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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0X_lavanderia_Ventura-CA.html
Lavanderia. . Beneath the floor of the rear portion of the Wilson Studio and Peirano Market lies a major segment of the Mission Lavanderia. Built to serve the Mission converts, it provided washing facilities for clothing and was part of an extensi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CA9_chumash-hutash-fiesta_Ventura-CA.html
The Chumash Indians used this site to celebrate their Hutash Fiesta, held after the harvest each year towards the end of September. The Hutash Fiesta coincided with the Spanish Missionary's San Miguel Day giving the historic Chapel built on the si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CA6_hobson-bros-packing-company_Ventura-CA.html
This is the site of the Hobson Bros. Packing Company, established in the 1870's as Ventura's first slaughterhouse. The business provided sausage and cut meat for delivery to most parts of the County. The present structure was built in 1923 and f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C9X_san-buenaventura-mission-aqueduct_Ventura-CA.html
San Buenaventura Mission was an oasis of abundance. Visitors, including British Captain George Vancouver (1793) and the American California resident Alfred Robinson (early 1800s), commented on the good yield of the gardens and orchards. The near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27X2_el-caballo_Ventura-CA.html
Friar Pedro Benito Cambón—the mission's co-founder was highly regarded for his knowledge of irrigation, agriculture and building construction—directed Chumash laborers to build this filtration building in 1792 as part of the mission's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27X1_rancho-canada-larga_Ventura-CA.html
Rancho Cañada Larga o Verde, as it was originally known, came out of lands of the San Buenaventura Mission. Following Mexican independence from Spain, Joaquina Alvarado de Moraga, whose late husband, Gabriel Moraga, was a distinguished soldier of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPD_olivas-adobe_Ventura-CA.html
The original small adobe on this site was built by Don Raimundo Olivas and his son, Nicolas, in 1837. The present structure was begun in 1847, with roof beams from the Santa Paula Canyon, and tiles made from native soil. Don Raimundo lived in this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYFU_ventura-county-courthouse_Ventura-CA.html
The courthouse was designed in 1910 by one of the early pioneers of architecture in Southern California—Albert C. Martin, Sr. Dedicated in July 1913, the structure is an outstanding example of neoclassic architecture, a style prevalent in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYFP_olivas-adobe_Ventura-CA.html
This adobe is the only early two-story adobe in the Santa Clara River Valley. A small one-story adobe, built in 1837 was enlarged in 1849 by Don Raimundo Olivas: a prosperous cattle rancher. Continuous use has preserved the adobe for public viewing.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYFO_san-buenaventura-mission-cross_Ventura-CA.html
Restored September 9, 1912byThe Alice M. Bartlett Clubof San Buenaventura, California,to take the place of the Mission Cross erectedon this spot by the Franciscan MissionaryPadre Junipero Serra 1782
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