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Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West Historical Markers
The NSGW was formed by Albert Maver Winn in 1875 to preserve the California historic buildings and sites of the Gold Rush and prior. The only requirement to be a member is to have been born in California. The sister organization, NDGW, followed soon thereafter.
By Syd Whittle, February 13, 2011
Trinity Episcopal Church Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | Trinity Episcopal Church, founded as a parish in 1855, opened for divine service in this building on November 2, 1873. Previously on this site was “Caldwell’s Upper Store”, built in 1849 for the miners of Upper Deer Creek Dry Diggings, . . . — — Map (db m40294) HM |
| | Dedicated to the pioneers who blazed the
Overland Trail through these mountains.
Built by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads and the California Highway Commission
1925-1926.
This tablet placed by the Historic Landmarks Committee of the . . . — — Map (db m94763) HM |
| | This covered bridge across the South Fork of the Yuba River at Bridgeport, Nevada Co., Calif. was built by David I. Wood in 1862 with lumber from his mill in Plum Valley, Sierra Co., Calif. Erected by Columbia Parlor No. 70, N.D.G.W., French Corral, . . . — — Map (db m8528) HM |
| | Built in 1862 by David J. Wood with lumber from his mill in Sierra County, the covered bridge was part of the Virginia Turnpike Company toll road that served the northern mines and the Nevada Comstock Lode. The associated ranch and resources for . . . — — Map (db m78339) HM |
| | On October 28, 1846 the six covered wagons brought west by George and Jacob Donner and their families halted here for repairs. By March of 1847 one half of the party of 22 adults and children had died of starvation and cold. They came west seeking a . . . — — Map (db m60507) HM |
| | Near this spot stood the Breen cabin of the party of emigrants who started for California from Springfield, Illinois, in April 1846, under the leadership of Captain George Donner. Delays occurred and when the party reached this locality, on October . . . — — Map (db m94058) HM |
| | The face of this rock formed the north end and the fireplace of the Murphy cabin. General Stephan W. Kearny, on June 22, 1847, buried, under the middle of the cabin the bodies found in the vicinity. Following is a complete list of the members of the . . . — — Map (db m94061) HM |
| | This statue is the oldest public works of art project of its type in Orange County. Sponsored by the State Emergency Relief Administration, the Anaheim Rotary Club and the City of Anaheim, it was originally dedicated on September 15, 1935. . . . — — Map (db m51967) HM |
| | In 1869, near this location, Mr. Benjamin F. Kellogg helped establish the pioneer farming community of Fairview. In 1870 Mr. Kellogg donated land for the first Fairview school, built at today's Ball Road and Euclid Avenue. By 1888 the school, one of . . . — — Map (db m59762) HM |
| | First house built in Anaheim, 1857, by George Hanson, founder "The Mother Colony", group selecting name given settlement. This German group left San Francisco to form grape growing colony. Southern California Vineyards became largest in California . . . — — Map (db m50119) HM |
| | Don Gaspor Portola
with 60 men camped here
July 31, 1769 on his first
exploring route from
San Diego to Monterey. — — Map (db m130638) HM |
| | This was the first school in the Rivera District, constructed in 1868, and previously located on Shugg Lane, now Slauson Avenue — — Map (db m103382) HM |
| | This adobe building was constructed about 1820 as part of an outlying mission stock headquarters to shelter the herdsmen who cared for the cattle from Mission San Juan Capistrano. After secularization, the property continued as a cattle ranch . . . — — Map (db m79043) HM |
| | The townsite began in 1887 with the arrival of the AT&SF RR. James Irvine II chose this site to be the shipping center for crops grown on the Irvine Ranch, due to its high elevation. Original buildings remaining include the Bean Shed (1895), Bulk . . . — — Map (db m50339) HM |
| | Esslinger building was constructed in 1939 by Dr. Paul Esslinger after he was inspired by a 1937 trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The medical building was constructed using poured-in-place concrete and is one of the best examples of Streamline . . . — — Map (db m159729) HM |
| | Egan House was constructed in 1883 by Judge Richard Egan. Also known as “Harmony Hall”, the story-and-a-half Renaissance Revival building served as the town courthouse, as well as Judge Egan’s private residence on the upper story. The . . . — — Map (db m159731) HM |
