Dedication The people of the State of California dedicate this Monument to the memory of those Californians who died, or remain
missing, in the Vietnam War 1959-1975 and in doing so, Honor all the men and women who served during that war. . . . — — Map (db m137482) WM
Since statehood, the people of California have sought and cherished a quality of life unsurpassed in this great nation. There have been among us those who chose to serve as peace officers and when called upon unselfishly gave more than we have the . . . — — Map (db m14814) HM
(Left Side of Base Holding Bell)
Only battleship
built on the
Pacific Coast
Launched at
Mare Island
Navy Yard
Nov. 20, 1919
Ship’s bell
dedicated and
rung for the
last time by
Governor
Earl Warren
Oct. 27, 1949
. . . — — Map (db m70035) HM WM
The California Almond Growers Exchange founded in 1910, was first successful grower-owned co-operative for marketing California almonds. It pioneered in many fields, including almond production, mechanization and marketing. The first structure on . . . — — Map (db m11862) HM
Four of the most successful merchants in Sacramento specialized in hardware, dry goods, and groceries. Later known as the “Big Four,” Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford banded together to convince the United . . . — — Map (db m229817) HM
Julius Clinton Beach
Feb. 8, 1802 Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Mar. 12, 1882 Sacramento, California
Elizabeth Humphrey Beach
Dec. 18, 1793 Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Jan. 18, 1877 Sacramento, California . . . — — Map (db m233170) HM
The Sacramento Valley Railroad running from Sacramento to Folsom, was begun at this site on February 12, 1855. Here, at Third and R Streets, was located the Sacramento passenger terminal. The turntable and freight depot were at Third and Front . . . — — Map (db m16056) HM
As part of Spain’s imperial road system, El Camino Real connected the missions in Alta (Upper) California, from San Diego to San Francisco and Sonoma. The Royal Road was the heart of keeping the missions supplied with goods and people, as the . . . — — Map (db m236037) HM
Founded in 1858, Amboy provided a vital rest stop for weary sun drenched travelers seeking a better life in California.
Amboy owned and operated by Juan Pollo restaurants — — Map (db m193157) HM
One of the finest surviving examples of California's depot-hotels built around the turn of the 19th century. It's also home to the Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum and the Western American Railroad Museum (W.A.R.M.).
Recognized by Hampton . . . — — Map (db m193156) HM
With the discovery of gold in California in 1848, it’s statehood in 1850, and the resulting emigration to the west, the interest of the government in exploring a rail link to the Pacific became serious in the early 1850’s. Not only would a Pacific . . . — — Map (db m50558) HM
In January 1867 Indians left their camp east of Chimney Rock to go into the San Bernardino Mountains where they looted and burned several cabins and a sawmill. In retaliation, a possee surprised the Indians at their camp and killed and wounded many, . . . — — Map (db m125886) HM
Camp Ibis was established at this site in the spring of 1942 – one of eleven such camps built in the California – Arizona Desert to harden and train United States Troops for service on the battlefields of World War II.
The 440th AAA . . . — — Map (db m78585) HM
Formerly one of the grandest Harvey House Hotel, Restaurant & Santa Fe Train Stations. The hotel and restaurant were open from 1908 to 1949. The train station closed in 1988.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program as a site . . . — — Map (db m33445) HM
Originally built in the 1950s, this world-famous restaurant was the location of the 1988 film, "Bagdad Café," which became the new name of the restaurant in 1995. — — Map (db m160081) HM
Ontario's history has been shaped by pioneers who built a new community by combining their own knowledge and skills with the energy and determination generated by the promise of
this extraordinary landscape. George Chaffey, Ontario's founder, . . . — — Map (db m149487) HM
McDonalds hamburgers and fries represent a true slice of Americana. This site is ground zero for all modern day fast food chains.
Museum owned and operated by Juan Pollo restaurants — — Map (db m204525) HM
Built in 1945, this park continues to provide a center reminiscent of early Mexican Heritage.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program as a site worth seeing. — — Map (db m204524) HM
Jesuits
• Founded 19 missions in Baja California over
a 70 year period.
