This Police Memorial is dedicated to the Cypress Police Officers who gave their lives in the line of duty protecting the citizens of Cypress, May their memory and sacrifice never be forgotten.
Sergeant Donald J. Sowma
April 14, 1932 - . . . — — Map (db m195337) HM WM
On June 27, 1943,
near this site, a
P-38 fighter plane
on a training
mission from March
Air Force Base
crashed on the beach,
killing four children
and injuring dozens
of others.
With this marker we pay tribute to both the Silva and . . . — — Map (db m215822) HM
With reverence and humility
the City of Mission Viejo
remembers the victims
and honors the heroes
of the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center,
the Pentagon, and
United Airlines Flight 93. — — Map (db m215657) HM
The Santa Ana River once made an estuary along Mariner's Mile. The 1916 flood prompted efforts since to confine the river to its concrete bed on the border with Huntington Beach. A 1920 county bond issue enhanced the dredging of the bay to establish . . . — — Map (db m81924) HM
The 3-story flour and feed mill established by
Thomas Dillin and his sons began operation
Nov. 1, 1882. Its motive power was derived
from a turbine turned by Santa Ana River
irrigation water flowing down to the valley
below. On Sept 29, 1889, . . . — — Map (db m230936) HM
The site before you and the surrounding areas have been utilized by the Juaneno Indians (Original inhabitants of the Capistrano Valley). Mission San Juan Capistrano, and residents of this community in a variety of capacities over the years. . . . — — Map (db m188549) HM
This portrait by artist Nancy Fontaine dedicated in August 1985 of the "7" not forgotten American hostages in Lebanon stands as a reminder that Americans in Westminster and in the United States will not forget — — Map (db m196429) WM
The redwood trees along this path are dedicated in memory of the seven Challenger Crew Members
who lost their lives in the Space Shuttle accident which occurred on January 28, 1986.
Dedicated January 28. 1987
Gregory B. Jarvis •
Sharon . . . — — Map (db m195651) HM
May 1893: Another block fire raged on Rocklin’s Front Street; 25 businesses were destroyed and chambermaid Alice Irish lost her life. In that same year, the City of Rocklin was incorporated. Foremost on the new city’s agenda was the need for fire . . . — — Map (db m239929) HM
In the Spring of 1905, the Colorado River, swollen by heavy rainfall and snow-melt, surged into an irrigation canal east of where you are standing. The great "red bull" as settler called the river, overflowed the canals banks and spilled into the . . . — — Map (db m210761) HM
Within the building on this site stand the remaining walls of the Trujillo Adobe. The adobe was the center of La Placita de Los Trujillos, a village founded here in the 1860s. Many generations of the Trujillo family lived in the adobe. La Placita . . . — — Map (db m143382) HM
Built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style from a design by architect A.C. Willard, this building was remodeled in 1918 to resemble more closely the Mission Revival architecture of neighboring buildings. Originally the home of City Hall, the . . . — — Map (db m226121) HM
On October 12, 1865 the town of Rio Vista gained brief national attention
when Sacramento's newest and most luxurious river steamboat,
Yosemite, burst a boiler in her starboard side. Yosemite was bound
down river for San Francisco . . . — — Map (db m185611) HM
"Barge Burnt - On Friday afternoon last, the barge Monitor,
bound for Sacramento, was burnt and sunk two miles
below Rio Vista. This barge was built of the hull of the
steamer Monitor, the machinery having been removed and
the hulk . . . — — Map (db m185610) HM
A stock market panic in 1893 threw many out of work and created hard times. Labor strikes became increasingly aggressive until a strike of the Pullman Factory near Chicago in 1894 resulted in a nation-wide railroad boycott. Railroad workers in . . . — — Map (db m229897) HM
Floods, fires, and disease tested Sacramento’s resolve to survive. Floods were nearly an annual event and sometimes occurred several times in a winter season. City residents responded by building increasingly larger levees. Meanwhile, two fires in . . . — — Map (db m229814) HM
Floods, like fires, required extraordinary solutions. The City of Sacramento had been building levees with limited success since 1849. After a devastating flood in 1862, the community mobilized a massive effort to raise the central City as much as . . . — — Map (db m229815) HM
"Believe with the heart of a child;
find courage, comfort, and strength there."
