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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP0G_walnut-grove-est-1850-locke-est-1915_Walnut-Grove-CA.html
Walnut Grove, Est 1850Walnut Grove was established in 1850 by John W. Sharp and is one of the earliest settlements along the Sacramento River. Chosen because of the abundant walnut and oak forests in the area, the town quickly prospered as an agri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP0C_charles-chuck-tison_Walnut-Grove-CA.html
Charles "Chuck" Tison and his wife Betty moved to Walnut Grove in 1956 where they raised four children who all attended local schools. In 1969 the couple formed the Ti-Gas Company, a LP Gas sales & service distributor which is still a vital part o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP01_delta-transmission-towers-delta-cross-channel-gates_Walnut-Grove-CA.html
Delta Transmission TowersThe Delta area is home to four separate transmission towers which provide reception for television and radio stations serving the residents of Northern California. Three of the towers rival some of the tallest structures i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOTI_the-sacramento-placer-and-nevada-railroad-right-of-way_Folsom-CA.html
Here you can see the right of way of the Sacramento, Placer and Nevada Railroad. It was designed by Theodore Dehone Judah (March 4, 1826 - November 2, 1863) as Chief Engineer. Conceived in 1854 and constructed in 1861, it ran about thirteen miles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOT2_wells-fargo-and-company_Folsom-CA.html
Early day assay officeand home of Wells Fargo and Co.1860
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSY_turning-the-trains_Folsom-CA.html
From 1856 to 1971, Folsom was a railroad town. For most of those years, the Folsom depot was the last stop from Sacramento.
Before the trains could return to Sacramento, the locomotives had to be turned around. Until 1913, they rotated on railr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMWZ_in-memory-of-the-old-tier-grounds_Sacramento-CA.html
The unmarked last resting place of over three thousand pioneers, their exact place of burial, somewhere between the north border of Broadway and the north portion of the cemetery, and between 9th and 11th Streets, known but to their God.
Buried…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUT_john-p-rhoads_Sloughhouse-CA.html
One of the Donner Relief Party. Born Oct 5 1818, he carried little Naomi Pike over the snow clad mountains to Sutter Fort in 1847. Dedicated May 29, 1932.By Liberty Parlor 213Native Daughters Of the Golden West
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUC_jared-d-sheldon_Sloughhouse-CA.html
These millstones were brought from Mexico by water and oxcart in 1846 and were used by Jared D. Sheldon one of the earliest settlers in this valley in his grist mill near here, his Rancho Omochumne was granted him in payment for his work on Custom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMITX_sloughhouse-pioneer-cemetery_Sloughhouse-CA.html
Thomas Rhoades (Rhoads) and others left Iowa as an exploring group with permission of Mormon authorities. Traveled with Donner Reed Party from Missouri to Hastings Cut-off. Rhoades, wife, 14 children arrived Sacramento Valley Oct. 1846, first Morm…