• Nuestra Señora de Loreto de Conchó (1697)
was the first permanent Jesuit mission,
founded by Father Juan Ma. de Salvatierra.
• The Jesuits were . . . — — Map (db m197686) HM
Built for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, the Plaza de California and its surrounding buildings created a grand entrance to the Exposition, announced by the ornate west archway. The California Building and Tower stand at the north, while the . . . — — Map (db m127568) HM
This boulder erected November 12, 1932 by Court San Diego de Alcalá, No. 1099 of the Catholic Daughters of America, to commemorate the first Holy Mass celebrated in California, November 12, 1602 upon the arrival on this site of Sebastián Vizcaíno . . . — — Map (db m81238) HM
The Little Italy Landmark Sign was dedicated and lit at the 7th Annual Little Italy Festa on the evening of October 8, 2000. The landmark sign was constructed as a tribute to this immigrant neighborhood which, until the late 1960s, was the hub of . . . — — Map (db m207223) HM
To commemorate the discovery of California by Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo who landed on the shores of San Diego Bay September 28, 1542. — — Map (db m126875) 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
Birthplace of Freemasonry in California.
Historical Landmark No. 408.
second marker:
This site marks the birthplace of
Freemasonry in California.
At this location on October 17, 1849
the first meeting of
Free and . . . — — Map (db m240302) HM
On this site
January 18, 1869
The California Theatre
Built by William C. Ralston
Opened with the following stock company
John McCullough • Lawrence Barrett • Harry Edwards • Willie Edouin • E.B. Holmes • William Mestayer • John T. . . . — — Map (db m143433) HM
This marks the site of the first
public school in California
Erected in 1847 — Opened April 3, 1848
This commemorative marker was erected
in 1957 by the Grand Lodge of Free
and Accepted Masons of the State of California . . . — — Map (db m53965) HM
[Panel 1:] Pioneer Monument
Sculptor, Frank Happersberger (1859-1932)
Dedicated to the City of San Francisco on November 29, 1894, the Pioneer Monument was a gift of philanthropist James Lick. Lick, who died in 1876, left . . . — — Map (db m32183) HM
The Bank of California, a founding financier of the West, was established by William Chapman Ralston on July 5, 1864, the company quickly outgrew its quarters at this location and engaged architects Walter Danforth Bliss and William Baker Faville to . . . — — Map (db m70832) HM
This Fountain
is Dedicated to
the Native Sons
of the Golden West
To Commemorate
The Admission of California
Into the Union
September the Ninth
Anno Domini
MDCCCL
“The unity of our empire hangs on the decision of this . . . — — Map (db m90968) HM
In Honor of the One Hundredth Anniversary
of the
California Street Cable Cars Line
and Leland Stanford
Among the significant contributions of the Governor Leland Stanford family, whose home was located at this site, was their important . . . — — Map (db m71803) HM
California’s first state fair was held on this site on October 4, 1854. Sponsored by the California State Agricultural Society, the exhibition of “horses, cattle, mules and other stock, and agricultural, mechanical and domestic manufacture and . . . — — Map (db m637) HM
In commemoration of the Inauguration of the California Midwinter International Exposition
On this spot the first shovelfull of earth was turned
With ceremonies on August 24th, 1893. — — Map (db m233017) 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
The Midwinter Exposition covered 160 acres and opened officially on January 27, 1894. 180 structures representing all California Counties, 4 other states, the Arizona Territory, and 18 foreign nations and villages, including a Japanese Village, . . . — — Map (db m132056) HM
A contributory building within the South End Historic District, designated by the City and County of San Francisco in 1990. The warehouse and industrial buildings from the District's period of significance (1867-1935) reflect the City's preeminence . . . — — Map (db m63844) HM
An ethnically diverse student body experienced a “Worker's Culture” here through painting, dance, music, theater, labor history and social science courses. Such artists as Anton Refregier, Ralph Stackpole, and Pablo O'Higgins taught . . . — — Map (db m91526) HM
was established just west across what is now U.S. 99 by C.C. Fugitt in 1852. It was first known as Davis Crossing, then Fugitt's and finally Liberty in 1859. By 1869 Liberty was an important stage stop between Stockton and Sacramento. During its . . . — — Map (db m178004) HM
The partnership of C.A. Bachmann and Charles H.W. Brandt, formed in 1885, was the largest chicory supplier in America while operating at this site during the 1890's. Chicory roots are roasted, ground, and used as a mixture with or substitute for . . . — — Map (db m156499) HM