- Kerri Francis McCluskey, Kristi's Twin Sister
In loving memory of the children
Kristin "Kristi” Dawn Francis ·
Elaine June Jugum · . . . — — Map (db m162348) HM
In Celebration of the
U.S.Geological Survey's Centennial
1879 - 1979
Dedicated July 4, 1979
by
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
In Cooperation With
Old Mission San Juan Bautista-Diocese of . . . — — Map (db m15340) HM
During the years 1930 and 1931 the Department of Defense built a network of emergency airfields for use by commercial aviation. During WWII the government converted many of them to military use.
This is the location of Bagdad Auxiliary . . . — — Map (db m241176) HM
"I never thought I would outlive the trees"
A century old herself in 2005, and seeing many of her beloved trees bow to beetle and flame, Pauliena Lafuze had done just that. She has been a Lake Arrowhead Woman's Club member since the . . . — — Map (db m30409) HM
Originating in 49 Palms Canyon in the mountains above 29 Palms during desert thunderstorms flash floods would race down the canyon, onto the highway and through the downtown area, flooding businesses and residences. The Flood Control Channel, . . . — — Map (db m165755) HM
On Sunday, May 5, 1918, 13 lives were lost here, including 11 soldiers and sailors stationed at Camp Kearny North Island and Point Loma. The rip currents were caused by unusual conditions of tides near the entrance to Mission Bay. Police Lifeguard . . . — — Map (db m212933) HM
You are facing San Francisco's only waterfront firehouse, built in 1913 for the fireboats and their crews. Fireboats stand by, directly alongside the fire station wharf, always ready for action. All along the waterfront are special manifold pipes . . . — — Map (db m92890) HM
In the cool, sweet pre-dawn silence of April 18, 1906, clocks marked 5:00 am. Empty streets picked up the clip-clop of the milkman's horse. At the wholesale market, as men unloaded produce wagons, horses suddenly reared up, snorting and neighing. . . . — — Map (db m92847) HM
This Golden Gate Ferry Terminal is dedicated to Stephan C. Leonoudakis in recognition of his pivotal role in initiating the legislation that returned passenger ferry service to San Francisco Bay while a member of the board of directors of the Golden . . . — — Map (db m240255) HM
When Warren Simmons
signed the Development
Agreement on September 10,
1975, part of the negotiations
included the salvage rights
to Pier 37, which was scheduled for demolition. Pier 39
planned to use all the weathered wharf planks and . . . — — Map (db m233381) HM
Look at the boats here. You will see commercial and sport fishing boats, excursion boats, fireboats, ferries, and maybe even some unusual rowboats. The Port of San Francisco manages all this activity, makes sure the public has access to the . . . — — Map (db m236763) HM
Imagine how the Glen Canyon Park used to be part of the open rolling hills far south of San Francisco and how you might feel if you came across this 70 acre, 500 foot deep canyon for the first time, protected by the winds down with its own . . . — — Map (db m143531) 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
San Francisco’s firemen were the unsung heroes of 1906. Leaderless because Chief Dennis Sullivan had been fatally injured by the quake, with indomitable courage they battled for three days and nights the flames that were consuming the city. — — Map (db m72079) HM
Some of the Presidio's highest-ranking officers lived in houses on the site of Pershing Square — until 1915, when disaster struck. On the night of August 27, 1915, fire ravaged the home of Brigadier General John J. Pershing, killing his wife and . . . — — Map (db m176606) HM
Though the water mains were broken and dry on April 18, 1906 yet from this GREENBERG hydrant on the following night there came a stream of water allowing the firemen to save the Mission District.
