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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXU0_mother-colony-house_Anaheim-CA.html
First house built in Anaheim, 1857, by George Hanson, founder "The Mother Colony", group selecting name given settlement. This German group left San Francisco to form grape growing colony. Southern California Vineyards became largest in California…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXTZ_the-serrano-adobe_Lake-Forest-CA.html
State of CaliforniaHistoric Landmark No. 199La Casa de Adobe de Jose SerranoHome of Jose Serrano, original granteeofRancho Canada de los AlisosRestored A.D. 1932
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXT4_newland-house_Huntington-Beach-CA.html
Wm. Taylor Newland and Mary Juanita Newland settled in Huntington Beach in 1898. An early civic leader and agricultural developer. Newland was a pioneer in clearing the Santa Ana River lowlands for productive farming. Restored by Huntington Beach …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSA_olinda-oil-museum-and-trail_Brea-CA.html
On this site, Edward L. Doheny drilled the first oil well in the Olilnda field in 1897. Olinda #1, drilled to 806 feet, pumped about 50 barrels per day (bpd). By 1898, ten wells were drilled, some producing up to 100 bpd. In 1899, the Santa Fe Rai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXS8_old-anaheim-library_Anaheim-CA.html
Anaheim's first building constructed exclusively for library use was erected in 1908 with a grant of $10,000 from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The site was purchased with funds raised by popular subscription. This building was designed by Los A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXS7_los-alamitos-sugar-company-and-towns-founding_Los-Alamitos-CA.html
The first sugar beet processing plant in Orange County was built here in 1897 on land donated by the Bixby Land Company. The industry brought jobs and development that created the new town of Los Alamitos. Although nematode infestation of the suga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXS6_grijalva-adobe-site_Orange-CA.html
Juan Pablo Grijalva, a Spanish soldier, came to California with the Anza Expedition in 1776. On this hill he built one of the first adobes in what is now Orange County. In 1801 he petitioned for use of the land that became the Rancho Santiago de S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXS4_aliso-creek-adobes_Mission-Viejo-CA.html
This spring and the sycamore trees mark the area of an adobe house and outbuilding built in the 1840s by Jose Serrano, whose Rancho Canada de los Alisos stretched to the north. Within a short distance were the two adobes of Juan Avila's Rancho Nig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXS3_buena-park-womans-clubhouse_Buena-Park-CA.html
Since its establshment in a newly created Orange County (1889), the Buena Park Woman's Club has influenced the civic life of its community. The club helped establish a volunteer fire department in 1915, a library district in 1919, and the town's f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXRY_submerged-dam_Orange-CA.html
This pioneering water project, a model of efficiency and economy, was first built of clay in 1879. After flood damage, it was rebuilt with rock and concrete in 1892. Each dam reached down to bedrock, forcing ground water to the surface where it wa…