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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM25Q7_grave-creek_Wolf-Creek-OR.html
In 1846 the Crowley Family arrived in the valley with the first wagon train over the Applegate Trail.
Martha Leland Crowley, a daughter, succumbed to typhoid fever at the age of 16. She was buried here in a casket made of timber boards from some of the s…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM25R8_salvation-mountain_Calipatria-CA.html
This is the culmination of a personal religious intensity few mortals will ever experience. Started as a temporary monument to God's love in 1984 by Leonard Knight, it grew into the worldwide phenomenon you see before you.
Born on November 1, 1931 in Sh…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM25TC_general-gomez-cigar-factory_Auburn-CA.html
In 1892, Robert Wise opened a small cigar shop and factory on this site. Shortly there after, Mr. Wise took a business partner, Ernest Burns.
During peak times, the small factory was capable of producing as many as one thousand cigars a day. At 10 cents …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM25WF_glendale-and-glendale-nick-nicolaides_Moapa-NV.html
About 1922, J. H. Nicolaides overheard two state highway engineers talking about the new route Arrowhead Trail Highway would take in southern Nevada. Realizing a service station would be necessary at the crossing the road would make over the Muddy River, he…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM25WM_arizona-hotel_Oatman-AZ.html
You are standing on the site of what used to be the ARIZONA HOTEL. In 1915, it was one of seven hotels that existed in Oatman during the early years. The hotel had 45 rooms and numerous baths. It had concrete fire walls and two separate water mains for fire…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM25WO_knights-of-the-rails_Barstow-CA.html
Around the time of the Civil War, railroads were being built at a frantic pace. By the early 1870s there were 60,000 miles of track in the U.S., increasing to 250,000 by the 1930s. The war had produced a generation of young men used to living under adverse …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26A2_st-marys-pub_San-Francisco-CA.html
Located in the University Mound/College Hill neighborhood, St. Mary's Pub is the oldest repeal bar in San Francisco with the same name. It is named for St. Mary's College, which was located nearby from 1863 to 1879.
The first business here was The Cresce…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26JV_douglas-seminary_Carson-City-NV.html
In 1864, the fledgling Nevada State Government was comprised of ten counties with twelve school districts, eight school houses, and eighteen schools. This was a time when no one seriously contemplated making Nevada a permanent home as people followed the dr…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26JW_the-new-state-of-nevada_Carson-City-NV.html
A Proclamation
Whereas, The Congress of the United States passed an act, which was approved on the 21st day of March last, entitled "An act to enable the people of Nevada to form a constitution and State government," and for the admission of su…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26K1_the-demise-of-sam-brown_Minden-NV.html
"Brown was a heavy man, about 200lbs, noted as a lawless desperado whose name was terror to all who know, or had heard of him. He made his brags on the day of his death, which was his 30th birthday, that he had killed 11 men, and was going to have the …