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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWM3_father-junipero-serra-fray-junipero-serra_San-Fernando-CA.html
Marker 1:Father Junipero SerraDonated by Wm Hannon FoundationCommemorating San Fernando Mission Sept 1797 - Sept 1997
Marker 2:Fray Junipero Serra1713-1784Founder of the California Missions
In Memory of Eugenie B. Hannon
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW5I_james-j-stegman-1920-2009-a-4c-skyhawk_Palmdale-CA.html
James J. Stegman1920 - 2009Born Aug 23, 1920, in Offerle, Kansas. He was the 6th son of 18 children. In 1940, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps as a Private. As he worked up in rank to Sergeant, he also was sent to pilot school. He received his wing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW5C_stanley-p-butchart-1928-2008-c-140-jetstar_Palmdale-CA.html
Stanley P Butchart1928 - 2008After receiving primary and secondary civilian pilot training. Butchart enlisted in the U.S. Navy in July 1942. Upon his completion of flight training at Corpus Christi, Tex., he joined torpedo-bomber Air Group VT-51 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW5B_b-2-spirit_Palmdale-CA.html
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman CorporationProduction Period: 1993 to 1997Number Produced: 21Production Series: Production Blocks 10, 20, and 30
Roles: Originally designed as a land-based all-weather intercontinental heavy-bomber for the US Air …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW5A_f-86f-30_Palmdale-CA.html
[Right Panel:]F-86F-30A/C SN: 23231Construction #1021FAA Registration N91FSDate Acquired: August, 1998From: Own, donated by Tractor CorpDisplayed: October, 1998
23 April 54 - First Flight11 May 54 - Assigned to the RCAF and assigned to 421 Sq,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS91_santa-catalina-island_Rancho-Palos-Verdes-CA.html
Located approximately 20 miles from the mainland, Santa Catalina Island rises 2000 feet above sea level, approximately 500 feet higher than the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The island is over 20 miles long, making it the longest of the eight California…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS8X_portuguese-bend_Rancho-Palos-Verdes-CA.html
The Palos Verdes Peninsula is an up lifted block of land forced out of the sea at a rate of about 0.4 millimeters per year over the last 2 million years. Once an island, the peninsula is encircled by thirteen wave cut terraces. These broad "benche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS8J_point-vicente-lighthouse_Rancho-Palos-Verdes-CA.html
The site was explored by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo on Oct. 9, 1542, and named Pointe Vicente Bante Maria by Captain George Vancouver in 1793. Placed in service by the U.S. Lighthouse Service on May 1, 1926, it was renamed Point Vicente by the Pacifi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS8I_liberty-hill_Los-Angeles-CA.html
In 1923 the Marine Transport Industrial Workers Union 510, a branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), called a strike that immobilized 90 ships here in San Pedro. The Union protested low wages, bad working conditions, and imprisonment …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQSB_fray-fermin-francisco-delasuen-o-f-m_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Born in Victoria, Spain - 1736. Joined the Franciscan Order in 1751. Sent to the College of San Fernando in Mexico City in 1759.
Labored in Mexico and Baja, California until 1775. Spent 10 years at Mission San Diego.
Selected 2nd Presidente …