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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKN_glen-ellen-cannon_Glen-Ellen-CA.html
In early 1905 through the efforts of General Wagner, this Civil War Era cannon was was delivered to Glen Ellen where it was placed in the center of town. It has continuously been recognized as the town marker and as a symbol of community for the t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBI6_petaluma-historical-library-and-museum_Petaluma-CA.html
The "Old Carnegie Library", begun in 1904, served Petaluma from 1906 until the new library was built in 1976. This first major building by local architect Brainerd Jones is noted for its freestanding dome with stained glass, and use of locally qua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAOE_sandy-beach-cove_Jenner-CA.html
Sandy Beach Cover lies below the fort. The principal port of the settlement was 19 miles to the south at Port Rumiantsev (Bodega Bay), where there was a deep-water anchorage and a warehouse. Russian Navy and Russian-American Company ships frequent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAOD_the-native-alaskan-village_Jenner-CA.html
Native Alaskans, brought to Fort Ross by the Russian-American Company to hunt sea mammals and provide a work force for the colon, established a village on the marine terrace in front of the fort. The neighborhood also included the dwellings of int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAO9_the-call-family-residence_Jenner-CA.html
George Washington Call (1829-1907) and his Chilean wife, Mercedes Leiva (1850-1933), bought 2,500 acres including Fort Ross in 1873. While maintaining a house in San Francisco, the family developed a dairy ranch and expanded the transport of local…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9XZ_the-last-mission_Sonoma-CA.html
At this site, on July 4, 1823 Father Altimra set up a Camp Alter and planted the Holy Cross. The troops fired a volley, and the Padre sang in adoration of the cross. A Mass was celebrated in gratitude, and the place was named San Francisco Solano.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9XM_samuele-sebastiani-vineyard-and-winery_Sonoma-CA.html
Here is 1825 the Franciscan Fathers of San Francisco Solano Mission planted the first vineyard in Sonoma Valley. The grapes were used for making sacramental wines. After secularization of the Mission in 1835, General Mariano G. Vallejo, Commander …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9XK_blue-wing-inn_Sonoma-CA.html
Erected by General Mariano G. Vallejo about 1840 for the accommodations of emigrants and other travelers. Purchased in Gold Rush Days by Cooper and Spriggs, two retired sea-faring men and operated as hotel and store. Among first hostelries in Nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9XI_mission-san-francisco-solano-sacred-ground_Sonoma-CA.html
In this sacred grounds lie buried men, women and children of the local Coast Miwok, Patwin, Wappo and Pomo Tribes. They built, labored and died at Mission San Francisco Solano.
[A list of names of Native Americans buried here follows the inscri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9XG_the-end-of-the-mission-trail_Sonoma-CA.html
The Mission Trail marked the three hundred years of Spanish-Mexican settlement. It travelled as far south as Guatemala and traversed Mexico to advance through eleven of our present day United States. In 1823 Mission San Francisco Solano was founde…