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In Memory Of

DEDICATED JUNE 1986 IN MEMORY OF GEORGE NICHOLS MEMBER 1973 - 1976 LEE EDWARD HARRIS MEMBER 1964 - 1973 STANLEY "STAN" MORGAN CHAIRMAN OF THE FAIR 1964-1971

    Piers 1 1/2, 3, & 5

      In Memory of Louise Gschwend

        Water Powered Mills of Brownsville

          Shirley Carney

            The Site of the Last of Three No-Warning Car-Bomb Explosions

            IN REMEMBRANCE THIS STONE MARKS THE SITE WHERE THE LAST OF THREE NO-WARNING CAR-BOMB EXPLOSIONS OCCURRED ON 17TH MAY 1974 IN WHICH 2 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES  Installed by Justice for...

            • dublin
            • troubles
            • car bomb

            Max Baer

            MAX BAER RAISED IN LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA, BAER BEGAN HIS BOXING CAREER IN 1929 AT AGE 20 IN OAKLAND. HE WON HIS FIRST TWELVE FIGHTS BY KNOCKOUTS. IN 1933, WEARING THE STAR OF DAVID ON HIS TRUNKS,...

            • livermore
            • boxing
            • 1934

            Tehachapi Loop - Calif Historic 508

              California Historical Landmark Tehachapi Loop From this spot may be seen a portion of the world renowned "loop". It was completed in 1876 under the direction of William Hood, Southern...

            • historic landmark
            • railroad
            • california

            Tehachapi Loop - ASCE Plaque

            Placed and commemorated in 1998 by History & Heritage Committee  Los Angeles Section and Southern San Joaquin Branch  American Society of Civil Engineers   The Tehachapi Loop is a 0.73-mile (1.17...

            • historic landmark
            • railroad
            • asce

            In Memory of Eva Marie Schicke

            This is one of two markers erected at a roadside overlook -- which the U.S. Forest Service modestly calls Rim of the World -- in memory of wildland firefighters killed in blazes in...