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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QRG_a-monument-to-water_Redwood-City-CA.html
Here on October 28, 1934, an eager audience celebrated the roar of Hetch Hetchy water as it rushed to the Peninsula for the first time. An adequate supply of high-quality drinking water was finally a reality for the Bay Area.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C0I_in-memoriam-the-aircraft-resolution_Redwood-City-CA.html
The Australian company British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines DC-6B, VH-BPE, on a scheduled flight from Sydney to San Francisco with a final destination of Vancouver, Canada, crashed on Kings Mountain in San Mateo County during the morning hours of…
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These stone walls are part of a network of trails and roads built by Chinese immigrants. In 1872 Simon L. Jones bought 1,500 acres of timberland in Woodside and developed them into farmlands, orchards and vineyards with the use of Chinese labor. T…
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Al Terremere is a member of the Sequoia Sports Hall of Fame as both an athlete and a coach. Al was All-League in both football and baseball during his Sequoia playing career, and captured multiple championships in both baseball and football as a S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12BC_folger-stable-c-1905_Woodside-CA.html
Erected by coffee magnate James A Folger II, and designed by Arthur Brown Jr., who designed the San Francisco Opera House and City Hall, the stable is an example of the so-called "Victorian Gothic Style". Famed for it's decorative elements, it had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11DO_the-tradition-of-sequoias-class-plaques_Redwood-City-CA.html
Sequoia Union High School was founded in Redwood City in 1895, having two downtown locations before moving to the present site in 1924. With the exception of the Class of 1917, the tradition of installing graduation year plaques began with the fir…
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Principal of Sequoia High SchoolSuperintendent of Sequoia Union High School District1921 - 1948In the room at the foot of this tower Mr. Argo and his Board shaped policies of enduring importance to the Sequoia Union High School District. In app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRVP_carrington-hall_Redwood-City-CA.html
Otis M. Carrington is best remembered as one of the world's foremost composers of operettas for children. In 1912, Mr. Carrington wrote "The Windmills of Holland". It was the first of more than forty operettas to come from his hand, and led Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHFK_sequoia-veterans-memorial_Redwood-City-CA.html
[Emblems of the California National Guard, United States Air Force, The United States Marine Corps, United States Army, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Merchant Marines are displayed across the top of the monument.The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC4I_first-saw-mill_Woodside-CA.html
About three hundred feet south of this monument on the banks of Alambique Creek, stood San Mateo County's first saw mill. Built by Charles Brown in 1847. About the same time Dennis Martin was building a second mill on San Francisquito Creek. Both …
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