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Daughters of the American Revolution Historical Markers
Markers erected by all chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Society is dedicated to historical preservation, accomplished by the efforts of its chapters at the local level. One of the ways they accomplish this is by placing monuments around the world to memorialize people and events throughout American history.
By Mark Hilton, April 20, 2019
Reverse side of Women's Veterans Memorial
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| Near Alabama Route 225 0.3 miles north of Upper Shay Branch Road. |
| |
Dedicated to all women veterans
who have served, sacrificed
and suffered for our nation.
Your patriotism and courage are greatly
appreciated and will never be forgotten.
[Seals of the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps & . . . — — Map (db m100943) WM |
| Near Depot Square at Bolling Street. |
| | On August 28, 1917, Alabama National Guardsmen departed from Union Station in Montgomery for shipment to France as the 167th United States Infantry Regiment of the Rainbow Division. Men from Butler County killed in action during 1918 in that great . . . — — Map (db m120940) WM |
| On Main Street south of East Oak Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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A Memorial to
Gen. Andrew Jackson,
the Tennessee Patriots,
the Alabama Patriots, and
pioneers who by their
courage and fortitude in
1813 - 1814, won five successful
battles in the Creek Indian
Campaign.
Side . . . — — Map (db m106593) HM |
| On Bird Jackson Road (County Road 35) 5.9 miles south of Simmons Creek Road, on the left when traveling south. |
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This marks the site of pioneer stockade
commanded by Captains Sam Dale and
Evan Austill. Choctaw Chieftain
Pushmattaha often here. Expedition
terminating in noted Canoe Fight on
Alabama River immediately east of
this site, was . . . — — Map (db m101566) HM |
| On Old Line Road (County Road 35) 2 miles north of U.S. 84, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here passed the Old Indian Trail used as a dividing line between the Choctaw and Creek Tribes.
General Andrew Jackson and his troops rested here for the night in 1813. — — Map (db m47633) HM |
| On Putnam Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on Putnam Street. |
| | James Elisha (Big Jim) Folsom, a resident of Elba,
Coffee County, served as the 45th and 47th
Governor of Alabama. Folsom lived in this home
from 1908 to 1910 when it was located near the
Folsom Mill Creek and Tabernacle communities.
The Folsom . . . — — Map (db m94160) HM |
| Near Natchez Trace Parkway (at milepost 327.3), 1 mile north of N. Pike (County Road 21). |
| | This monument is to memorialize Chickasaw Chief George Colbert who operated a river ferry, traveler’s stand, and had a home on this Natchez Trace site. Colbert Co. AL was named in his honor. — — Map (db m84706) HM |
| On County Road 5 2 miles north of Conecuh County (County Road 30), on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m47979) HM |
| On Water Avenue at Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on Water Avenue. |
| | Soldier of France
Volunteer in the cause of
American Liberty
Guest of the Nation
Entertained in Selma
On his way to Cahaba
1825
Placed by the Cherokee Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Selma, Alabama
June 14, . . . — — Map (db m37671) HM |
| On West Fort Toulouse Road 0.3 miles south of Jackson Park Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | At this site stood Fort Toulouse,
later Fort Jackson, named in honor of
Gen. Andrew Jackson
who on
March 27, 1814,
defeated the Creek Indians in a
decisive battle at Horseshoe Bend.
Erected
by
Peter Forney Chapter D.A.R. . . . — — Map (db m69705) HM |
| On Old Springville Road / County Road 30, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Established about 1850, Wear Cemetery is located off Old Springville Road to the northeast at Countryside Circle. In the 1800's the Wear family was among the first settlers of the community later known as Clay. Twenty-three remaining graves were . . . — — Map (db m25113) HM |
| On South College Street (Alabama Route 147) at Magnolia Avenue, in the median on South College Street. |
| | Settled by Judge J. J. Harper and others from Harris County, Georgia, in 1836.
This region was opened to settlement
in 1836-37 by the removal of the
Creek Indians to lands west
of the Mississippi River.