Built originally for the former Farmers & Merchants Bank, this structure is the work of prominent San Francisco Architect George W. Kelham. With almost no exterior changes it exemplifies Renaissance Revival Style and reflects early local interest in . . . — — Map (db m23978) HM
Built on the Old T & D Theatre site, the ornate Mission Revival Fox California with its unique tower and vaudeville marquee reigned as Stockton’s premier movie palace. The Baroque interior boasts of magnificent columns, exquisite chandeliers and . . . — — Map (db m221072) HM
In 1846, during American conquest of California, John Brown, nicknamed “Juan Flaco,” rode from Los Angeles to San Francisco in four days to warn Commodore Stockton of the siege of Los Angeles. As a result, troops were sent and the city secured. This . . . — — Map (db m16011) HM
On Nov. 9, 1861, near here, six local landholders tried to evict John Balkwill, a "squatter" from land claimed by Alymer Drullard. As Balkwill had fortified his cabin, a cannon was "borrowed" at night from Stockton, loaded with with scrap iron and . . . — — Map (db m193550) HM
Pismo clams (Tivela stultorum) were harvested by the millions on Pismo Beach and supported a thriving commercial and recreational fishery. Early clammers would use horse-drawn plows to find Pismo clams in the sand. From 1916 to the closure of the . . . — — Map (db m225445) HM
During Prohibition, the San Mateo Coast was an ideal spot for rum running, bootleggers and “speakeasies,” establishments which sold illegal booze to thirsty clients.
One of the most successful speakeasies of the era was . . . — — Map (db m64179) HM
Spain claimed Alta California after its conquest of Mexico (1519-1521) When reports of British and Russian encroachment in Northern California began to circulate in the 1760s, Spain expanded its colonial settlements to defend the California . . . — — Map (db m206740) HM
California Square was a parcel of land located north of Marshall Street, between Hamilton and Winslow, diagonally located across the street from the Courthouse. The site was originally designated as a public park plaza in the Town of Mezesville . . . — — Map (db m202534) HM
This was a public plaza in the Mezesville townsite, and was a park until 1959 when it was given to San Mateo County for a Hall of Justice and Records. — — Map (db m62577) HM
On this site the original 1880 Union Hotel served as telegraph
office and Wells, Fargo & Company's stagecoach stop. Destroyed
by fire in 1893, reconstructed and restored in 1915, the old hotel
serviced stagecoach and early railroad passengers . . . — — Map (db m150260) HM
Here, along Arroyo de los Alamitos Creek in 1824, Luís Cabolla and Antonio Suñol first worked New Almaden ore in an arrastra. In constant production since 1845, more than a million flasks of quicksilver valued at over 50 million dollars have been . . . — — Map (db m18692) HM
Alum Rock Park was acquired in stages over many years. The original claim is based on the first land grant by Governor Filipe de Neve, July 22, 1778. Alum Rock Park has survived many challenges to that original grant and on March 13, 1872 the . . . — — Map (db m63788) HM
Here, on the 1,939-acre Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara, Christopher A. Shelton in early March 1853 introduced the honeybee to California. In Aspinwall, Panama, Shelton purchased 12 beehives from a New Yorker and transported them by rail, . . . — — Map (db m3627) HM
The Bascoms arrived in San Jose in 1849. Their residence and boarding house, Slapjack Hall, was a center of activity and grandma sewed the famous blue tent used as both a school and first protestant church. Dr. Bascom practiced medicine but . . . — — Map (db m92727) HM
This plaque marks the original site of the first chartered college in California. It was chartered as the California Wesleyan College on July 10, 1851. The following year the name was changed to University of the Pacific and in 1911 it became the . . . — — Map (db m61492) HM
Hendy Stamp Mill
During the California Gold Rush, Hendy Iron Works built mining and stamp mill machinery exclusively. They supplied mining operations around the world with 5-stamp mills that could operate as a single unit or as multiple units . . . — — Map (db m30251) HM
James Williams
California Pioneer
James Williams, age 29 and a native of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, emigrated overland to California in 1843 along with his three brothers – John, age 25; Isaac, age 20; and Squire, age 19 – in a . . . — — Map (db m62440) HM
July 14, 1769, an expedition led by Don Gaspar de Portola left San Diego to rediscover Vizcaino's "Lost Port of Monterey". The expedition reached but failed to recognize Monterey Bay, traveled north, and discovered San Francisco Bay November 4, . . . — — Map (db m86462) HM
“The pioneers in their journeys marked the roads and trails so that others recognizing them might safely follow.”
