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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BXH_iris-garden_Pasadena-CA.html
In memory of Alfred Henry Sturtevant, Geneticist and Naturalist, Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1970.
These iris resulted from genetic studies he made between 1952 and 1969.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BX7_beckman-ph-meter_Pasadena-CA.html
Arnold O. Beckman developed the first commercially successful
electronic pH meter while a member of the faculty of the
California Institute of Technology. This rugged and portable
"acidimeter," which had all necessary components house…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BKT_colonel-willian-j-pete-knight_Lancaster-CA.html
Pete Knight was one of four Air Force pilots selected to pilot the Dyna-Soar (X-20) aircraft, the first Air Force space program. He was one of eight X-15 pilots to earn his astronaut wings by flying an airplane in space (280,000 feet).
Knight …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BKS_brig-general-charles-e-chuck-yeager_Lancaster-CA.html
Chuck Yeager logged over 10,000 hours in 180 different military aircraft, including foreign and experimental rocket aircraft.
In 1947 Yeager, piloting the X-1, broke Mach 1 at Edwards AFB. He continued to fly the X-1 as a research vehicle and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BIX_watering-trough_South-Pasadena-CA.html
Erected in 1906 by Woman's Improvement Assn as a rest stop for horses and men as they traveled between Los Angeles and Pasadena.
Restored by Woman's Club of South Pasadena, 1968.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BIW_the-angeles-national-forest_CA.html
This was the first National Forest in the State of California, second in the United States. Created by proclamation, December 20, 1892, by President Benjamin Harrison. The first name given to the forest was "San Gabriel Timberland Reserve." It was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8I_mount-wilson-trail_Sierra-Madre-CA.html
Made in 1864 by Benjamin (Don Benito) Wilson, to bring down timber for his ranch. Up this trail pack burros carried telescope and materials for the first Mt. Wilson Observatory, established by Harvard College in 1889. Orchard Camp (the Half-Way Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1N_san-rafael-rancho_Glendale-CA.html
San Rafael Rancho, first granted to José Maria Verdugo, Oct. 20, 1784.
Catalina Adobe built about 1828.
And, General Andres Pico oak tree camp site, before he surrendered to General John C. Fremont, 1847.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1M_the-lion_El-Monte-CA.html
"The Lion" dedicated 1980.
Gay's Lion Farm 1924 - 1944.
Donated 1948 to El Monte Union High School.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B1L_mount-lowe-railway_Altadena-CA.html
Cable wheel, last remnant of Incline section, Mt Lowe Railway, Rubio Canyon to Echo Mt, 1893-1938, built by Prof. T.S.C. Lowe, D.J. Macpherson, engineer.