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Title: California Historical Landmarks (PH 9-13)(Before 1969) Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Pamphlets Catalog #: PH 9-13 Author: California Department of Parks and Recreation Published: Before 1969 # of Pages: 134 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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BUTTERFIELD STAGE STATION Site of Butterfield Stage Station, where mail was delivered and 188 horses changed. First stage carrying overland mail left Tipton, Missouri, September 15, 1858, and passing through Temescal arrived in Los Angeles October 7, 1858. 5.2 miles southeast of Corona (Riverside) DANA POINT Named for Richard Henry Dana, author of Two Years Before 189 the Mast, who was here in 1835. El Embarcadero, the cove below, was used by hide vessels trading with Mission San Juan Capistrano. This trade, reached its peak in 1830-1840. Here in 1818 Hipolito Bouchard, flying an Argentine Flag, anchored his fleet while raiding the mission. Dana Point (Orange) PAINTED ROCK In tribute to the earliest record of any people in this region, the 190 Santa Fe Railway has preserved this rock with ancient pictograph, and the Committee of the Corona Womens Improvement Club has placed this tablet. Approximately 8 miles south of Corona (Riverside) YORBA-SLAUGHTER ADOBE This example of early California architecture was built in 1850-53 191 by Rimundo Yorba. Purchased in 1868 by Fenton Mercer Slaughter, it was preserved as a memorial to him by his daughter, Julia Slaughter Fuqua. 5.5 miles south of Chino (San Bernardino) “EL DORADO,” “PARKER HOUSE,” AND DENNISON’S EXCHANGE” é ; The “El Dorado,” the “Parker House,” and “Dennison’s Ex192 change” was one of the most famous hotel and gambling resorts around San Francisco in the early 1850's. The Jenny Lind Theater replaced the Parker House in 1850. The third Jenny Lind Theater was opened by Tom Maguire on October 4, 1851, on the same site as the two preceding it, which were destroyed in the fires of 1851. In 1852 the City of San Francisco purchased this theater for use as the city hall. Merchant and Kearny, San Francisco (San Francisco) PICACHO MINES Gold was first discovered here about 1860, but the mines were not 193 developed until about 1880. In the middle 1890's, the payroll amounted to $40,000 per month. T13-14S, R22-23E (Imperial) MOUNTAIN SPRINGS STAGE STATION This spring is said to be the location used by the Army as a 194 campsite in 1846. This area was later used as a stage station. Mountain Springs (Imperial) MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA AND PLAZA Founded June 24, 1790, Mission San Juan Bautista, partly de195 stroyed by earthquakes, 1800 and 1906, was repeatedly restored. The two bells it now uses were salvaged from its original chime. The plaza on its south, surrounded by old adobes, witnessed many historic scenes, including General Frémont’s activities in 1846. San Juan Bautista (San Benito) JAMISON CITY, EUREKA MILLS, JOHNSTOWN, AND THE FAMOUS EUREKA MINE Along the Pioneer Trail lies Jamison City and Mine, large pro196 ducer, famous for its 52-pound nugget. Eureka Mill and mine yielding $17 millions to Cornish miners and others. Johnstown, now Johnsville, well-preserved ’49 town. Plurnas-Eureka State Park (Plumas) BUCK’S LAKE This was the site of a ranch located by Horace Bucklin and 197 Francis Walker in 1850. Later it became a large hotel, post office 41.