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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM114P_the-apple-annual_Watsonville-CA.html
The Apple Annual was held in downtown Watsonville from 1910 to 1913. For the first event in 1910, William H. Weeks, renowned Watsonville architect, designed a pavilion to house the show exhibits which was located on Second Street, now the site of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM114O_where-strawberries-are-sweeter_Watsonville-CA.html
Watsonville, where strawberries are sweeter, apples are crisper and produce plentiful, is a friendly place of diverse people who share a strong sense of community and optimism.
Don Sebastian Rodriquez owned the grant, Bolsa de Pajaro, on which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM114E_the-mansion-house_Watsonville-CA.html
On the corner of Main Street and East Beach Streets, where the Lettunich Building now stands, was the Pacific Exchange Hotel built in 1856 by T.D. Alexander. By 1871 the owners decided that a larger and more modern hotel was needed and Thomas Beck…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM114D_the-city-of-watsonville_Watsonville-CA.html
When the land expedition of Alta California led by Captain Gaspar de Portola passed through this valley in 1769, they reached the P?jaro River, which they named for a large straw-stuffed bird (p?jaro in Spanish) with a wing span of six feet that t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM114C_whiskey-hill_Freedom-CA.html
Upper Marker:A tiny village where violence, hangings, drinking, and bull and bear fights were part of daily life. Located on the old Santa Cruz Road, which crossed a portion of the San Andreas and Corralitos ranchos. As the town became more civili…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM105I_mountain-charlie-big-tree_Los-Gatos-CA.html
Named for Charles Henry "Mountain Charlie" McKiernan, who was one of the first white settlers in the Santa Cruz Mountain area. One of the largest trees of its species, this Sequoia sempervirens was originally over 300 feet high. The tree stands to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM105H_mountain-charlie-bear-fight_Los-Gatos-CA.html
Near here in Mountain Charlie Gulch on May 8, 1854, Charles Henry "Mountain Charlie" McKiernan and a friend named Taylor were attacked by a Grizzly Bear. The bear sprang from a thicket, both men fired; but the bear grabbed Mountain Charlie, biting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM105G_mountain-charlies-cabin_Los-Gatos-CA.html
Near this site Charles Henry "Mountain Charlie" McKiernan, native if Ireland, erected his cabin in 1850. The cabin was built of whip-sawed lumber cut from nearby redwood groves. Whip-sawing was a crude form of lumbering preformed by two men, one i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCH_lady-of-the-night_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
Here lie the remains of Marie Holmes, a lady of the night, who on the evening of May 5, 1898, met a lonely and untimely end with the quaffing of carbolic acid. Born in England, she resided in San Francisco, Salinas and Watsonville before spending …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXNG_s-s-palo-alto_Aptos-CA.html
Though hopelessly broken and firmly at rest, the cement ship Palo Alto has become an important legacy whose value has not decreased today. As the colorful chapters of her past resonate through her hull she is protected as a historic resource, a re…