Santa Cruz Wharf 100th Anniversary
Santa Cruz Wharf 100th Anniversary December 5, 2014 City of Santa Cruz City Council Lynn Robinson, Mayor, Done Lane, Vice Mayor, Hilary Bryant, Pamela Comstock, Cynthia Mathews, Micah Posner,...
Reverend Herschel Harkins Memorial
Reverend Herschel Harkins Memorial Pacifica Pier Dedicated to a fisher of menSubmitted by: Eric Goodill
Fremont Peak
Fremont Peak Fremont Peak was called Gavilan Peak in early Spanish times. Gavilan in English means "hawk." In 1846 Capt. John Charles Fremont, brevet captain of topographical engineers of...
John Charles Fremont
John Charles Fremont 1813 - 1890 John Charles Fremont was a naturalist, explorer, scientist and captain with the U.S. Topographical Engineers on his third expedition to the west when he camped...
Dedicated in memory of Tim Crawford and Martin Alvarado
Dedicated in memory of Tim Crawford and Martin Alvarado who lost their lives on February 7, 2007, while performing underwater inspections at the Dos Amigos pumping plant. They sacrificed their...
San Luis Unit
San Luis Unit Joint facilities of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project Dedicated by Secretary of Interior Stewart L. Udall April 20, 1968 Constructed by United States...
Romero Overlook
Romero Overlook Visitors facilities for the San Luis Dam and San Luis ReservoirSubmitted by: Eric Goodill
In Memory of the Yokut Indians
In memory of the Yokut Indians who were here first and named the valley Cholame, The Beautiful One. To Norman F. "Buck" Kester who epitomized the pioneering spirit of the early settlers and to...
Restoration of the Merchant Marine Memorial
Restoration of this Memorial by Members of the Golden Gate Chapter San Francisco, CA of the American Merchant Marine Veterans, and Kings Point U.S. "Merchant Marine Academy" Alumni. Dedicated to...
The Reverend Laurentine Hamilton
The Reverend Laurentine Hamilton 1826 - 1882 The Naming of Mount Hamilton In the late summer of 1861, William H. Brewer, director of field work for the California State Geological...
James Lick
James Lick August 25, 1796 - October 1, 1876 Pennsylvania Dutch Farm Boy - Master Craftsman and Pianomaker - South American Business Entrepreneur - California Pioneer - Real Estate Investor...
James Edward Keeler
In memory of James Edward Keeler ScD. director of Lick Observatory 1989 - 1900. "Surveyed God's beauteous firmament unrolled like to a book new writ in golden words. And turned the azure...
Shay Locomotive
National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark Felton, California Heisler locomotive, built by Stearns Manufacturing Company, 1899. Shay locomotive, built by Lima Locomotive Works,...
First Saw Mill
First Saw Mill About three hundred feet south of this monument on the banks of Alambique Creek, stood San Mateo County's first saw mill built by Charles Brown in 1847. About the same time...
San Luis Camp Adobe
San Luis Camp Adobe Oldest building in Merced County, built in 1848 by Francisco Perez Pacheco and his son on Rancho San Luis Gonzaga. Later a stopping place for vaqueros while driving cattle to...
Ramirez Adobe
In 1849, Antonio Ramirez built a small adobe on the El Camino Real, near the site of the ancient Indian village, Holamna. As a main artery to California's gold fields, the El Camino Real brought...
First Mission Bell Made in California
The bronze bell in the center niche of the campanario was cast especially for this mission and is the first missiion bell made in California. It is 24 inches in diameter and weighs 500 pounds. ...
Apollo 11 Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment (LURE)
IEEE Milestone Apollo 11 Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment (LURE), 1969 On 1 August 1969, Lick Observatory made the first Earth-to-Moon distance measurement with centimeter accuracy....
Nova Albion
On June 17, 1579, Captain Francis Drake sailed his ship, Golden Hinde, into the Gulf of the Farallones and the bay that now bears his name. He sighted these white cliffs and named the land...
Soda Lake
Sola Lake At 3,000 acres, Soda Lake is one of the largest undisturbed alkali wetlands in the state. It provides important habitat for migratory birds, such as black-necked stilts,...