DEDICATED to Chief Dennis Sullivan and the men . . . — — Map (db m120358) HM
Built in 1866 and occupied by A.P. Hotaling & Co., this building housed the largest liquor repository on the West Coast. It survived the 1906 earthquake and fire due to a mile long fire hose laid from Fisherman's Wharf over Telegraph Hill by the . . . — — Map (db m40165) HM
In memory of the selfless and courageous actions of the Russian Imperial Navy sailors while saving the lives of many city residents in suppressing the great fire in San Francisco on October 23, 1863.
A close Russian translation on the . . . — — Map (db m200520) HM
Begun in 1933 in the depths of the Depression, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge put hundreds of men to work on two six-hour shifts, morning and night, for three years and seven months, to finish two months ahead of schedule on November 12, . . . — — Map (db m92904) HM
Tom Loughlin’s sculpture repurposes steel girders and a light salvaged from the original East Span of the Bay Bridge which was opened in 1936., damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and taken out of service in 2013. Demolition of the original . . . — — Map (db m210549) HM
In October of 1906, Joseph Debenedetti constructed this two story mission revival commercial style building, which immediately became the center of commerce for Half Moon Bay and the surrounding area. Rising from the ashes of the devastating 1906 . . . — — Map (db m10715) HM
The San Andreas Fault is the largest earthquake fault in North America. It passes through this point and alongside the tip of the small peninsula straight ahead.
In this area, during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the west side of the fault . . . — — Map (db m17165) HM
In memory of the 44 lives lost on November 8, 1957, when Pan American Boeing Stratocruiser N90944, operating as Flight 7 from San Francisco International Airport, crashed in the Pacific Ocean enroute to Honolulu, Hawaii, near the Point of No Return. . . . — — Map (db m229557) HM
Pre-1800s: Ohlone Indians inhabit the coast
Early 1800s: Spanish name Punta de las Balenas - Whale Point
1850s: Clipper ship Carrier Pigeon wrecks on the rocks that are thereafter called Pigeon Point
1860: Boom and . . . — — Map (db m93355) HM
The Point Arena was built in 1887. This sturdy steam schooner carried large loads of cargo yet was nimble enough to navigate the tiny "dog hole" ports of California's central coast.
On August 9, 1913, the Point Arena was loading tanbark at Pigeon . . . — — Map (db m194662) HM
Residents of this maritime-oriented village known as Embarcadero, Mezesville, Redwood Landing, and Redwood met 150 years ago in civic action to improve muddy, impassable streets that halted commerce during the winter. Twice before, residents had met . . . — — Map (db m207590) HM
The Australian company British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines DC-6B, VH-BPE, on a scheduled flight from Sydney to San Francisco with a final destination of Vancouver, Canada, crashed on Kings Mountain in San Mateo County during the morning hours of . . . — — Map (db m70332) HM
In memory of the tragedy of
Point Pedernales / Honda Point
8 September 1923
USS Delphy
USS S.P. Lee
USS Young
USS Woodbury
USS Nichols
USS Fuller
USS Chauncey
Dedicated 8 September 1983
by the American Legion . . . — — Map (db m70358) HM
Stearns Wharf Fire
At approximately 9:40 PM, November 18, 1998, the Fire Department
received an initial report of a fire near Moby Dick Restaurant.
The fire continued through the night and was extinguished by
6:45 AM. Three businesses were . . . — — Map (db m161428) HM
Beginning in the 1840s, the dock at Alviso served as Santa Clara County’s access to the San Francisco Bay. From this port, passengers boarded steamboats loaded with goods and produce bound for San Francisco and points beyond. In the early days of . . . — — Map (db m64389) HM
Benjamin Campbell and his neighbors formed the Campbell Water Company in 1892. It was Campbell’s first utility. Starting with one small tank, it was soon replaced with two wooden tanks, with a total capacity of 60,000 gallons. The 1906 Earthquake . . . — — Map (db m205295) HM
In 1874, a fire swept through the New Almaden community destroying many miner's homes. To prevent the recurrence of such a disaster, mine manager James Randol organized a local bucket brigade and ordered the construction of a bell tower and a . . . — — Map (db m114662) HM
In front of you is the site of the fifth Santa Clara de Asis Mission.
