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California Historical Landmarks (PH 9-13)(Before 1969) (134 pages)
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3rd
(Sacramento)
Terminal. The turmtable
and freight depot were at
Third and Front Streets.
Completion of the railroad
was celebrated at Folsom
on February 22, 1856.
and R Streets, Sacramento
SAVAGE TRADING POST
527
Here in 1849, James D.
Savage established a store
built of logs. He engaged
in trading and mining. In
spring of 1850, fearing In<
dian depredations, he =
moved to Mariposa Creek.
In December, his store and Mission La Purisima
others were pillaged and
bummed) Ac welaniecbbee: (No. 340, Santa Barbara)
talion was formed and Savage, elected major, went in pursuit
of the tribe. Their secret hideout, Yosemite Valley, was discovered and the war brought to a quick end. Major Savage was
killed by a political opponent, August 1852.
372
El Portal (Mariposa)
YUCAIPA ADOBE
Constructed in 1842 by Diego Sepilveda, nephew of Antonio
528 Maria Lugo, this is believed to be the oldest house in San
Bernardino County. The Jand, formerly controlled by San Gabriel Mission, was part of the Rancho San Bernardino, granted
to the Lugos in 1842. Later owners included John Brown, Sr.,
James W. Waters, and the Dunlap family, before acquisition by
San Bernardino County in 1955.
Yucaipa (San Bernardino)
86
HOSPITAL COVE, ANGEL ISLAND
Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, commander of the San
529 Carlos, first Spanish ship to enter the Golden Gate, used this
anchorage as his base in the exploration of San Francisco Bay
in August and September 1775. Named by him “Nuestra Sefiora
de Los Angeles,” this island later became a center for U.S.
military and immigration activities. Hospital Cove, established
as a state park in 1954, was for many years the quarantine station for the U.S. Public Health Service.
San Francisco Bay (Marin)
GOLD DISCOVERY SITE STATE PARK
This rock monument marks the site of John A. Sutter’s sawmill
530 in the tailrace of which James W. Marshall discovered gold
January 24, 1848, starting great rush of argonauts to California.
The Society of California Pioneers definitely located and marked
site in 1924. Additional timbers and relics, including original
tailrace unearthed in 1947, were discovered after property became a state park. Marshall Monument, overlooking this spot,
was erected following movement inaugurated in 1886 by Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Coloma (El Dorado)
LUMMIS HOME STATE HISTORICAL MONUMENT
This building was constructed by Charles F. Lummis (1859531 1928), author, editor, poet, athlete, librarian, historian, archeologist, etc. He selected this site in 1895 chiefly because of the
mammoth, ancient sycamore (El Alisal). It has since died and
been replaced by four saplings.
200 East Avenue 43, Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
CASA DE ORO STATE HISTORICAL MONUMENT
In the 1850's this building was a general merchandise store Op532 erated by Joseph Boston & Co. In later years the building was
called Casa de Oro because of the unverified story that it was.