Erected by
The Alabama . . . — — Map (db m39830) HM |
| On West Thach Avenue west of South College Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
In memory of
The Auburn Men
who gave their lives
in the
World War — — Map (db m106948) WM |
| On Old Columbus Road at Edwards Road, on the left when traveling south on Old Columbus Road. |
| |
Here
in 1837 was
Lebanon
A Methodist
meeting house
around which grew up
Opelika — — Map (db m75149) HM |
| On Old Highway 20 at Mooresville Road on Old Highway 20. |
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Post office contains original call boxes
Old tavern, 1817 used as stagecoach stop
Red Brick Methodist church 1817
U.S. Gen. James A Garfield was stationed here 1862
White frame church is more than a century old
Andrew Johnson was . . . — — Map (db m28154) HM |
| On McClung Avenue SE, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Ratified in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote. The Twickenham Town Chapter, NSDAR honors the history of Huntsville's pioneer suffragists, who met here at the home of Alberta Chapman Taylor . . . — — Map (db m160637) HM |
| On Gates Avenue Southeast at Franklin Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west on Gates Avenue Southeast. |
| |
This tablet
marks the spot where
Alabama
entered the Union — — Map (db m154266) HM |
| Near Church Street east of South Conception Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Oldest Episcopal Church in the State 1823 • 1976 Placed by The Alabama Society Daughters of the American Revolution — — Map (db m143480) HM |
| On Conti Street at South Joachim Street, on the left when traveling west on Conti Street. |
| | "I want to take this occasion to say that the United States will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest. She will devote herself to showing that she knows how to make honorable and fruitful use of the territory she has and she . . . — — Map (db m86381) HM |
| Near Battleship Parkway (U.S. 98) 0.7 miles south of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Spanish conquistador who in the summer of 1559 led a large fleet to the northern Gulf Coast in the earliest grand attempt to colonize the area for Spain. He sailed into Mobile Bay in August 1559 with 11 ships, more than 500 soldiers, 1000 men, . . . — — Map (db m136742) HM |
| On East Jefferson Street at North Hull Street, on the left when traveling east on East Jefferson Street. |
| |
Lucas Tavern
Stood four hundred yards
north of this point
Lafayette
Spent the night here
April 2, 1825 — — Map (db m71358) HM |
| Near South Bainbridge Street north of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In grateful recognition of his valiant service and in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of his visit to our city — — Map (db m36508) HM |
| Near North Bainbridge Street at Monroe Street. |
| |
Washington
took command of the
American Army under
grandparent of this elm
Cambridge, Mass., July 3, 1775
————
Raised and given by Maryland D.A.R.
and Alice Paret Dorsey as part of
200th . . . — — Map (db m155635) HM |
| On Mobile Highway (U.S. 31) at Federal Road / West Old Hayneville Road (County Road 24), on the left when traveling north on Mobile Highway. |
| |
Federal Road, 1805,
between Milledgeville, Ga.
and St. Stephens, Ala.
crossed here.
Manac's Tavern
was two miles west. — — Map (db m39770) HM |
| On Elm Street at South Oak Street, on the left when traveling west on Elm Street. |
| | In honor of the men of Pike County who served in the World War 1914-1918. — — Map (db m76759) WM |
| On County Road 17 north of Longmeadow Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In Honor of Revolutionary War Soldier and
Shelby County Pioneer
Pvt. David Lindsay served with the Pennsylvania
Militia during the Revolutionary War and moved
to Alabama with wife Mary Casey Lindsay before
1820. The David Lindsay Historical . . . — — Map (db m144907) HM |
| On Spring Street at Madison Street, on the right when traveling south on Spring Street. |
| | (Title is text) — — Map (db m92666) HM |
| On Alabama Route 21 north of Mardisville Road (County Road 241), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This spot is near site of first U.S. Land Office, Talladega County 1832. — — Map (db m160547) HM |
| On North Broadnax Street (Alabama Route 49) at West Cusseta Street, on the right when traveling south on North Broadnax Street. |
| |
To the memory of
the men
of Tallapoosa County Alabama
who gave their lives in the
World War
Sanford E. Adams
Henry Lorenza Dabbs
Paul H. Harris
Amos D. Howle
Handley Mask
Clarence E. Newell
Allen Plant
Harmie E. Stevens . . . — — Map (db m68068) WM |
| On East Main Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This 10 foot high, 5 ton statue cast by St. Louis sculptor August Leimbach is one of 12 identical monuments to the bold spirit of the pioneers erected in 1928-29 along the National Old Trails Road from Maryland to California. — — Map (db m36380) HM |
| Near North Tex Canyon Road 0.2 miles east of East Rucker Canyon Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Lt. John A. Rucker, 6th Cav. U.S.A. perished in proximity in flooded White River July 11, 1878 attempting to save life of Lt. Austin Henely
Also on this site 1884-1943 ranch headquarters of Gray - Hampe - Rak — — Map (db m42057) HM |
| On Arizona Route 90 at milepost 314, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Situated on the southern route to the Pacific Ocean, it brought law and order to the Arizona Territory, protecting settlers, miners, travelers and immigrants. Its troops won the surrender of Geronimo. Generals Pershing and Wood served here.
