Historical Marker Series

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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XM9_st-vincents-school-for-boys-historical_San-Rafael-CA.html
In 1853, Timothy Murphy, Irish born pioneer of Marin County, gave 317 acres of land to Archbishop Alemany for educational purposes. Here the Sister of Charity in 1855 founded a school now called St. Vincent's School for Boys. It has been maintained and enla…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XMG_outdoor-art-club-historical_Mill-Valley-CA.html
The Outdoor Art Club was designed in 1904 by Bernard Maybeck; internationally known American architect. Particularly notable for its unusual roof truss system, the building exemplifies Maybeck's creative use of natural materials. The Club, founded in 1902 b…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XMH_wa-jen-ha-lio-historical_San-Rafael-CA.html
There are two markers on this monument One of the earliest, largest and most productive Chinese fishing villages in California, China Camp was in operation by 1870. The Chinese immigrants and their descendants introduced the use of commercial netting to …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XNM_italian-swiss-colony-historical_Cloverdale-CA.html
Here in 1881 Italian Swiss immigrants established an agricultural colony. Choice wines, produced from grape plantings from the old world, soon brought wide acclaim. By 1905, ten gold medals were awarded these wines at international competitions.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XNN_icaria-speranza-utopian-colony-historical_Cloverdale-CA.html
Icaria-Speranza was a utopian community based on the writings of French philosopher Etienne Cabet. In 1881, at Cloverdale, French immigrant families led by the Dehay and Leroux families began their social experiment in cooperative living based on solidarity…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XNO_first-power-commercial-sawmill-historical_Forestville-CA.html
In 1834, Mariano G. Vallejo's brother-in-law, John B.R. Cooper, constructed California's first known power-operated commercial sawmill. In addition to sawing redwood lumber, the mill and settlement served as a barrier to Russian encroachment from the west. …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XOV_petrified-forest-historical_Calistoga-CA.html
The Petrified Forest, dating from the Eocene Period, is the only known example of a petrified forest in California. Its size, scope and variety of petrification is unique in the world. Opalized wood, obsidian, quartz crystal, petrified coral and fossilized …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XTK_site-of-birds-nest-glen-historical_Fairfax-CA.html
The home of "Lord" Charlie Snowden Fairfax, pioneer and political leader of the 1850's, served California as an assemblyman (1853), Speaker of the Assembly (1854), and Clerk of the State Supreme Court (1856). Fairfax, a descendent of Scottish barons of the …
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