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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RH2_greenhouse-portal_Pittsburg-CA.html
Take a moment and gaze down the Greenhouse Portal, your entrance into vast underground spaces filled with an intriguing human and geologic history. What was once the ocean floor provided raw materials (silica sand) for glass making during the earl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q7L_black-diamond_Pittsburg-CA.html
In 1860, at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, settlers founded the village of Black Diamond. Named for the coal that was mined in the Mount Diablo foothills, the village of Black Diamond flourished as a shipping port for coa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP2H_bank-of-america_Pittsburg-CA.html
The First National Bank Building was designed by E.L. Norberg and built by G.H. Fields & Co. in 1921. In January 1927, the bank was purchased by Liberty Bank of San Francisco, which then merged with Bank of America Los Angeles later the same da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP1E_federal-relocation-of-italians-in-america-during-world-ii_Pittsburg-CA.html
In Remembrance of the Injustice Caused bythe Federal Relocation of Italians inAmerica During World War IIFrom February 24, 1942 to October 12, 1942, nearly 1600 Italian residents of Pittsburg, California, having been declared "enemy aliens," were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP14_the-steelworker-in-pittsburg_Pittsburg-CA.html
Gone are the days when steelworkers in the rolling mill toiled in extreme heat, catching red-hot steel rods equipped only with a pair of tongs, cotton gloves and leather shin guards. Today's steelworker is a pace setter in manufacturing innovation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP0V_pittsburg-post-dispatch-building_Pittsburg-CA.html
Built in 1923, this brick building was the home of the Coast Counties Gas and Electric Company which provided utilities to the City of Pittsburgh. The company closed its office in the 1950s and the building became a newspaper publishing and distri…
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