Search Nevada County Historical Archive
Enter a name, company, place or keywords to search across this item. Then click "Search" (or hit Enter).
To search for an exact phrase, use "double quotes", but only after trying without quotes. To exclude results with a specific word, add dash before the word. Example: -Word.

Collection: Directories and Documents > Pamphlets

California Historical Landmarks (PH 9-13)(Before 1969) (134 pages)

Go to the Archive Home
Go to Thumbnail View of this Item
Go to Single Page View of this Item
Download the Page Image
Copy the Page Text to the Clipboard
Don't highlight the search terms on the Image
Show the Page Image
Show the Image Page Text
Share this Page - Copy to the Clipboard
Reset View and Center Image
Zoom Out
Zoom In
Rotate Left
Rotate Right
Toggle Full Page View
Flip Image Horizontally
More Information About this Image
Get a Citation for Page or Image - Copy to the Clipboard
Go to the Previous Page (or Left Arrow key)
Go to the Next Page (or Right Arrow key)
Page: of 134  
Go
Loading...
FIRST MILITARY FLYING SCHOOL IN AMERICA The flat lands beyond have been a part of aviation history since 818 Glenn Curtiss founded the first military flying school in America on January 17, 1911. The Army operated Rockwell Field until January 31, 1939. The Navy commissioned the present air station on November 8, 1917. Naval Air Station, North Island, Coronado (San Diego) HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY HEADQUARTERS On this block, then on Yerba Buena’s waterfront, stood the Cali819 fornia headquarters of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In 1841, their chief trader, William G. Tae, purchased the property and started operations. This venture caused wide speculation about British intentions. Inadequate profits, a declining fur catch, and pressure of U.S. expansion caused Hudson’s Bay Company to end California operations. Montgomery between Sacramento and Commercial Streets, San Francisco (San Francisco) ST. TERESA’S CHURCH Constructed of redwood in 1859 by New England ship’s carpen820 ters on Spanish land grant donated by Jasper O'Farrell. On March 8, 1860, Father Louis Rossi was appointed pastor. Archbishop Alemany dedicated the church in the Town of Bodega on June 2, 1861, and it has served this coastal community continuously for over a century. Town of Bodega (Sonoma) MORRO ROCK An important mariner’s navigational landfall for over 300 years, 821 Chronicled in the diaries of Portoli, Fr. Crespi, and Costansé in 1769 when they camped near this area on their trek to find Monterey. Sometimes called the “Gibraltar of the Pacific,” it is the last in the famous chain of nine peaks which start in the City of San Luis Obispo. Off the coast of Morro Bay (San Luis Obispo) 128 Governors’ Mansion (No. 823, Sacramento).