service in the S.F. Bay Area. In 1850 Oliver Coffin took over the operation and with his brothers purchased a new ferryboat, the . . . — — Map (db m27645) HM
Dedicated April 23, 2000
Morgan House
Pony Express Route
Apr. 23, 1860 - Sep. 8, 1861
Home Station
Apr. 16, 1869 - Sep.8, 1861
By
James Stretesky
Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema
Martinez Area Chamber of Commerce
Pony Express Trail . . . — — Map (db m24369) HM
America's rapid progress in the early 1900s threatened
to destroy wild places like Yosemite. In response, John
Muir demanded a system to protect our natural
treasures. Muir's tireless writing and campaigning
created five national parks and an . . . — — Map (db m191930) HM
When factory moved to San Francisco in 1915, became the San Filipo home. One of only two S.F. style row houses in Martinez.
Built 1889 — — Map (db m53077) HM
The family manufactured fishing nets for the local fishing community. Home later sold to the Di Maggios, a prominent fishing family.
Built 1904 — — Map (db m53079) HM
103 Berrellesa
Old Town Martinez
Home of Historic Interest
Pellegrini Home and Fish Company
Luigi Pellegrini was a successful turn of the century fish buyer. This building opens to Alhambra Creek for easy fish unloading and . . . — — Map (db m16212) HM
In this cemetery are laid to rest many of the early California pioneers, settlers and their families. One of the more famous is Joseph Reddeford Walker, XNGH - mountain man, guide and pathfinder. — — Map (db m93507) HM
Dedicated April 23, 2005
Martinez
By James Stretestky · Julian M. Frazer · Martinez Historical Society · Mayor Rob & Carole Schroder · Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema · Vice Mayor Mark & Dianne Ross · Tesoro's Golden Eagle Refinery · . . . — — Map (db m19224) HM
Built in 1905 by Mrs. James Rankin
after fire destroyed two city blocks
Palm Garden Grill
W.C. Reed - Confectioner & Stationer
E. Pasch - Haberdasher
A.B. Wilson - Jeweler & Optician
Historic Marker No. V
Martinez Historical . . . — — Map (db m27647) HM
First located here April 28, 1876 by Central Pacific R.R. First passenger train passed through on September 25, 1877 with Leland Stanford aboard.
Historic Marker No. VI
Martinez Historical Society
July 4, 1991 — — Map (db m19225) HM
Designed Art Deco style
by the
Reid Brothers
Architects/San Francisco
Built by John McNamera
1922
Premier opening
July 2, 1926
Closed due to fire 1931
Reopened 1932
Closed 1961
Purchased by Contra Costa County 1998
Presently . . . — — Map (db m17208) HM
In the city, from 1879 to 1932, the 70 acre parcel of land extending in a triangle from what is now Bush Street to Pacheco Boulevard to Brown Street to Alhambra Creek was owned by The Christian Brothers Religious Teaching Order, Founded by Saint . . . — — Map (db m112828) HM
R.E. Claeys J.W. McClellan M. Pistochini J. Comazzi O.K. Smith G. Winkelman J. Sparacino
Robert B. Borland President A.J. Heald Cashier
P. Ferrarini Vice President
Bank of Italy 1927-1930
Bank of America 1930-1951
Historical . . . — — Map (db m40610) HM
In front of you lay the hull remains of the schooner Forester. The schooner, launched in Alameda in 1900, would take cargoes of lumber from northern forests of Oregon and Washington to points in the Pacific including China, India, and Australia. . . . — — Map (db m91668) HM
Vicente Martínez was born in Santa Barbara on August 18, 1818, the second son of Don Ygnacio and Martina de Arellano Martínez who were married in the Presidio Chapel at Santa Barbara 1802. Don Ygnacio Martínez was a Spanish officer at San Diego and . . . — — Map (db m50827) HM
In 1849, Vicente Martinez built a two-story adobe ranch house on his portion of the Rancho Pinole. This land was inherited from his father, Don Ignacio Martinez, a Spanish officer who became Comandante of the San Francisco Presidio and later Alcade . . . — — Map (db m50821) HM
In 1857, Lot No. 1, a quarter section of Rancho Laguna De Los
Palos Colorados was bought by a squatter, Jesse Williams,
from Jose de Jesus Moraga. In 1906, the land was then
purchased by Manuel Lucas and 10 years later, 20 acres were
sold to . . . — — Map (db m136516) HM
Grandfather of the co-grantee of Rancho Laguna de los Palos Colorados, he founded San Francisco by establishing there the Mission and Royal Presidio of St. Francis in 1776. In 1777 he founded the Mission Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Jose. . . . — — Map (db m91803) HM
Freight railroads serviced the Moraga Rancho from 1889 to 1957.
