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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM858_mahoney-mine_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
On Top of the HillFounded by Jerry Mahoney from Killarney, Ireland in 1851. Claim purchased from Alvinza Hayward. Merged with the Wildman Mine and reached a depth of 1200 feet. Produced $5 million in gold. Later part of Lincoln Consolidated Co.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM853_emerson-shaft_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
Eastern Shaft of the Wildman Mine located at the Post Office site. Used as an air chute and hoist shaft to dispose of waste rock later used to pave roads. The mine founded by William T. Wildman, circa 1851
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM851_wildman-mine_Sutter-Creek-CA.html
Founded by William T. Wildman in 1851. Merged with Mahoney Mine and reached a depth of 1500 feet. Combined mines operated a 70 stamp mill and produced a total of $5 million in old by 1924. Powder house used to store explosives. Became part of Linc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84T_luther-burbank-home_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
Luther Burbank was born in Massachusetts on March 7, 1849 and arrived in Santa Rosa in October 1875. In 1884 he purchased four acres surrounding this site as a place for horticultural experiments. Here he lived and worked until his death on April …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84K_camden-house_French-Gulch-CA.html
"Success was called LUCK by those that failed. From observation, nine-tenths of the "luck" came from hard work and judgement."Charles Camden
Charles Camden, who stressed patience, perserverence, and permanence, built this house as a one-room st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84E_toll-bridge_French-Gulch-CA.html
To cross Clear Creek in 1865 it would have cost you 10 cents to walk across, 25 cents to ride over on horseback, and $1.25 to cross by wagon. Charles Camden, the bridge owner, spent $20,000 to improve the road between here and the town of Shasta. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM840_tower-house-historic-district_French-Gulch-CA.html
Down this short trail, a bridge crosses Clear Creek just before the creek converges with Crystal and Mill Creeks. Prehistory and history converge here, too - on the Tower House Historic District. For more than 6000 years this area was home to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83U_methodist-episcopal-church-of-pescadero_Pescadero-CA.html
This Property Has BeenPlaced On TheNATIONAL REGISTEROF HISTORIC PLACESBy The United States Department Of The Interior
National Register of Historic Places Statement of Significance:
Building/structure dates: 1890 initial constructionSignific…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83J_sacramento-turn-verein_Sacramento-CA.html
In 1854 Sacramento was prospering notably in spite of the floods, fires and epidemics that had besieged her. German-born citizens and men of German ancestry decided to organize a "Turn Verein", as was the custom in their homeland. They circulated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83C_the-maine-memorial_Sacramento-CA.html
At forty minutes past nine, on the evening of the 15th of February 1898, the United States Battleship Maine was ripped by a sudden and devastating explosion, demolishing the entire forward section and sending the ship to the bottom of Havana Harbo…