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The Auburn depot is the fourth depot constructed (1902) on this hill. The original depot was constructed in 1865 when the Transcontinental Railroad came through Auburn. It burned down and was replaced in 1870. The second depot was sold and . . . — — Map (db m81586) HM |
| | An old fashioned drugstore down to the vintage marble soda fountain, Auburn Drug Company was established in 1896 by James T. Gibson. It was first located on the upper left side of Railroad Street (now Lincoln Way), just below Freeman Hotel. It was . . . — — Map (db m67555) HM |
| | The Central Pacific Railroad reached Auburn in 1865. This site has been a blacksmithing shop since shortly thereafter. In 1890 it became known as Auburn Iron Works. Blacksmithing, one of the most valuable trades in the foothills, provided services . . . — — Map (db m67556) HM |
| | Rebuilt in 1860 after a fire, George Willment resumed his mercantile business on the lower floor of this new fireproof building. The second floor was added at this time which was owned and operated by the Eureka Lodge #16 F&AM. In 1871, Willment . . . — — Map (db m67551) HM |
| | So named because of its location on the Bloomer Ranch, it remains virtually unchanged since its original construction in 1864. The overwhelming task of construction was undertaken by the diligent, hard working efforts of a small band of Chinese . . . — — Map (db m93971) HM |
| | This building first constructed in 1852, opened on September 22, 1855 as the first Placer County Hospital. In 1890 the building was badly damaged by fire. At the time, the upstairs was the residence and gallery of photographer J.M. Jacobs and the . . . — — Map (db m93966) HM |
| | The Gold Bug stamp mill was built in the 1880s in the Tahoe National Forest. The Gold Bug Mine, one of many smaller hardrock mines located throughout the Mother Lode, was established to protect the ownership of the main quartz vein of the Eagle Bird . . . — — Map (db m94180) HM |
| | Occupied by Eureka Lodge No. 16 F.A.M.
Much of the material and furnishings came to Auburn via Cape Horn S.A.
This plaque is dedicated to the Pioneers of Auburn by Auburn Parlor No. 232 Native Daughters of the Golden West
June 11, 1933 — — Map (db m44071) HM |
| | In 1889 Walter Gaffett set up a powder factory which was part of the Giant Powder Company from the Bay Area. It's reported that 22 people died from explosions by 1917 when the factory was dismantled. This building originally was the company store. . . . — — Map (db m67550) HM |
| | Auburn’s original joss house (dedicated February 1909) was located directly across Sacramento Street. After the August 25, 1921 fire that destroyed most of Chinatown, a building was erected here that later became home to the Ling Ying Association. . . . — — Map (db m43696) HM |
| | The Auburn Masonic Hall was completed in 1917. Since completion it has been home to Eureka Lodge No.16, F. & A. M. The building is clad in beautiful terra cotta manufactured by the Placer County firm of Gladdin McBean. It is the last remaining . . . — — Map (db m31811) HM |
| | Katsuichi and Tomo Tsuda of Hiroshima, Japan established the K. Tsuda General Merchandise in 1918. That original store was located at 135 Sacramento Street, about one block east of this location. The business continued to operate at that site until . . . — — Map (db m55649) HM |
| | Travelers’ Rest Stage Roadhouse constructed 1851. Benjamin Bernhard, native of Hesse-Cassel, Germany, arrived Auburn 1852, purchased surrounding 30 acres 1868. Developed high level vineyard and orchard cultivation and pioneered experimental silkworm . . . — — Map (db m690) HM |
| | This marker dedicated to the pioneer settlers of Alder Grove, later known as Illinoistown from 1849-1865 — — Map (db m152550) HM |
| | On the day of July 3, 1901 a stagecoach, driven by Henry Crockett, was on its way to the town of Foresthill when a hooded man appeared with a shotgun and ordered Crockett to stop, to which he replied, “You are only foolin.” At that the . . . — — Map (db m667) HM |
| | Native Sons of the Golden West are proud to donate this plaque to commemorate the
Pioneers of Deadwood
Placer County,
California
Those gold seekers developed a mining community here along the El Dorado Trail which also served such . . . — — Map (db m678) 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 |
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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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 1875 – Sheridan’s founder, Eugene Rogers, buried friend Quincy Stanclift (1849-1875) here. Rogers soon married Quincy Stanclift’s sister Adelaide. The site became the family’s private cemetery.