Passenger service to the Moraga Station began in 1913.
Commuters, high school and St. Mary's College students rode
the train in the early days, as well as picnickers going . . . — — Map (db m152671) HM
On this site was the Moraga Train Station of the
Sacramento Northern Railway, a 183-mile railway
that connected Oakland and Chico via Sacramento,
handling passengers and freight.
The station served Moraga Valley from 1913 to 1957. . . . — — Map (db m184241) HM
Named for Joaquin Moraga, who in 1835 was granted 13,000 acres from the Mexican government and established Rancho Laguna de Los Palos Colorados. A Moraga townsite was conceived by A.A. Grant and J.A. Williamson in 1894. James Irvine purchased a . . . — — Map (db m31102) HM
Built on land donated by the
Moraga Company to the
Willow Spring School District
in 1916.
The building served as a school
for the Moraga Valley from
1917 -1958. — — Map (db m145679) HM
"...what we see and have before us is
not a river, but much water in a pond."
In the spring of 1776, Lt. Colonel Jaan Bautista de Anza,
Father Pedro Font, and a small group spent four days
exploring the East Bay. They wished to . . . — — Map (db m190712) HM
The 1775-76 expedition of Juan Bautista de Anza
made this site their one hundred first camp from
Horcasitas, Sonora, Mexico. Anza brought 198
colonists, located for Spain the Presidio of San
Francisco and Mission Dolores, and explored . . . — — Map (db m190721) HM
In 1919, Colonel Robert Bradford Marshall
of the United States Geological Survey
proposed an unprecedented project
of dams, canals, and pumps to
move Delta-bound water from
California's wet north and snowy
Sierra Nevada mountains to its
arid . . . — — Map (db m190979) HM
Corcoran Lake filled the Central Valley
760,000 years ago (including where you
now stand)! It drained to the ocean at
today's Monterey Bay. Tectonic forces
plugged the outlet and tilted the
lakebed to the north 200,000 years
later. The surging . . . — — Map (db m190604) HM
Fifty Years
That's all it took for the clamshell dredge to change the
Delta from a vast wetland into the agricultural, water
delivery, and shipping hub we know today. In the late
1880s, these dredges reshaped the waterways to ease . . . — — Map (db m190314) HM
The Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition of 1775-1776 traveled with
240 settlers, soldiers, and others 1,800 miles from Sonora, Mexico
to Monterey, California. Anza then traveled with a much smaller
group to San Francisco and the East Bay to discover . . . — — Map (db m190230) HM
Far from being an ancient geological feature, our Delta is a virtual newcomer.
Imagine sunrise here 14,000 years ago.
Dawn illuminates the glacier-coated Sierra
Nevada Mountains. The San Joaquin and
Sacramento Rivers merge nearby, . . . — — Map (db m190991) HM
Picture a river running through a desert.
Now picture a desert running through a river.
The San Joaquin River once flowed
uninterrupted from high mountains,
through the arid valley bearing its name,
to the Delta. Floods enriched . . . — — Map (db m190726) HM
The Orinda Garage and
Miss Graham's Riding
Academy were built
from 1923 - 25 by E.I. de
Laveaga in the Spanish
Mediterranean style.
His uncle ran the
automobile garage on
the corner of Avenida
de Orinda, which still
exists today. . . . — — Map (db m154903) HM
The Orinda Improvement
Association,
inaugurated on May 22,
1923, was the voice of
the citizens in the 1920s
and beyond. It brought
adequate phone service
and fire protection, and
consolidated the local
school districts.
Additional . . . — — Map (db m145030) HM
The first Orinda
firehouse was built in
1923 after several
homes burned down.
It looked like a garage
and accommodated
one truck which held
2 barrels of water. In
1935, the building was
remodeled in the
California Spanish
style, and a . . . — — Map (db m145155) HM
The Orinda Union
School was built here
in 1925. This was after
the first tunnel was
bored through the
Berkeley Hills, roads
were paved and the
village became more
easily accessible,
causing a gradual
increase in population.
It continued . . . — — Map (db m145021) HM
The Orinda Library
began as a branch of
the Contra Costa
Library in 1915 with a
small collection at the
Orinda Park School
(current site of Wagner
Ranch School). The 4 x
4 bookcase was moved
to the old Orinda Store,
Firehouse, and . . . — — Map (db m145031) HM
The vegetation around you is quite different from that observed
during the Anza Expedition of 1776. The pine forests across the
reservoir and on San Pablo Ridge were not here. Oak-bay
woodlands filled the ravines as they do now, but the open . . . — — Map (db m153306) HM
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