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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Fort Bragg, California

 
Clickable Map of Mendocino County, California and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Mendocino County, CA (45) Glenn County, CA (10) Humboldt County, CA (157) Lake County, CA (28) Sonoma County, CA (163) Tehama County, CA (32) Trinity County, CA (59)  MendocinoCounty(45) Mendocino County (45)  GlennCounty(10) Glenn County (10)  HumboldtCounty(157) Humboldt County (157)  LakeCounty(28) Lake County (28)  SonomaCounty(163) Sonoma County (163)  TehamaCounty(32) Tehama County (32)  TrinityCounty(59) Trinity County (59)
Ukiah is the county seat for Mendocino County
Fort Bragg is in Mendocino County
      Mendocino County (45)  
ADJACENT TO MENDOCINO COUNTY
      Glenn County (10)  
      Humboldt County (157)  
      Lake County (28)  
      Sonoma County (163)  
      Tehama County (32)  
      Trinity County (59)  
 
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1 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Charles Russell JohnsonFounder of Fort Bragg, CA
Near North Main Street (State Highway 1), on the right when traveling south.
. . . Map (db m11085) HM
2 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Dynamite Shack
Near West Elm Street near Glass Beach Drive.
The dynamite stored in this little bunker was used to blast the area's first railway tunnel starting in 1892. The tunnel, built by Union Lumber Company, runs through the ridge dividing the Pudding Creek and Noyo River Watersheds. Powder . . . Map (db m96561) HM
3 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — First Baptist Church Bell
On East Pine Street at North Franklin Street, on the left when traveling east on East Pine Street.
Cast in England and brought around the Horn. First bell in Fort Bragg. It hung in the steeple from 1890-1952. It summoned worshipers to church, sounded fire alarms and curfew.Map (db m152830) HM
4 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — 615 — Fort Bragg
On Main Street (State Highway 1), on the right when traveling south.
Established in this vicinity June 11, 1857 by 1st Lieutenant Horatio Gate Gibson, 3rd Artillery, later Brigadier General, US Army. Named by Gibson in honor of his former company commander, Braxton Bragg, later General, C.S.A. Abandoned in October . . . Map (db m10585) HM
5 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Fort Building
On North Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north.
The last remaining structure and once the original quartermaster’s storehouse and commissary of Fort Bragg Military Post 1857-1864, then located near Laurel and Redwood Avenues.Map (db m10586) HM
6 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Jacob Green Jackson State Forest
On Fort Bragg - Willits Road (State Highway 20), on the right when traveling east.
This state forest is named in honor of Jacob Green Jackson (1817-1901), founder of the Caspar Lumber Company. His motto "Walk Humbly - Deal Justly," was exemplified by his operation and that of his successor and grandson, Casimir Jackson . . . Map (db m153770) HM
7 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Major William F. Mullen Freedom Tree
On West Laurel Street.
This Freedom Tree is dedicated by the City of Fort Bragg to Major William F. Mullen, MIA, and all other permanently disabled, MIA and POW veterans of the Vietnam Conflict in gratitude for their sacrifices.Map (db m153493) WM
8 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Our Past Through Our Trash
Near West Elm Street near Glass Beach Drive.
The strange and beautiful objects found along this beach started out as trash. Until 1959, this site was Fort Bragg's garbage dump. Years of smoldering fires and salt-water spray melted and twisted old cars, household trash, electric materials, . . . Map (db m96556) HM
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9 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Runway!
Near West Cypress Street.
The first plane owned by the Union Lumber Company landed on this airstrip in 1949. Company executives traveled by air from San Francisco to oversee mill operations or to go on summer and holiday vacations. Planes took off and landed here for the . . . Map (db m152602) HM
10 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Surrounded By Trees
Near West Elm Street near Glass Beach Drive.
Long ago, young Lucy Cooper became annoyed by the wind that blew her clothing around. She brought sacred acorn meal from her house and offered it to the wind. The wind stopped. Lucy Cooper's Pomo village, called Kah-la-deh-mun, . . . Map (db m96564) HM
11 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — The Parrish Family Cemetery
Near California Highway 1 (California Route 1) at Johnson Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1893 David Franklin Parrish, his wife, Sarah Linebough Parrish, six daughters and four sons, “set out for Fort Bragg...to raise potatoes and peas on the bluffs by the ocean.” David had worked with Luther Burbank in Santa Rosa during . . . Map (db m64773) HM
12 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — The Weller House
The Weller House as been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior c.1886 [Statement of Significance: 1886; Frame; clapboarding; 2 1/2 stories; modified . . . Map (db m12025) HM
13 California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg — Whirring Saws Silenced: A Pictorial History of the Mill Site
Near West Elm Street near Glass Beach Drive.
You would have heard the buzz of saw blades, the roar of trains and trucks moving logs in and lumber out, the blast of steam from the smoke stack, and the set-your-watch-by-it blow of the lunch whistle. But that's all gone now. The old mill that . . . Map (db m96562) HM
 
 
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Apr. 24, 2024