1888 - Eugene Rogers sold two acres . . . — — Map (db m42048) HM |
| | Beckwourth, a mountaineer, trader, and Crow Chief, discovered and promoted this emigrant trail. In 1852, near this site, he established the first waystop for emigrants between here and Salt Lake City. — — Map (db m66176) HM |
| | 1850
Marysville - Jamison City
Tablet set in stone from early day arrastra used in Jamison Creek. — — Map (db m56455) HM |
| | Lowest pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Discovered in 1851 by
James P. Beckwourth
Dedicated to the discoverer and to the pioneers who passed along this trail by the Las Plumas Parlor No. 254 N.D.G.W.
May 1937
No desert’s waste nor . . . — — Map (db m143424) HM |
| | Dedicated by
Plumas Pioneer Parlor
No. 210, N.D.G.W.
Plumas Parlor
No. 228, N.S.G.W.
October 26, 1930 — — Map (db m143425) HM |
| | Gold discovered
Rabbit Creek – 1850
Renamed
La Porte – 1857 — — Map (db m56299) HM |
| |
Original location
One hundred yards north east
Haven of pioneers
Pack train diversion point
for miners
to Feather River points.
Stage station.
Express and post office.
1850 – 1852
Emigrant Trail
Destroyed by fire Jan. 13, . . . — — Map (db m143427) HM |
| | O.H.
Copied from tree,
carved by comrade, 1852. — — Map (db m143428) HM |
| | Dedicated to
Pioneers of Plumas County
To the
Founders of Elizabethtown
and
Elizabeth Stark Blakesley
for whom this town was named
Sept. 1852 — — Map (db m143430) HM |
| | This is the original pioneer school house Erected in 1857
————
Trustees – J.W. Thompson & J.C. Church
Teacher – Mr. S.A. Ballou – Nineteen scholars — — Map (db m143431) HM |
| | Site of the first permanent residence in Indian Valley. Built by Jobe T. Taylor in February 1852.
This maker made from the millstones brought around Cape Horn in 1856 for the first flour mill in the Pacific Northwest, located in Taylorville, . . . — — Map (db m66160) HM |
| | On March 16, 1774, Juan Bautista de Anza, Indian fighter, explorer, and colonizer, led through this pass (named by him San Carlos) the first white explorers to cross the mountains into California. The party traveled from Tubac, Arizona, to Monterey, . . . — — Map (db m143392) HM |
| | The first commercially significant hydroelectric plant in California, designed and built by Gustavus Olivio Newman, went into service here in 1888. Utilizing the flow of the Riverside Water Company Canal to produce about 225 kilowatts of power used . . . — — Map (db m50704) HM |
| | On January 1, 1776, the first party of colonists to come overland to the Pacific Coast crossed the Santa Ana River south of this marker and camped between here and the river. Recruited in the presidios of Sonora, Mexico, and led by Lt. Col. Juan . . . — — Map (db m50995) HM |
| | Danish sea captain Cornelius Jensen sailed to San Francisco during the Gold Rush to sell his cargo. In 1854 he settled in Agua Mansa, established a store, and married Mercedes Alvarado, a descendant of a pioneer Californio family. The Jensens . . . — — Map (db m50685) HM |
| | Frank A. Miller (1857-1935) made adobe bricks for a small 12 room guest house which he opened in 1876. Over the years by successive building additions he fulfilled his dream by recreating this early California Mission style setting of a hotel. — — Map (db m50994) HM |
| | This survivor of the ill-fated Donner Party was the daughter of George and Mary Blue Donner. Born near Springfield, Illinois, in 1832. She arrived in California in December 1846 with her sister, Leanna Charity Donner, and was rescued by the first . . . — — Map (db m10521) HM |
| | Rhoads School completed 1872. Located on the west side of Sheldon Road, now called Sloughhouse Road two miles south of Jackson Road. Replaced first Rhoads School located north side, near levee of Cosumnes River next to Rhoads south west property . . . — — Map (db m18018) HM |
| | In 1908 Elk Grove acquired through the efforts of Miss Harriet G. Eddy, then principal of Elk Grove Union High School, the first county free library branch in California. Subsequently, California's county free library branch system has become one of . . . — — Map (db m11868) HM |
| | Site of stables at Western terminus of Pony Express (1860-61), later used by blacksmith shops. Adjacent after 1892 fire, was built two - story Burke's Hall, a community center. Meeting place of Granite Parlor No.83, NSGW (1886-1958).
