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SHADYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL ERECTED 1930
PADRE CROWLEY POINT In memory of The Padre of the Desert 1891 - 1940 FATHER JOHN J. CROWLEY From the snowy heights of the sierras beyond the deep shadows of Death Valley, beloved and trusted...
TORPEDO PORT USS MAINE DESTROYED FEB 15, 1898 CUBAUSA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PORTO RICO ERECTED BY E H LISCUM CAMP NO 7USWV FEB. 16 1978
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Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15, 1929-Apr. 4, 1968 Founding President Southern Christian Leadership Conference "They said one to another, behold, here cometh the dreamer... let us slay him... And...
THE WAR WITH SPAIN 8 IN MEMORY OF 8TH CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT EIGHT ARMY CORPS MUSTERED IN AT CAMP BARRETT OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA JULY 6, 1898 COMPANIES A - CHICO B - SAN JOSE C -...
HISTORICAL POINT OF INTEREST AT THIS SITE ON AUGUST 31, 1896, THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA STEAMER "MIIKE MARU" ARRIVED WITH HER CARGO OF TEA. THIS WAS THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED STEAMER...
Site of Ah Louis Store Here in 1874 was established Ah Louis' Store. The first Chinese store in the county, it sold general merchandise and herbs and served as a bank, counting house, and post...
Mokelumne Hill Mokelumne is an Indian word first applied to the nearby river. Earliest settlement at Happy Valley by French trappers. Gold discovered by discharged members of Stevenson's Regiment...
General Store In continuous use since 1852. Built of Volcano brick and native limestone. Originally two stores: The Sacramento (Left) Owned by Mandelbaum & Klauber; Charles Burleson's...
HOOVER DAM NAMED IN HONOR OF HERBERT CLARK HOOVER 31ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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1630 1930 GOVERNOR WINTHROP HOUSE SITE OF HOUSE ERECTED BY GOVERNOR WINTHROP ABOUT 1634 AND OCCUPIED FOR A TIME PREVIOUS TO 1647 BY HIS SON DEANE WHO ESTABLISHED ON THE NEARBY HILL A SHIP...
Doors open at the Palace of Purification. Submitted by squideye
CORNER STONE LAID AUG 15 1903 RELAID NOV 27 1906 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ORGANIZED DEC 7, 1854