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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22H9_little-italy-landmark-sign_San-Diego-CA.html
The Little Italy Landmark Sign was dedicated and lit at the 7th Annual Little Italy Festa on the evening of October 8, 2000. The landmark sign was constructed as a tribute to this immigrant neighborhood which, until the late 1960s, was the hub of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21TM_jefferson-davis-highway_San-Diego-CA.html
First Pacific Terminal
Jefferson Davis Highway
Presented To City of San Diego
May 12, 1926
By California Division
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Replaced May 12, 1956
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-ada84_the-carlsbad-theatre_Carlsbad-CA.html
The Carlsbad Theatre had its grand opening on February 8, 1927 with the showing of the film "It" starring Clara Bow. Mr. A.J. Clark, the developer and manager, hosted the ceremonies. The Theatre featured a full stage, fly gallery, orchestra pit, p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WEF_capt-john-a-frazier-historical_Carlsbad-CA.html
Discoverer of the famous Carlsbad mineral water and co-founder of the City of Carlsbad, California
While drilling for fresh water for his farm on this spot in 1882, John Frazier sank three wells - one 415 feet, one 450 feet, and one 510 feet …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WE8_carlsbad-santa-fe-depot-historical_Carlsbad-CA.html
Original depot built in 1887 and also served as telegraph, Wells Fargo, post office and general store. Renamed "Carl" from 1907 to 1917, it became the hub of local agriculture about 1915. The last passenger train stopped in 1957 and it was closed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WE7_carlsbad-by-the-sea-retirement-community-historical_Carlsbad-CA.html
In 1881, Captain John A. Frazier, a homesteader, purchased 127 acres of oceanfront land for $1200. While drilling for drinking water in 1884, Frazier tapped into an underground mineral spring. He built a 510 foot well tower and began promoting the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WE6_st-michaels-by-the-sea-episcopal-church-historical_Carlsbad-CA.html
The first church built in Carlsbad was St. Michael's By-the-Sea Episcopal Church. Originally erected in 1894 overlooking the ocean on Oak Avenue, the quaint Gothic structure was moved to it current site in 1959 when Florence Shipley Magee donated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WE5_the-magee-house-historical_Carlsbad-CA.html
Samuel Church Smith, one of the original founders of Carlsbad, built this house in 1887. Sold to Alexander Shipley in 1896, it remained his family home until 1974 when it was bequeathed to the City by his daughter Florence Shipley Magee.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WE4_twin-inns-historical_Carlsbad-CA.html
This Victorian structure was built in 1887 for Gerhard Schutte, whose role in the development of the town led to his being called the "Father of Carlsbad." Schutte and partners Samuel Church Smith and D.D. Wadsworth founded the Carlsbad Land and M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NU5_boys-of-45_Oceanside-CA.html
They were the Boys of '45, Marine veterans of the Pacific Island hopping campaigns, 18 to 21 year olds, and the career Marines who had been at every clime and place. They were the 3d, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions and Support Units.
They were the…