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m77653) HM |
| | Gold Rush and Railroad town Folsom became the Western Terminus of the Central Overland Pony Express on July 1, 1860. The express mail had been run by pony to and from Sacramento. Beginning on July 1, 1860, the
Sacramento Valley Railroad carried it . . . — — Map (db m5090) HM |
| | Site of Prairie City, mining town and center of trade in California Gold Rush days. In July, 1853, Prairie City reached the height of its prosperity, and included fifteen stores and ten boarding houses and hotels. Two stage lines operated daily. A . . . — — Map (db m10823) HM |
| | Early day assay office
and home of
Wells Fargo and Co.
1860 — — Map (db m37112) HM |
| | Alder Springs, south of this point, marks the Old Coloma Road, running between Sutter’s Fort and Culluh-mah (Coloma). Established in 1847, this road was used by James W. Marshall in January 1848 to bring the first gold from Sutter’s Mill to the . . . — — Map (db m11901) HM |
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Organized March 1874
Dedicated October 1882
Presented by Native Daughters of the Golden West
San Juan Parol #315
Rededicated 5-15-98 — — Map (db m2033) HM |
| | Owned and operated from 1857 as a stage station by Henry F. W. Deterding. This was the site of the second remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express during March-July 1860. Here on April 4, 1860, Sam (Bill) Hamiton with the first eastward . . . — — Map (db m2034) HM |
| | Left Column
M. K. Anderson 42-5 • S. H. Anderson 42-9 • M. P. Schwartz 42-8 • R.V. Greenslade 42-8 • J. M. Strickland 42-5 • J. D. Jackman 41-H • W. J. Anderson 42-9 • G. Kitchens Jr. 41-H • W. W. Elliott 41-I • J. R. Bullock 42-10 • W. P. . . . — — Map (db m52707) HM |
| | To the memory of the riders of the
Pony Express, 1860-1861
First relay station out of Sutter's Fort.
Dedicated April 19, 1936
by the Native Sons and Daughters
of the Golden West. — — Map (db m61348) HM |
| | Sloughhouse, prominent hotel and stage station on the road to the Amador mines, was a favorite stopping place for travellers, notably Leland Stanford. Constructed in 1850 by Jared Dixon Sheldon, it was destroyed by fire in 1890, and rebuilt the same . . . — — Map (db m10271) HM |
| | This structure, erected in 1852-53, was occupied during the 1850’s by the B.F. Hastings Bank, Wells Fargo and Co., various state officials, Sacramento Valley Railroad, and the Alta Telegraph Co. during April 1860 - May 1861. The Alta Telegraph Co. . . . — — Map (db m11388) HM |
| | This building was the home of the Booth Company, a wholesale grocery business and its founder Newton Booth, lawyer, writer, lecturer, and politician. Booth served as State Senator 1862-1863, and lived here while Governor of California 1871-1875 and . . . — — Map (db m154356) HM |
| | This museum dedicated to
LOYALTY – COOPERATION – PROGRESS
And to the Ideals of
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY — — Map (db m143488) HM |
| | [Main Marker]:
Captain John A. Sutter, after coming up the Sacramento River from Yerba Buena in August 1839, landed approximately two hundred feet north of here, at what was then the south bank of the American River. A short time . . . — — Map (db m10522) HM |
| | Dedicated to the Memory of
Father Junipero Serra
1713 - 1784
the first Franciscan missionary
to whom California owes an
everlasting tribute – he brought
civilization to our land and in deed
and character he deserves a . . . — — Map (db m14817) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m13886) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m12455) HM |
| | This mansard-styled Victorian house was built for Albert Gallatin in 1877. Acquired by the State, it served as the first official Governor's residence. Governor George C. Pardee and his family moved in during November, 1903. It ultimately served as . . . — — Map (db m13882) HM |
| | Built in 1881 for August and Louisa Heilbron and
occupied by them and their descendants until
1953. Purchased and restored by San Diego Federal
Savings and Loan in 1974, this historic mansion
symbolizes the emergence of Sacramento from
Gold . . . — — Map (db m135526) HM |
| | On the south bank of the American River near this spot General John A. Sutter landed August 12, 1839 and founded New Helvetia which is now Sacramento City. Also on this river in the mill race at Coloma fifty miles east of here on January 24, 1848 . . . — — Map (db m94906) HM |
| | This memorial is dedicated to the
men and women
of McClellan AFB whose sacrifice, courage
and determination contributed