Floods, earthquakes and fires forced the Santa Clara de Asis Mission to move five times.
Today each of the mission sites are commemorated on the Santa . . . — — Map (db m195448) HM
Marker One:
For over a century, Agnews Hospital cared for those with mental illness and developmental disabilities. Established by an act of the legislature in 1885 as an asylum for the “insane,” its focus changed within a few years. When . . . — — Map (db m220572) HM
The California Legislature established the California Hospital for the Chronic Insane in 1885. It was the third state hospital constructed strictly for the care of mentally ill people. Theodore Lenzen designed the first structures on the 323-acre . . . — — Map (db m220688) HM
The 1906 Earthquake severely damaged most of the buildings at Agnews, causing the death of 106 patients and 11 staff. Director Stocking turned this tragedy into an opportunity to revolutionize patient care for the mentally ill. State Architect . . . — — Map (db m220686) HM
Agnews Main Building, a 5-story, red brick edifice, completed in 1888, was known as “The Great Asylum for the Insane”. The name Agnews came from nearby landowner, Abram Agnew.
The 1906 Earthquake leveled the 1888 structures. The present . . . — — Map (db m220334) HM
In a world of critical resource and environmental changes, Stanford is working toward solutions, educating new scientists and accelerating interdisciplinary research and discoveries. In the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford . . . — — Map (db m231890) HM
The Loma Prieta earthquake left a devastating mark on Stanford, displacing scores of faculty and students from their programs and departments, living quarters, and places of study. In just 15 seconds, 242 buildings were damaged, 20 of them so . . . — — Map (db m231811) HM
The original building on this site was a two-story clapboard parsonage of a Congregational minister. Chinatown was directly to the south.
The Alta Building Followed. It was erected in 1889 by Fredrick Hihn and was a two-story structure with . . . — — Map (db m212374) HM
The Loma Prieta Earthquake struck on Oct. 17, 1989. As a result, a brick wall from the Williamson & Garrett Building collapsed and fell through the roof of the Phoenix Building. Both Shawn McCormick and Robin Ortiz lost their lives as a result of . . . — — Map (db m212244) HM
Barry Swenson Builder
Project Manager: Jesse L. Nickell III
Thatcher & Thompson, Architects
Project Managers: Robert Scheren and Peter Silva
Structural Engineer: People Assoc.
Project Manager: Chris Taplin
The current facade design is . . . — — Map (db m212379) HM
Built for Anson P. Hotaling
Architects: Kenitzer & Kollofrath
Mission Revival facade—1922
Having been destroyed with the heart of downtown in an 1894 fire, the on-year-old bldg. was rebuilt and renamed “The St. George Hotel”, as the knight . . . — — Map (db m212380) HM
This facility is dedicated to the men and women,
who battled the 1992 Fountain Fire,
and those who have worked and are working
to restore this forest to a healthy and productive part
of the local ecosystem.
During the dangerous salvage . . . — — Map (db m13741) HM
[Two markers, side-by-side, describe the events that created the Devastated Area.] Marker 1:
A Night to Remember
May 19, 1915
You are standing in the aftermath of the volcanic destruction known as the Devastated Area. . . . — — Map (db m58113) HM
Following the May 1915 Lassen Peak eruptions, B.F. Loomis and other local residents discovered several massive hot rocks resting in the valley miles from the volcano. This hot rock is a piece of dacite lava that filled Lassen Peak’s crater. On May . . . — — Map (db m58114) HM
In the 1920s, prohibition ended wine production, eliminating one of the most profitable businesses in the Cordelia area. But the town was dealt
its worst blow in 1939, when a fire that began in the back of Glashoffs Meat Market burned down much of . . . — — Map (db m155132) HM
Construction of brick houses started July 1855. Comdt’s house completed April 1856. Damaged by earthquake March 30, 1898. Rebuilt 1900.
