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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9WF_ray-adobe_Sonoma-CA.html
Built by 1846 Missouri emigrants John and Harriet Ray in 1847. After his success in the Rose Bar Gold Fields, the large adobe portion was added in 1849 by Indian labor to the wooden house on the east end. It was leased as headquarters for officers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9WB_vasquez-house_Sonoma-CA.html
Built 1856California Heritage Council Award of MeritSonoma League for Historic PreservationHeadquartersDedicated May 1, 1976
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84T_luther-burbank-home_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
Luther Burbank was born in Massachusetts on March 7, 1849 and arrived in Santa Rosa in October 1875. In 1884 he purchased four acres surrounding this site as a place for horticultural experiments. Here he lived and worked until his death on April …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7QU_cotati-downtown-plaza_Cotati-CA.html
Cotati's hexagonal town plan, one of only two such in the United States, was designed during the 1890s by Newton Smyth as an alternative to the traditional grid land planning. The six-sided town plaza was designed for founder Thomas Page, and each…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6O4_walters-ranch-hop-kiln_Healdsburg-CA.html
This structure served the important hop industry of California's North Coast Region, once the major hop-growing area in the west. Built in 1905 by a crew of Italian stonemasons, it represents the finest existing example of its type, consisting of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5ED_bodega-bay-and-harbor_Bodega-Bay-CA.html
Discovered in 1602-03 by the expedition of Vizca?no. It was named by Bodega in his survey of 1775. The harbor was used in 1790 by Colnett and by the Kusov expeditions in 1809 and 1811. The Russian-American company and their Aleut hunters used the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11E_vallejos-petaluma-adobe_Penngrove-CA.html
Built by General M.G. Vallejo, 1834-1844, and known as Casa Grande. According to General Vallejo, "building was of immense proportions with different departments for factories and warehouses."