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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19N5_american-merchant-marine-veterans-memorial_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Panel 1:American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial
The United States Merchant Marine hasfaithfully served our country in times of war and peace, hauling life and cargo to every corner of the world.
This memorial is dedicated to those brave …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M9_machine-shop_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The Machine Shop is a one-and-a-half story building that was built on Main Street around 1910. It is located on the site of what is believed to have been the stables of Doria Deighton Jones' adobe home which was torn down in 1886, and was built by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M8_main-street_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Main Street is one of the oldest streets in Los Angeles. Originally called by its Spanish name, Calle Principal, it was included in the first survey map of Los Angeles, drawn by Lt. E. O. C. Ord in 1849. The street ran from south of First Street t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M7_jones-building_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Doria Deighton Jones was the widow of wealthy industrial John Jones who died in 1876. The Jones family formerly lived in a large adobe home which was torn down in 1886 when Bath Street was widened and made an extension of Main Street. Doria had at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16Q7_st-vincents-place_Los-Angeles-CA.html
This was the site of Saint Vincent's College from 1868 to 1887. The college, now Loyola University, was founded by the Vincentian Fathers in 1865 and was the first institution of higher learning in Southern California.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1641_de-la-osa-adobe_Los-Angeles-CA.html
This dwelling, built in 1849 by Don Vincente de la Osa, was a favored stopping place for the numerous travelers on El Camino Real. It stands on land that is part of the one-square-league Rancho El Encino granted in 1845 by Governor Pio Pico to thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14MJ_bella-union-hotel-site_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Near this spot stood the Bella Union Hotel, long a social and political center. Here, on October 7, 1858, the first Butterfield Overland Mail stage from the East arrived 21 days after leaving St. Louis. Warren Hall was the driver, and Waterman Orm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM149T_portola-trail_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Spanish colonization of California began in 1769 with the expedition of Don Gaspar de Portol? from Mexico. With Captain Don Fernando Rivera v Moncada, Lieutenant Don Pedro Fages, Sgt. Jos? Francisco Ortega, and Fathers Juan Cresp? and Francisco G?…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM142U_hancock-park_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Presented toThe Citizens of Los Angeles CountyIn December 1916 byCaptain Allan HancockWith a request that the scientificfeatures be preserved
First historic reference to the tar poolsRecorded in the diary of Caspar dePortola'In August 3, 1769
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11EJ_first-mayor-of-los-angeles-under-united-states-rule_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The Founders of the City of Los Angeles: Vanegas, Quintero, Rodriguez, Villavicencio, Navarro, Rosas, Camero, Rosas, Moreno, Mesa, Before 1850, the chief executive of the pueblo was the alcalde, who sat on the ayuntamiento (council) and served as …