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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBGN_site-of-the-vine-street-brown-derby_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The most famous Hollywood restaurant of its day, the Brown Derby opened Valentine's Day, 1929. Owner Robert Cobb was also the inventor of the Cobb Salad. He originated furnishing telephones at tables during mealtime. celebrities popularity was gau…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12Q_long-beach-marine-stadium_Long-Beach-CA.html
Created in 1932 for the rowing events of the Xth Olympiad, the Stadium was the first manmade rowing course in the United States. Its width allowed four teams to race abreast, eliminating additional heats and allowing oarsmen to enter the finals at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ1_discovery-well-signal-hill-field_Signal-Hill-CA.html
Shell Oil Company - Alamitos No. 1 · June 25, 1921.
One of the world's most famous wells, Alamitos No. 1, was started on March 23, 1921, and completed June 25, 1921, at a depth of 3,114 feet, flowing 590 barrels of oil a day.
This dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX9_la-cienega-mud-springs-birthplace-of-san-dimas_San-Dimas-CA.html
La Cienega—Mud Springs, Los Angeles - San Bernardino - Sonora RoadStage Station and campground. A place favored by the Indians. Near here in 1774 and 1776Juan Bautisa de Anza—trailblazer, colonizer—and his followers passed on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFV_first-home-of-pomona-college_Pomona-CA.html
On this site, September 12, 1888,was held the first session of Pomona College.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC4_pomona-water-power-plant_Claremont-CA.html
The first hydroelectric installation in California for long-distance transmission of alternating current at high voltage was built in 1892 on San Antonio Creek below this spot by the San Antonio Light and Power Company organized by Dr. Cyrus Grand…