As . . . — — Map (db m27897) HM |
| On Broadway Avenue (Arizona Route 72 at milepost 27) south of Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | General George Patton established Camp Bouse in 1943 in the Butler Valley as the site for training over 5,500 carefully screened and qualified volunteers. These soldiers were trained to use a highly secret weapon called the Canal Defense Light. . . . — — Map (db m29165) HM |
| On Ramada Drive at Park Drive, on the left when traveling north on Ramada Drive. |
| | In the 1860's, Prospector Pauline Weaver discovered gold on the eastside of the Colorado River, setting off a mining rush in the area. Ore from nearby mines in the Buckskin Hills was transported by wagon down the washes to the Colorado River which . . . — — Map (db m145826) HM |
| On South Iowa Street 0.1 miles south of Fulton Ranch Blvd., on the right when traveling south. |
| | The land surrounding this cemetery represents the beginning of commercial cotton growing in Arizona.
In January 1917, during World War I, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company founded the Southwest Cotton Company to begin producing long-staple . . . — — Map (db m34554) HM |
| | The military use of Papago Park began in 1909 when the northwest corner of the Park was withdrawn from the public domain for military purposes. This area was used by the 158th Infantry Regiment of the First Arizona Volunteer Infantry (National . . . — — Map (db m87962) HM |
| On North Brown Avenue at East First Street, on the right when traveling north on North Brown Avenue. |
| | The first Catholic Parish and oldest standing church building in Scottsdale, Arizona. Built by hand by the Mexicans who settled here in the late 1910's. — — Map (db m141345) HM |
| Near Oatman Road 10.7 miles north of Agua Caliente Road. |
| |
In memory of
The Oatman Family
Six members of this pioneer family
massacred by Indians in March 1851
— — Map (db m72168) HM |
| On West 1st Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Established in 1871, when the Salt River was a flowing stream and a barrier to travel the ferry was held on course by a wire cable taut across the river. It was an important link in settling the southwest.
Built and operated by
Charles . . . — — Map (db m27584) HM |
| On Dorado Drive south of Verano Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This cemetery remains as the last vestige of the pioneer settlement of Hardyville founded in 1864 by William R Hardy, the town served as an important ferry crossing, steamboat landing, shipping point for area mines and as the Mohave County Seat from . . . — — Map (db m29339) HM |
| Near Beachcomber Boulevard west of Kiva Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Site #6, now officially known as Lake Havasu Auxiliary Field #6, was acquired by the Army Air Force during World War II as an emergency landing field for the Kingman Army Air Field's Yucca Aerial Gunnery Range. The emergency field was established . . . — — Map (db m145825) HM |
| On McCulloch Boulevard 0.1 miles south of Arizona Route 95, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "We are now friends with England and with all Mankind."
Written by Benjamin Franklin, American Peace
Commissioner in Paris, following the signing of the peace treaty ending the American Revolution
September 1783
With American and . . . — — Map (db m31843) HM |
| Near West Alameda Street. |
| |
Commemorating
the raising of the
First American Flag
within the Walled
City of Tucson
Dec 16, 1846 — — Map (db m74174) HM |
| On North Main Avenue at West Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Avenue. |
| |
N. W. Corner
Adobe Wall of Spanish
Presidio of Tucson
Marked 1926 by D.A.R. — — Map (db m26462) HM |
| Near North Church Avenue at Washington Street. |
| |
N.E. Corner
Adobe Wall of Spanish Presidio of Tucson
Marked 1926 by D.A.R. — — Map (db m26460) HM |
| Near North Church Avenue. |
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This disc marks the southeast corner of the old adobe wall that protected Tucson from the Indians in the early days - prior to 1845
Moved to this location in 1955 — — Map (db m26461) HM |
| On South Sentinel Peak Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Used as a lookout and for signal fires by the Indians prior to and since 1692 and later by early settlers — — Map (db m38401) HM |
| On West Alameda Street near North Main Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Founded 1776
by the Spanish Government
as a Presidio.
