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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LX3_sergeant-richard-a-penry_Petaluma-CA.html
The President of the United States of America authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of the Congress the Medal of Honor to
Sergeant Richard A. Penry
United States Army
for conspicuous gallantry and intr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWV_re-creating-the-fort-ross-windmill_Jenner-CA.html
Russians built California's first windmill at Fort Ross in 1814. The mill ground grain into flour for bread to feed both Settlement Ross and the Russians' Alaskan settlements. While the original structure no longer exists, the historical record ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWS_fort-ross-cove_Jenner-CA.html
site of the
Russian Shipways
This map of Fort Ross dated 1817 shows "Little Rumiantsev Cove" as well as the galiot Rumiantsev., the first ship built on the California coast. Also in the cove area were a number of buildings including a for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWQ_californias-first-windmill_Jenner-CA.html
The Russian-American Company grew crops and raised animals at Fort Ross to provide food for their Alaskan Colonies. In 1841, there were two windmills at Fort Ross. Grains, such as wheat, and barley, were ground into flour using millstones.
The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWM_cases-horseshoeing_Petaluma-CA.html
Original building
Constructed in 1851
Home to Cases Horseshoeing
and others.
June 24, 2006 Destroyed by fire
Raised again in 2007 by Jeff & Gro
Tomasini & Family
Tomasini, Rex, Ace Hardware
Country Store established 1907
Celebra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWH_bill-soberanes_Petaluma-CA.html
August Courier columnist and peopleologist. Petaluma's number one booster. Founder of the World Wist Wrestling Championship and numerous other events. Trade mark - He's been photographed with more famous, infamous, usual and unusual people than an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWG_fort-ross-defenses_Jenner-CA.html
The key to the defense of early frontier forts was the blockhouse. It was from the blockhouse that an attacker could be put under a deadly barrage. In the event that the stockade wall was breached, the defenders could retire to the blockhouse for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWF_the-russian-village-site-sloboda_Jenner-CA.html
Most of the inhabitants of Settlement Ross resided outside the fort; only Russian-American Company officials and visitors lived inside. Everyone in the vicinity of Fort Ross worked for the company. Lower-ranking Russian and Creole employees establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWD_the-russian-cemetery_Jenner-CA.html
Across the gulch to the east, a large Russian Orthodox cross marks the site of the settlement's cemetery. In 1990 the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and California State Parks conducted an archaeological investigation of the historic Russian …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JDI_watson-school_Bodega-CA.html
Built in 1856 Watson District School is an example of one-room schools in Sonoma County. This is the original site and the school remains in its original condition. It served as a public school for 111 years, longer than any other one-room school …