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Northern Boundary of Rancho San Antonio

There's an earlier Read the Plaque entry that shows the reverse side of this marker, on San Pablo Avenue, right in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch next to El Cerrito Plaza. To be honest, I...

There's an earlier Read the Plaque entry that shows the reverse side of this marker, on San Pablo Avenue, right in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch next to El Cerrito Plaza. To be honest, I...

  • east bay
  • albany
  • berkeley
  • oakland
  • california
  • land grants
  • rancho san antonio

USS Pampanito (SS383)

USS PAMPANITO (SS383) HAS BEEN DESIGNATED ANATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1986 NATIONAL PARK...

USS PAMPANITO (SS383) HAS BEEN DESIGNATED ANATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1986 NATIONAL...

  • california
  • san francisco
  • fisherman's wharf
  • us navy
  • ship
  • landmark
  • 1986

Navy Beach

Navy Beach During the Cold War, Mono County was home to one of many remote facilities used by the US Military to test new weapons and weapons systems. A "secret military installation" operated by...

Navy Beach During the Cold War, Mono County was home to one of many remote facilities used by the US Military to test new weapons and weapons systems. A "secret military installation" operated by...

  • mono lake
  • mono county
  • eastern sierra
  • california
  • cold war
  • military sites

Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless Grape

Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless GrapeWilliam Thompson, an Englishman, and his family settled here in 1863. In 1872 he sent to New York for three cuttings called Lady de Coverly of...

Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless GrapeWilliam Thompson, an Englishman, and his family settled here in 1863. In 1872 he sent to New York for three cuttings called Lady de Coverly of...

  • california
  • highway 20
  • sutter county
  • agriculture history
  • thompson see...

Birthplace of Naval Aviation

  • coronado
  • california
  • aviation
  • san diego

The Southwestern College - San Ysidro Center

The Southwestern College - San Ysidro Center is dedicated  as a living memorial to those who died so tragically on July 18, 1984,Borboa-Firro, Elsa HerlindaCaine, Neva DeniseCarncross, Michelle...

The Southwestern College - San Ysidro Center is dedicated  as a living memorial to those who died so tragically on July 18, 1984,Borboa-Firro, Elsa HerlindaCaine, Neva DeniseCarncross,...

  • mcdonalds
  • san ysidro
  • san diego
  • california
  • memorial

McGee Mountain Rope Tow

McGee Mountain Rope Tow   The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of the McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area was...

McGee Mountain Rope Tow   The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of the McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area...

  • california
  • eastern sierra
  • dave mccoy
  • mammoth mountain
  • dave mccoy
  • ecv

Independence, California: Mary Austin's House

    "But if ever you come beyond the borders as far as the town that lies in a hill dimple at the foot of Kearsarge, never leave it until you have knocked at the door of the brown house under the...

    "But if ever you come beyond the borders as far as the town that lies in a hill dimple at the foot of Kearsarge, never leave it until you have knocked at the door of the brown house under...

  • mary austin
  • california writers
  • inyo county
  • independence
  • eastern sierra
  • california
  • owens valley

Engine #18, Carson & Colorado Railroad

  An oil burning steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1911, was purchased by the Southern Pacific R.R. in 1928 to haul passengers and freight along the 300 mile narrow gauge line, known locally...

  An oil burning steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1911, was purchased by the Southern Pacific R.R. in 1928 to haul passengers and freight along the 300 mile narrow gauge line, known locally...

  • owens valley
  • independence
  • inyo county
  • eastern sierra
  • california
  • railroads

Edmund Schulman Memorial Grove

Edmund Schulman Professor of Dendrochronology   A pioneer of modern tree-ring dating, Dr. Schulman conducted research on bristlecone pines here in the White Mountains for many years, eventually...

Edmund Schulman Professor of Dendrochronology   A pioneer of modern tree-ring dating, Dr. Schulman conducted research on bristlecone pines here in the White Mountains for many years,...

  • bristlecone pines
  • white mountains
  • inyo county
  • california