Became part of U.S. after
Gadsden Purchase 1853 — — Map (db m26399) HM |
| Near North Apache Trail north of East Old West Highway, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Apache Trail was created by Native American tribes traveling between their summer homes in the mountains and winter homes in the desert. The Trail became a roadway in 1905, for use in hauling supplies to the construction site of Roosevelt Dam. . . . — — Map (db m145828) HM |
| Near East Hunt Highway 2 miles west of Arizona Highway 79, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
"The Father of Arizona"
Born April 20, 1825 — Died June 24, 1902
Native of Kentucky
Elected as first Arizona Delegate
To Congress in 1864
This Monument erected by the
State of Arizona in Conjunction with
Maricopa Chapter . . . — — Map (db m26662) HM |
| Near Prison Hill Road 0.5 miles north of Harold C. Giss Parkway. |
| | Below the junction of the Gila and the Colorado rivers was the only natural ford on the southern trail to the Pacific. Though often menacing, Indians helped early travelers across on crude rafts. Several ferries operated from 1850 on. Best known . . . — — Map (db m158300) HM |
| On East Jefferson Street east of North Oak Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Front
Ashley County in the Civil War
Thirteen companies were raised and organized in Ashley County for Confederate service during the Civil War: Co. F, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry; Cos. A, B, K and L, 3rd Arkansas Infantry; Co. F, 8th . . . — — Map (db m107691) HM |
| On Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| |
The Butterfield stage route
between Saint Louis and San
Francisco passed through the
main street of Van Buren,
Arkansas and crossed the
river at this point.
— — Map (db m96457) HM |
| Near Arkansas Route 77 north of East Military Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
First Highway constructed in Arkansas, Hopefield
to Little Rock, extended to Fort Smith and into Indian Territory, (Oklahoma). Built by the United States under supervision of the Quartermasters Department of the United States Army. Survey was . . . — — Map (db m116549) HM |
| Near Arkansas Route 77 north of Military Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Early on April 27, 1865, the overcrowded steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River near Marion, Arkansas. The vast majority of the Sultana's passengers, believed to number over 2000, were Federal soldiers, recently released . . . — — Map (db m116356) HM |
| On Spring Street just east of Post Office Court, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Near this spot around the year 1790 stood the first hotel and bath house built in the Hot Springs Territory. To mark the site of the first permanent citizen, the host of this tavern, JOHN PERCIFUL, reputed to have been a revolutionary soldier. This . . . — — Map (db m102954) HM |
| On West Barraque Street just from North Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | To honor Auguste La noir de Serville Hero of the American Revolution French Marine served under Count de Grasse Wounded Yorktown, VA Oct. 14, 1781 Died Jefferson Co. Ark. Dec. 30, 1828 — — Map (db m30579) HM |
| On Baseline Road (State Highway 362). |
| | This stone marks the base established Nov. 10, 1815
from which the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were surveyed by the United States Engineers. The first survey from this point was made to satisfy the claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812 . . . — — Map (db m6037) HM |
| Near State Highway 362 1.8 miles east of U.S. 49. |
| | This point was established by survey on November 10, 1815 by U.S. Government survey teams led by Prospect Robbins and Joseph Brown. Recognizing the national significance of this Initial Point, the L'Anguille Chapter of the DAR sought placement of a . . . — — Map (db m155200) HM |
| | 1541-1931
June 18, 1541
Hernando De Soto
Crossed the Mississippi River
near Friar's Point to Aquixo
an Indian Village
south of
Helena, Arkansas — — Map (db m51917) HM |
| Near East Trickey Lane at Military Road. |
| | Revolutionary War soldiers and brothers, Shared fought for North Carolina and Jacob fought for both North and South Carolina. In the winter of 1820-1821 they brought their families here from Williamson County, Tennessee and settled near this site. — — Map (db m116507) HM |
| On East 9th Street at Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east on East 9th Street. |
| |
This stone marks the Quapaw
Line, west boundary of lands in
Territorial Arkansas, ceded
the Quapaw Indians by the
United States according to
the Treaty of 1818 — — Map (db m116175) HM |
| On North 3rd Street at West De Queen Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 3rd Street. |
| | Belonged to a family of wealthy coffee merchants. He became interested in financing the completion of the Kansas City Southern Railway. A town on this railway was named for him and he personally selected De Queen.