This spot marks the location of the California – Oregon Road, main artery of travel of the pioneers blazed by them in the . . . — — Map (db m70338) HM
Dedicated to All Veterans Who Answered the Call
to Serve this Great Nation
Northern California Veterans Cemetery
Igo, California
Dedicated November 11, 2005
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor
Thomas Johnson, Secretary . . . — — Map (db m63324) WM
Combat Veterans Wounded-My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care. If I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in my lifetime. — — Map (db m104604) WM
California gained statehood on September 8, 1850. It did so comprised of 27 counties with this area a part of Yuba County.
“The disadvantages of belonging to Yuba County were early felt; Marysville was too distant and a county government . . . — — Map (db m43846) HM
Located east of the Cascade Mountain Range where the old Topsy Grade Stage Road enters Butte Valley, the town of Picard was settled in the early 1880s. Picard's Post Office opened in 1883 and closed in 1907. La Lake School located one mile to the . . . — — Map (db m100220) HM
The first Masonic hall built in California was begun in the summer of 1850, occupied by the lodge October 14, 1850, and formally dedicated December 27, 1850. This building served as the Masonic Temple for Benicia Lodge No. 5 until 1888, when the . . . — — Map (db m16317) HM
On this site was organized by the Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, Jr., on April 15, 1849 the First Presbyterian Church of Benicia. This was the first protestant church established in California with an ordained resident pastor. The church of disbanded in . . . — — Map (db m95697) HM
The bridges, oil refineries, factories and ports along the East Bay shoreline reflect a commercial history that dates back to the Gold Rush. The Carquinez Strait provided easy passage for ships carrying cargo and people to and from the gold . . . — — Map (db m232404) HM
In 1842 John R. Wolfskill arrived here loaded with fruit seeds and cuttings. He was a true horticulturist and became the father of the fruit industry in this region. In 1937 Mrs. Frances Wolfskill Taylor Wilson, his daughter, bequeathed 107.28 . . . — — Map (db m40132) HM
The Russian-American Company grew crops and raised animals at Fort Ross to provide food for their Alaskan Colonies. In 1841, there were two windmills at Fort Ross. Grains, such as wheat, and barley, were ground into flour using millstones.