Plaque presented by Mare Island Employees’ Relief Association Sept. 1954 — — Map (db m217770) HM
Settlement of the area that would become Occidental began in the 1840s. On October 10, 1876, the narrow gauge North Pacific Coast Railroad was completed, and the first passenger train arrived at Howard’s Station, so named for William “Dutch Bill” . . . — — Map (db m219677) HM
Before you is one of the most significant historical buildings in California. At the time of its unveiling it was the grandest wine cellar in California, and our mission has been to restore it to the same heights of grandeur. It is the site of many . . . — — Map (db m231505) HM
In 1896 Innis Sturgeon published the first issue of the paper from the Main Street location. Alvin Fleharty bought the paper in 1903. Fire destroyed the building in 1906 and years of records were lost. The business moved in 1929 to the present . . . — — Map (db m208712) HM
This bell, cast in 1866, once adorned the clock tower of the magnificent Cone & Kimball Building which was the center of commerce in Red Bluff for nearly 100 years until destroyed by fire in 1984. — — Map (db m176562) HM
A U.S. Forest Service crew leader from Siskiyou County, Calif. Lost his life while fighting the Stanislaus Complex Fire which destroyed 147,000 acres. For the love of the forest he gave the ultimate sacrifice September 11, 1987.
Sit and rest . . . — — Map (db m905) HM
Three minutes before midnight on the night of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed sending over twelve billion gallons of water and debris the length of the Santa Clara River Valley from San Francisquito Canyon through Piru, Fillmore, and . . . — — Map (db m146565) HM
This memorial is dedicated to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the St. Francis Dam Disaster.
Just before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam collapsed and sent billions of gallons of water down the San Francisquito Canyon, eventually meeting . . . — — Map (db m146566) HM
January 31, 2000 at 4:22 PM, Alaska flight 261 ended off Anacapa Island. The flight was en route from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to San Francisco and Seattle. This monument honors and remembers for all time the eighty-eight passengers and crew members . . . — — Map (db m145063) HM
Minutes before midnight on the chilly evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam failed. The dam's 200-foot high concrete wall crumpled and collapsed, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, about five . . . — — Map (db m146569) HM
To honor victims of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, March 12, 1928. This monument of native stone was placed in respectful memory of the nameless souls whose unmarked graves rest in this hallowed ground. — — Map (db m146567) HM
In reverent memory of those who perished in the September 12, 2008 Metrolink Train Disaster, with hope and encouragement for those who survived, and with gratitude for the first responders for their heroism and compassion. — — Map (db m114074) HM
The low-lying Scorpion Valley has always been subject to
flooding, but overgrazing by sheep increased the intensity.
One night in December 1997, over a foot of rain fell on eastern Santa Cruz Island, sending a torrent of mud and water . . . — — Map (db m141329) HM
A disastrous fire on November 13, 1916 destroyed much of the two block long downtown business district. The fire started that morning near what is now the corner of G and 3rd Streets, and fierce north winds fanned the flames all day. . . . — — Map (db m144738) HM
On January 15, 1850, the fledging City of Sacramento, consisting mostly of tents and simple wooden buildings, stood in 6 feet of water. Two weeks later, the community pledged $200,000 to levee construction. But before the levee system could be . . . — — Map (db m15720) HM
Between 1889 and 1891, John Cradwick developed this large two-story block, possibly utilizing prior one story structures already present on the three-lot site.