1897 — — Map (db m121278) HM |
| On North Washington Avenue at East Elm Street, on the right when traveling north on North Washington Avenue. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m121964) HM |
| On Arkansas Route 10 just east of Main Street (Arkansas Route 307), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Located two and a half miles south was Monrovia, the first county seat of Yell County, and home of William Peavey. Monrovia holds the distinction of having the first post office in the county interior, established February 1828 with W.H. Peavey . . . — — Map (db m156872) HM |
| On High Street near Santa Clara Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | One thousand feet due west was a prehistoric mound, 400 feet long, 150 feet wide, and 14 feet high. The remains of 450 Indians with stone implements and shell ornaments were found when the mound was remove in 1908. — — Map (db m79861) HM |
| Near Center Street east of Oxford Street. |
| | This marker designates the area where on March 27, 1772 a scientific team under the auspices of the Empire of Spain stopped on Strawberry Creek to include an observation of is now known as Golden Gate. According to Juan Crespi, diarist, the first . . . — — Map (db m42034) HM |
| On West MacArthur Boulevard at Broadway, on the right when traveling east on West MacArthur Boulevard. |
| | About 1820, along this route ran the earliest known road from Mission San Jose over Rancho San Antonio to the ranchos north. — — Map (db m54112) HM |
| On Underwood Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Capt. Don Pedro, Father Fray Juan Crespi, fourteen soldiers, and a Christian Indian, camped here and took a latitude sighting of the Golden Gate.
Agalanes • John Rutledge • Ann Loucks • Mount Diablo • Berkeley Hills • Oakland Campanile • . . . — — Map (db m72138) HM |
| On Messilla Valley Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Oregon School District was formed in 1856 and the schoolhouse stood near Dry Creek behind the old Pence Hotel. In 1872 the schoolhouse was relocated and rebuilt behind the existing corrals south of present day Durhan-Pentz Road. Following the . . . — — Map (db m65869) HM |
| | –top plaque– This Unit of 500 Acres in the National Tribute Grove is Preserved Through the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution To Honor Those Who Served in the Armed Forces of the United States in World . . . — — Map (db m122130) WM |
| On County Route 39 at Road W, on the left when traveling east on County Route 39. |
| |
This historic Carnegie Library
was built to serve the small, rural
population of the surrounding area.
It was dedicated on July 14, 1917,
and has been in continuous use as a
free public library since that date.
The Willows Chapter . . . — — Map (db m91797) HM |
| On F Street at 7th Street on F Street. |
| | California’s first free library was established in Eureka on May 11, 1878 and was situated in this Carnegie Building 1904-1972 — — Map (db m71976) HM |
| Near East Aten Road at Imperial Valley Pioneers Expressway (California Route 111). |
| | This Memorial Erected
in Honor of Those Who
Served Their Country
in Time of War
By Veteran's Memorial Housing Committee - May 30, 1941 • Representing County Board of Supervisors - Hugh T. Osborne • Representing veterans of the war with . . . — — Map (db m81827) WM |
| On Rainbow Crest Drive at Reyes Adobe Road, on the left when traveling west on Rainbow Crest Drive. |
| | Daughters of the American Revolution commemorate the significant role the
Reyes Adobe historical site played in the development of California and its
history. The property was a stop along the state's famous El Camino Real. — — Map (db m154344) HM |
| Near Calabasas Road west of Valley Circle Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Known as the “Oldest House in Hollywood”, this house was built in the 1870’s by Eugene Raphael Plummer. — — Map (db m126802) HM |
| On Elizabeth Lake Road 0.2 miles east of Ranch Club Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Butterfield Overland Mail and Havilah Coachline used these houses from 1861-1881 — — Map (db m141467) HM |
| On Glendora Avenue north of Bennett Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | First historical landmark — Historical Society Museum, original site of 1913 city hall, jail, and fire house — Dedicated May 8, 1990. Bob Kuhn, Mayor, City of Glendora. John Gordon, President, Glendora Historical Society.
Marker . . . — — Map (db m137562) HM |
| On East Avenue M 0.7 miles east of 150th Street East, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Site of ancient Indian villages.
It was built in 1928 by H.A.Edwards.
It was purchased and enlarged, 1938-1941, by Grace Oliver.
The museum opened in 1941. — — Map (db m152544) HM |
| On Bixby Hill Road east of Palo Verde Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Honoring the Indians of Puvungna
who fished these shores long before the reign of the Dons.
U.S.A. Bicentennial year 1975
Susan B. Anthony Chapter NSDAR — — Map (db m132708) HM |
| Near East Avenue 43 at California Highway 110. |
| | Built by Charles F. Lummis, writer, editor, founder Southwest Museum.