The . . . — — Map (db m85616) HM
The gentleman upon this rock is Count Agoston Haraszthy, the Hungarian nobleman who founded Buena Vista Winery in 1857. He is now known as the Father of California Viniculture - as he did more than any other single person to create our remarkably . . . — — Map (db m207724) HM
Marker One:
Father Junipero Serra: 1713 - 1784
Founder of the Missions of California, this Franciscan priest was the first to bring the grape to California, beginning with the first vineyard planted at Mission San Diego in 1779. His . . . — — Map (db m231450) HM
Marker One:
Kit Carson: 1809-1868
American mountain man, trapper, and scout, Carson led Captain John Charles Fremont on his first explorations of the American West in the 1840's. He lived among and married into the Arapaho and . . . — — Map (db m231364) HM
The founder of the winery, the Count of Buena Vista, Agoston Haraszthy de Mokesa, was a vivacious pioneer whose love affair with grape-growing started in his homeland of Hungary. The Count immigrated to the burgeoning American West in 1840 in . . . — — Map (db m231241) HM
West of this point is the California Aqueduct which parallels Interstate Highway 5 for about 250 miles in the San Joaquin Valley. The aqueduct is a major part of the California State Water Project operated by the State Department of Water . . . — — Map (db m54686) HM
Instituted May, 1881
Building dedicated March 4, 1900
Included in Red Bluff-Tehama County Branch
of the American Association of
University Women Victorian Tour — — Map (db m89180) HM
A pack trail in 1851, Greathouse & Co. muled passengers by 1854. James E. Carr contracted by the California Stage Co., finished the last six miles of road from Trinity River to here, Sept. 14, 1860. The first daily mail and passenger stage, driven . . . — — Map (db m56234) HM
The first people to use the hot springs were the Bokninuwad Yokuts also called "Hoeynche" who called it "Kahtililkau" hot water. In the late 1870's T.J. and N.B. Witt filed claim to Upper Deer Creek "Hoyen Idik" which included the several hots . . . — — Map (db m51871) HM
Located just to the north on the People's Ditch, this mill, operating from 1854 to 1913, produced much of the flour used by early settlers of the valley — — Map (db m34481) HM
Welcome to Rancho Camulos, a National Historic Landmark. Ygnacio del
Valle established Rancho Camulos and began building his adobe home
here in 1853 on what was part of a 48,000-acre Mexican land grant
awarded to his father. Originally a . . . — — Map (db m220575) HM
Established in 1946 to provide a comprehensive test and evaluation site for tactical missiles, Point Mugu has been instrumental in the development, test, evaluation and inservice support of systems including Regulus, Sparrow, Phoenix, Bullpup, . . . — — Map (db m214304) HM
Birthplace of Union Oil Company of California. Founded October 17, 1890. Presented by the City of Santa Paula, California, to Union Oil Company of California, in commemoration of the company's 50 years of service to the West, August Twenty-Four, . . . — — Map (db m154493) HM
Near here in May 1867, the California Petroleum Company brought in "Ojai No. 6" at a depth of 550 feet. W.W. Orcutt described it as "The first well drilled for oil in California that yielded extended commercial production." It was the first . . . — — Map (db m202604) HM
When the college opened in 1961, the chicken coops located on the Pederson ranch were converted for campus use. F Building housed the campus coffee shop, which doubled as the cafeteria, and a full soda fountain, E Building served as the library; D . . . — — Map (db m154417) HM
1864
In the midst of the
Civil War, President
Abraham Lincoln
signs a law preserving
Yosemite Valley and
making it the nation's
first state park - it later
became a national park.
1890
Preservation . . . — — Map (db m235910) HM
Because of its location on the Sacremento River, it was first called Riverbank. When the post office was established 10 March 1915 the present name - for George Bryte, Sr., a local dairyman, son of Mike Bryte (early sheriff of Sacremento) - was . . . — — Map (db m41749) HM
This commercial Italianate brick building was designed
and built by Michael O'Connell for A.S. House. It is
the oldest existing commercial building in Woodland
and was Woodland's first hotel. Originally called the
Planter House and later renamed . . . — — Map (db m154489) HM
Erected 1850, the original structure was destroyed by fire in 1870, and rebuilt in 1871 by the citizens of Smartsville on the original foundation. At one time this church served 800 parishioners, mostly Irish Catholics employed at the Smartsville . . . — — Map (db m39828) HM
Glenwood Canyon inspired the finest hour in American rail travel. During World War II a railroad official rode through here in the cab of a diesel freight locomotive. The view from the panoramic windshield so impressed him that he began steps to rig . . . — — Map (db m120140) HM
The Bidwell-Bartleson Party
In 1841, John Bidwell and John Bartleson became the first Americans emigrants to undertake a wagon crossing from Missouri to California.
Although Oregon was the primary destination of early westward-bound . . . — — Map (db m140278) HM
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