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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K45_wilcox-building_Ramona-CA.html
This building of hand hewn beam logs cut from Volcan Mtn. was a general store, post office, a stage coach stop, and telephone exchange, owned by story telling Horace F. Wilcox, president of the "Hot Stove Society" - a gathering of men wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K43_theophile-verlaque-house_Ramona-CA.html
This house, built by French immigrant Theophile Verlaque in 1886, was the first permanent residence in the community of Nuevo, later known as Ramona. It is one of the oldest and best preserved buildings in the San Diego backcountry and is closely …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K40_ramona-town-hall_Ramona-CA.html
Dedicated on Washington's birthday, February 22, 1894, this building was given to the townspeople of Nuevo (as Ramona was then known) by a rancher and financier Augustus Barnett and his wife Martha. Feeling that the local schoolhouse was not a pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYVY_julian-town-hall_Ramona-CA.html
The 1st and 2nd halls, 1871-1876, were businesses available for civic uses. The 3rd, 1876, Centennial Hall, honored the 100th Anniversary of the USA, became too small and was sold for scrap. The 4th, 1897, an impressive building, burned Dec., 1912…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYH2_julian_Ramona-CA.html
Following the discovery of gold nearby during the winter of 1869-70, this valley became the commercial and social center of a thriving mining district. Ex-Confederate soldier Drury D. Baily laid out the town on his farmland and named it for his co…
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