Declared Historic Cultural Monument No. 68. — — Map (db m154345) HM |
| Near San Fernando Mission Boulevard 0.3 miles east of Sepulveda Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Founded in 1797 by Father Fermin Francisco Lasuen
We honor those men of faith, courage and vision who guided the founding of the mission and also those who have preserved it for posterity. — — Map (db m130662) HM |
| | To the memory of Benjamin Davis Wilson, Don Benito, 1811 – 1878, pioneer trapper and settler who came to California in 1841, and in 1864 blazed the trail up this mountain which bears his name. — — Map (db m123037) HM |
| Near South Mission Drive east of South Junipero Serra Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This marks the oldest building in Southern California of brick, stone and mortar. Built 1791-1805, completed and dedicated. — — Map (db m50947) HM |
| Near Point Fermin Park south of Paseo Del Mar. |
| | Panel 1:
Point Fermin Light House
Dedicated by Stephen M. White
and Rudecinda Parlors
Native Sons and Native Daughters
of the Golden West
San Pedro, California
May 2, 1940 - Built 1874
Panel 2:
Point Fermin . . . — — Map (db m51006) HM |
| Near Ocean Avenue near Alta Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In commemoration of the two-hundredth birthday of George Washington, first President of the United States, whose wisdom, foresight, and patriotism are an inspiration to all true Americans. — — Map (db m119721) HM |
| On Foothill Street west of Garfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Headquarters of General Jose Maria Flores before the capitulation to General John C. Fremont, January 13, 1847, at Cahuenga. — — Map (db m129774) HM |
| On Arroyo Drive south of Hermosa Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Panel 1:
Under this oak — the legend runs — the first Easter Services in California
were held by Father Crespi in 1770.
Panel 2:
Near this spot the Cathedral Oak stood. Time destroyed its roots. This . . . — — Map (db m134912) HM |
| On Sayre Street near Shablow Avenue. |
| | This tablet presented February 9, 1979, to the Veterans Memorial Park, in loving memory of the many veterans, nurses, and aides of the San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital, whose lives were lost during the earthquake of February 9, 1971. — — Map (db m150941) HM |
| On Whittier Boulevard north of Mar Vista, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Planted in 1907 as an experiment for the
University of California. — — Map (db m50978) HM |
| On 5th Avenue at A Street, on the right when traveling west on 5th Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| Near Rio Road at Lausen Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Honoring
Four Early Americans in California
They came to this coast as seamen and remained as settlers
Baptized in this Mission
George Mayo, of Plymouth, Mass., on 3 August, 1816
Thomas W. Doak, of Boston, Mass., on 22 November, 1816 . . . — — Map (db m63684) HM |
| | Forty-eight men of diverse education and cultural backgrounds from throughout California converged upon Monterey in September in 1849 to frame a constitutional government for California. Working together as Californians, they created this . . . — — Map (db m63348) HM |
| Near Station Place at Railroad Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built in 1868 for the first mayor of the city
Isaac Julian Harvey
Dedicated by
Santa Lucia Chapter, NSDAR
2012 — — Map (db m63637) HM |
| On North West Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This house was built in 1857 by Mr. Geo. Hansen the promoter of that little colony of Germans who founded what is now the City of Anaheim, and originally stood on N. Los Angeles St. between Chartres & Cypress Sts.
The building was a gift from . . . — — Map (db m51963) HM |
| Near Beach Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Typical of one room schoolhouse of the 1800's is this one from Beloit, Kansas. Built in 1879, it housed 8 classes at a time from the first through the eighth grades. Schools rarely had more than two rooms in those days, due not only to the limited . . . — — Map (db m103383) HM |
| On Serrano Road north of Lake Forrest Drive. |
| | The building and artifacts on this site are significant remnants of the history of Saddleback Valley. They serve as reminders that the efforts and accomplishments of those who lived here before us, are the basis of our communities today. — — Map (db m76718) HM |
| On Red Hill Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A promontory which served as a landmark for early travelers. It was called "Katuktu" by the Indians. — — Map (db m52087) HM |
| On Camino Capistrano, on the right when traveling north. |
| | An historic landmark uniting the "Miguel Yorba Adobe" 1778 "Juzgado" (Court and Jail) 1812 — — Map (db m51945) HM |
| On Lincoln Way at Commercial Street, on the right when traveling east on Lincoln Way. |
| | Erected in 1891 by the volunteer firemen of Auburn Hook and Ladder Company No.2 with funds raised by public subscription. Dedicated May 21, 1892. In continuous use until 1954 — — Map (db m11920) HM |
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