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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCV_site-of-union-hotel-and-union-hall_Sonoma-CA.html
On this site between 1849 and 1957 stood the Union Hotel and Hall. Built by three veterans of the Mexican War, the hotel was a one-story adobe and the hall a one-story frame building. These were destroyed by fire in 1866 and replaced by two-story …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCU_buena-vista-winery-and-vineyards_Sonoma-CA.html
Birthplace of California wine. Founded in 1857 by Colonel Agoston Haraszthy, father of state's wine industry. Limestone tunnels were dug into the hillside and vineyards were also established. Haraszthy toured Europe in 1861 to gather the cuttings …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCT_buena-vista-press-house_Sonoma-CA.html
This is the first stone winery building in California, and also the first "gravity-flow" wine building. The Count's wine grapes were loaded directly to the back of the building's second floor from the road , made into wine, then brought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCS_temelec-hall_Sonoma-CA.html
Captain Granville P. Swift, great-gandnephew to Daniel Boone and early pioneer to California, spent his 21st birthday in 1842 building balsa reed rafts to float hides and tallow down the Sacramento River to Benicia to trade for supplies.
Swift w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCR_temelec-hall_Sonoma-CA.html
This structure was erected in 1858 by Captain Granville R. Swift, a member of the Bear Flag Party. The stone in the building was quarried here by native Indian labor. General Persifor F. Smith, U.S. Military Commander-in-Chief in California, lived…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3X_first-time-poetry-left-at-stage-holdup_Duncans-Mills-CA.html
On 3 August 1877 the Wells Fargo stage from Fort Ross to Duncan Mills was robbed by Black Bart (aka Charles E. Boles, Bolton, T.Z. Spaulding) using his feared command, "Throw down the box!" It was Black Bart's fourth stage holdup and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3W_freestone-house_Sebastopol-CA.html
Freestone House
Historic Landmark
No. 2
County Landmarks Commission
County of Sonoma
This is to certify that the above historic site has been officially designated as a County Landmark by the Sonoma Board of Supervisors on December 17, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3S_christos-running-fence_Valley-Ford-CA.html
Two markers are located at this same site.
Main Marker:
A majestic work of art, 18 feet high 24-1/2 miles long, which extended east-west, near Freeway 101 at Cotati on private property of 59 ranches following the rolling hills, crossing 14 road…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3R_running-fence_Bodega-CA.html
On September 11, 2001 the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sonoma selected this site to commemorate the contribution of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Their vision, dedication and perseverance made the Running Fence possible. This art project con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J3Q_hood-house_Santa-Rosa-CA.html
This was the site of Rancho Los Guilucos (18,833 acres), granted in 1839 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to John Wilson and his wife, Ramona Carrillo, sister-in-law of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. The house, constructed in 1858 by William…