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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XM6_mill-valley-railroad-depot-historical_Mill-Valley-CA.html
Constructed in 1929 by Northwestern Pacific Railroad, this mission revival-style depot replaced an earlier station at the same location. The first train arrived in Mill Valley in 1890 at a time when the town was called Eastland. This depot served …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XM0_william-richardson-historical_Sausalito-CA.html
In 1822, English-born Richardson arrived in San Francisco Bay on the whaler "Orion." After his baptism at Mission Dolores, he married Maria Antonia Martinez, daughter of the Commandante of the Presidio. In 1835, he founded Pueblo Yerba Buena, late…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QXD_fall-in-muir-woods_Mill-Valley-CA.html
Warm days, gold and crimson foliage, and migratory animals mark the season.
Sonoma chipmunks busily prepare for hibernation. They forage through the woods in search of seeds, nuts, and berries. When their cheek pouches are full, they dig a small…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q88_john-reeds-saw-mill_Mill-Valley-CA.html
Two miles west is the old saw mill, from which the city of Mill Valley acquired its name. It was constructed in the 1830's by John Reed, grantee of the Rancho Corte De Madera Del Presidio. The creek waters furnished the motive power for the mill, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q74_honoring-the-contributions-of-chinese-immigrants_Belvedere-Tiburon-CA.html
In 1979, local restaurant owner "Trader" Vic Bergeron donated this monument in recognition of the contributions of Chinese immigrants to America. Originally located at the site of the former Asiatic Dining Hall, it was relocated to this overlook i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q73_dr-lyfords-stone-tower_Belvedere-Tiburon-CA.html
THE STONE TOWER (also called the Stone Lodge, the Castle, or just Lyford's Tower) was designed and built about 1889 by the San Francisco architect Gustav A. Behrnd for Dr. Benjamin F. Lyford, retired inventor, physician and scientist, as the gatew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4B_rancho-olompali_Novato-CA.html
Rancho Olompali was home to three generations of Burdells from 1866 to 1943. For the following five years the new owner, Court Harrington, used the property to raise purebred beef. In 1948, the building was converted to a religious retreat when th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M4A_burrell-mansion_Novato-CA.html
A major stylistic change occurred in 1911 when James Burdell (Galen and Mary's son), hired a contractor for the then princely sum of $15,000 to expand and convert the wood frame building into a 26-room mansion. Interior fireplaces and a second sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KD0_preserving-the-forest-primeval_Mill-Valley-CA.html
You are entering one of the world's last remaining ancient coast redwood forests. This magnificent forest...with its redwoods, the tallest of living things...is protected and made accessible to the public by the National Park Service for the pleas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HB8_marin-french-cheese-company_Novato-CA.html
This site is part of Corte Madera de Novato granted by Governor Juan Alvarado to John Martin in 1840. Purchased by Jefferson A. Thompson in 1865. A working ranch and cheese making family of five generations, that continued to make the world famous…