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Fritz Beerman and his son, Charles, came to Lincoln in 1880 and worked together in the harness and saddle shop at 5th and F Streets. Charles served as Lincoln’s Town Treasurer after the election of 1892.
Dedicated in December of 1991
Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m17722) HM
1859: Charles Lincoln Wilson buys this site, previously patented by Theodore Judah.
1861: C.L. Wilson erects a wooden warehouse to serve railway terminal across 5th street.
1863: Used often as a community hall, “Roods . . . — — Map (db m17835) HM
Founder of the City of Lincoln
First president of the Sacramento Valley Railroad
Founder of the California Central Railroad
Colonel Wilson came to California in 1849 not to look for gold but to build a transportation industry. After . . . — — Map (db m41008) HM
Erected in 1863 as Good Templars Hall
Original building, 30' wide, 2 stories (537 G)
Expanded south in 1913 by Williamson & Ingram
(Their wives, Emma and Ada, ="Emmada")
First grammar school in 1864
Becomes Granger Hall in 1875 . . . — — Map (db m25628) HM
Discovery of high grade clay deposits in the area in 1874 led to the founding of Gladding, McBean & Co. by Charles Gladding, Peter McGill McBean and George Chambers and erection on this site of the first clay sewer pipe west of the Rocky Mountains . . . — — Map (db m40947) HM
Erected in 1863 – 1864
By John Ziegenbein as a general store
Sold to Herman Lohse 1879; to George Aldrich 1881;
To A.C. Fleming (& Alex Hemphill) in 1888
Bank of Lincoln, Lincoln’s first bank, here 1902 – 1911
U.S. Post . . . — — Map (db m17784) HM
Fruitvale School
Fruitvale School District, formed in 1888, bought a one and half acre site from Jeremiah and Elizabeth Fowler on which this school was built in 1889. Lewis Gage was the first teacher here. Additions to the structure were made . . . — — Map (db m42040) HM
Erected in 1864
By International Order of Odd Fellows
Originally 24 feet (front) by 80 feet (along alley)
Two stories high; outside stairway on alley side
expanded east to present size in 1905,
adding four windows and inside stairway . . . — — Map (db m17876) HM
In memory of those
who made the supreme sacrifice
in World War II
[Left Column:]
Lawrence Berry • Carl Bohnisch • Etollo Carnesecca • Rene Clark • Bowman Carmichael
[Center Column:]
Stephen Davison • Michael Dougherty . . . — — Map (db m40911) HM
First called Manzanita Grove. Dense brush provided a rustlers’ hideout and corral. Area burial site, 1855, with public support:
"Manzanita Grove Cemetery Association.”
Site of Manzanita School 1857 – 1899. Land for school and . . . — — Map (db m40824) HM
(Named in 1891 by first pastor, Rev. H.M. McKnight, in honor of Bishop Holland McTyeire, founder of Vanderbilt University.)
The Lincoln Methodist Episcopal Church South was organized in February 1889 with 22 members. Ground was broken for the . . . — — Map (db m16947) HM
Owned by Hoppert Family since 1870's. (Descendant Cathryn Gates has title in 2002)
1862 - Small wooden building: "John Cannon, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law."
1870 - Christopher Hoppert buys this parcel and building, plus several to the . . . — — Map (db m17978) HM