Born in England in 1829, John Cradwick settled in the Winters area in 1875 where he . . . — — Map (db m40145) HM
The Fourteeners
There are 58 peaks in the Colorado Rocky Mountains that are above 14,000 feet in height. While 54 are generally acknowledged to be "14ers", most people who want to climb them want to climb all 58. They are contained in six . . . — — Map (db m119395) HM
September 11, 2001 On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001 terrorists struck the United States of America in a horrifying and coordinated attack that included the hijacking of four commercial jets. Three of these planes crashed into . . . — — Map (db m230956) HM
Front
Colorado's Northern Coal Field: Lest We Forget
Colorado's immense northern coal field, centered beneath these rolling hills, contributed to the early development and growth of Colorado and to the birth of nearby towns. . . . — — Map (db m119521) HM
This tablet is the
Property of the State of Colorado
On this site stood the original home of
Rocky Mountain News
First newspaper established in
the Pike's Peak Gold Region
Founded by Wm. N.Byers, April 23, 1859, . . . — — Map (db m5780) HM
During the 1860's, the first Chinese settled in Colorado, drawn here by the completion of the transcontinental railroad as well as by other demands for cheap manual labor. Existing amidst persecution, poverty and wretched living conditions, the . . . — — Map (db m96238) HM
Home of Margaret Brown, ‘Titanic’ survivor & national advocate for Suffrage & Labor Rights. Proposed as candidate for U.S. Senate 1914. — — Map (db m177950) HM
Ancestral Puebloans
Beginning around A.D. 600, Ancestral Puebloans built Colorado's first permanent towns in the canyon country south of here. Hundreds of these settlements sprawled across the desert, with an overall population possibly . . . — — Map (db m160128) HM
In the lower left corner of the large photo, you can see the edge of the roof of a house, which you are now facing. Constructed as a residence circa 1890, Frank Snell's home was destroyed in the fire of 1897 that devastated the western end of . . . — — Map (db m152902) HM
This memorial grove
and
sitting shelter
is dedicated in fond memory
of the passengers and air crew
of United Airlines #585
which crashed on this site
March 3, 1991.
Bonnie Bachman ·
Dan Birkholz ·
Andy Bodnar ·
Mildred Ann Brown . . . — — Map (db m214957) HM
Our 13,000 acres of forest provide a beautiful setting for the Academy. This landscape affords vital habitat for wildlife, abundant opportunities for outdoor recreation, and an essential backdrop for mission-related training. Our forests are a . . . — — Map (db m158294) HM
Wildfire behavior is influenced by three primary components. Two are non-negotiable: weather and terrain. The third component is wildland fuels, the only factor affording the opportunity to mitigate. Mechanical treatments such as brush removal and . . . — — Map (db m158342) HM
Prior to European settlement, the ponderosa pine forests of Colorado's Front Range experienced frequent fires. These were historically started by lightning strikes, and later by Native Americans. These low-intensity surface fires killed many small . . . — — Map (db m158301) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the men and women
of the United States Armed Forces, who were
present during the Japanese attack on the
island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii,
on December 7, 1941. In remembrance of those who
survived and fought . . . — — Map (db m163565) WM
The original building at this site was built in 1883 and was called the Hotel Colorado. It was quickly found too small for its needs and plans were made to replace it.
In 1884, Isaac Cooper, William Gelder, and Joseph Enzensperger made plans . . . — — Map (db m120095) HM
A blinding snowstorm reduced Engineer Hartenberg's vision as he guided the D & RGW passenger train No. 1 through Glenwood Canyon. It was 11:30 the night of February 1, 1899, as the train passed Shoshone headed for Glenwood Springs. . . . — — Map (db m120545) HM
This memorial is placed in honor of the men who lost their lives in the coal mines of New Castle.
Vulcan Mine - February 18, 1896
Thomas Addison·Gabriel Gleese·Angelo Petrico
Alphonz Baldis·John Gumbard·Phillip Preola
Peter . . . — — Map (db m120120) HM
The Rapid Growth
The second largest wildfire in Colorado history, the East Troublesome Fire, was first reported on October 14, 2020. Originating northeast of Kremmling, it continued to burn eastward for about two weeks. The peak spread . . . — — Map (db m242392) HM
Gunnison Remembers
Columbine High School
in Littleton, Colorado
April 20th, 1999
Lauren Townsend • John Tomlin • Daniel Rohrbough
Cassie Bernall • Rachel Scott • Corey Depooter
Kelly Fleming • Matt Kechter • Daniel Mauser . . . — — Map (db m158797) HM
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, IOOF, is an international fraternal organization that was founded on the North American continent in 1819. The command of the IOOF is to "visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate . . . — — Map (db m158806) HM
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