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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2945_portola-sycamore_Carpinteria-CA.html
Oral tradition holds that this tree survives from the naming of "La Carpinteria" - the Carpenter Shop - on August 17, 1769 when the Portolá Expedition observed the Chumash building plank canoes at this site.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27CK_bit-o-denmark_Solvang-CA.html
In 1911 this was one of the first buildings built in Solvang. It served as a college for 3 years. Here church services were held until the present Danish Lutheran Church was completed in 1929. For 1929 to the present it has been a restaurant. Remo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM264B_moreton-bay-fig-tree_Santa-Barbara-CA.html
In 1876, a visiting sailor presented the seedling of this Moreton Bay Fig Tree to a little girl who planted it at 201 State Street. When the girl moved away a year later, her friend Adeline Crabb relocated the sapling to the location before you. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM212P_hotel-virginia_Santa-Barbara-CA.html
The Hotel Virginia at 17 West Haley Street was originally built in 1916 as a two-story brick hotel by Charles Maas, with a third story addition in 1925. Haley at this time was a residential street with small redwood homes set on large lots. The co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20O3_the-orena-adobe_Santa-Barbara-CA.html
Constructed in 1849 by Don José de la Guerra, this adobe was originally used to house supplies brought in from ships anchored in the harbor. Don Gaspar Oreña bought the adobe and added the story-and-a-half portion in 1858, shortly after…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20EL_hope-house_Goleta-CA.html
Built in 1875 by Thomas Hope of Ireland, the house was headquarters for the 4500-acre sheep ranch. The house, which was designed by Peter Barber, was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. George Obern in 1967 and restored to near original condition.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20E7_goleta-depot_Goleta-CA.html
On this site stands Goleta Depot, an enduring tribute to many who, with generous gifts of love, time, and resources made possible its acquisition, restoration, and maintenance as Santa Barbara County Landmark No. 22. Built in 1901 near South Ke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BF_janssens-orella-adobe-house-site_Santa-Barbara-CA.html
An adobe house was built here in 1857 where Don Agustin Janssens, a Belgian, and his wife, Maria Antonia Pico, lived into the 1870s. Janssens, a frequent office holder in the region, had arrived in California in 1834. Don Bruno F. Orella, a native…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUI_nancy-kelsey-historical_New-Cuyama-CA.html
By being the sole woman to join the Bidwell - Barttleston Party. The earliest organized overland immigrant party into California. Nancy Kelsey became the first American woman to come across the plains and transverse the rugged Sierra Nevada. She a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JFY_american-institute-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics-historic-aerospace-site_Vandenberg-Air-Force-Base-CA.html
Bearing witness to the birth of the Space Age, Vandenberg Air Force Base has been the launch site of many of America's missiles and rockets, from military missions to voyages of exploration. Here launched the first polar orbiting satellite Discove…
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