immeasurably to the
nation's security — — Map (db m52692) HM |
| | Established by John Sutter in 1849. Purchased in 1857 by J.W. Reeves, who later deeded it to the City of Sacramento. 1009 Chinese buried here were shipped to China by the Chinese Societies who deeded their plots to the city. — — Map (db m143479) HM |
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Dedicated in 1849 to the use of future generations by
Captain John A. Sutter
Later used as a hay market, miners gathering place, civic celebrations and since 1873 as a public park. — — Map (db m17346) HM |
| | Established as a living memorial to the early builders of California in recognition of their courage, determination & contribution toward progress in the community & our golden state. — — Map (db m14822) HM |
| | Resting place of California Pioneers. The cemetery was established in 1850. Many of the victims of the Cholera Epidemic of that year are buried here. Included among the graves of illustrious Californians are those of Governors John Bigler, Newton . . . — — Map (db m11349) HM |
| | The Pioneer Hall was built in 1868 as headquarters of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, which was organized February 6, 1853. It has been owned and cared for since its construction by the California Pioneer Association, descendants of . . . — — Map (db m68629) HM |
| | The Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West planted it on July 19, 1939. and dedicated it September 9, 1948, on the occasion of the celebration of Admission Day and the Centenary of the founding of the modern City of Sacramento. — — Map (db m11886) HM |
| | Sutter’s Fort, established by Capt. John A. Sutter in August 1839, marked the Western end of the Coloma Road. Opened in 1847, this road ran from the Fort to Sutter’s sawmill at Coloma. Used by James W. Marshall in January 1848 to bring the news of . . . — — Map (db m11897) HM |
| | This colonial style revival structure was built in 1900 for Chauncy H. Dunn and his family. Mr. Dunn was a prominent attorney, who represented several important clients including the William Land estate. The building was originally located on . . . — — Map (db m98062) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m17538) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m28331) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m26966) HM |
| | “On October 24, 1839, I blessed the Campo Santo Nuevo (New Cemetery, which because the cemetery adjoining the church could hold no more bodies, was laid out away from the church).”
Fr. Antonio Anzar
A part of . . . — — Map (db m125365) HM |
| | The Castro/Breen adobe is associated with the early development and settlement of Mexican California. The adobe is an excellent example of blended eastern and western building methods first produced in Monterey to form the Monterey Colonial . . . — — Map (db m82243) HM |
| |
[Upper Marker]
EL CAMINO REAL BELL
Placed Here June 24, 1910
by
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
PARLOR No. 179
Native Daughters of
the Golden West.
Rededicated -- 1974
[Lower Marker]
EL CAMINO REAL
BELL
Placed Here
June 24, . . . — — Map (db m82204) HM |
| | The American flag was first raised on California soil March 4, 1846 on this spot by
General John C. Fremont — — Map (db m62681) HM |
| | Reportedly built in the 1840’s by a Basque named Rafael Pico. First recorded owner Maria Antonia Boronda in 1849. Owned by family members of Jose Maria Castro for many years. Ruins purchased by San Juan Bautista Parlor, N.D.G.W. in 1934. — — Map (db m62688) HM |
| | Dedicated MDCCCCXXIII
by the citizens of San Juan
Bautista under the auspices of the
San Juan Bautista Parlor
Native Daughters of the Golden West
to the
Veterans of the World War
and in memory of
Charles F. Patrick
who died . . . — — Map (db m62722) WM |
| | Near this spot once stood the home of Isaac Williams, first American settler in this valley, about which on September 26-27 1846, was fought the first important engagement in California of the war with Mexico.
This was also the site of the Chino . . . — — Map (db m379) HM |
| | This example of early California architecture was built in 1850-53 by Raimundo Yorba. Purchased in 1868 by Fenton Mercer Slaughter, it was preserved as a memorial to him by his daughter, Julia Slaughter Fuqua. — — Map (db m923) HM |
| | This historic site marks the resting place of the pioneers of the Agua Mansa area which was started about 1840. The preservation of this cemetery began in 1951. — — Map (db m127364) HM |
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