Site of headquarters of Vigilance Committee of 1856. June 21, 1856, Judge Terry was arrested & confined. Committee, fearing his friends might attempt a rescue, fortified building w/ gunnysacks of sand
"#86 CALIFORNIA THEATRE - On this site on January 18, 1869, the California Theatre, built by William C. Ralston, opened...This theater remained a brilliant center of drama until August 11, 1888."
CHL492 This lone tree gave the town of Buttonwillow its name & served as landmark on old trans-valley trail. Ancient Yokuts Indian meeting place. Miller & Lux est. headquarters & store here ~1885.
University of California, chartered March 23, 1868, used buildings of the former College of California from 1869-1873. Henry Durant, founder of Contra Costa Academy, was elected 1st UC president 1870.
CHL1030 3-masted bark, oldest iron-hulled merchant ship afloat. Circumnavigated earth 21 times, stopping in SF in 1873 & 1883.
CHL1031 1st successful West Coast-built & operated ferry driven by a screw propeller as opposed to side-wheels. Earliest double-ended ferryboat to survive w/ original historic fabric intact.
CHL53 3 gens of Don José María Estudillo's family made their home in Casa de Estudillo. Rich in historical background, the casa is often pointed out, erroneously, as Ramona's marriage place.
NO. 70 CASA DE PEDRORENA - This was the home of Miguel de Pedrorena, who arrived in San Diego Viejo in 1838. Don Miguel was a member of the Constitutional Convention at Monterey in 1849.
CHL798 @ Viejas Arena - 1st of CA State Colleges to award independent degrees to those who made unusual contributions toward learning & civilization; in 1963 conferred honorary doctorate to JFK.
CHL242 In 1769, Frs Junípero Serra, Juan Vizcaino, & Fernando Parrón raised and blessed a cross to establish Alta California's first mission. Relocated from Presidio Hill to this site in August 1774.
CHL84 EL CAMINO REAL - Plaque was placed on 250th anniversary of birth of CA's apostle, Padre Junípero Serra, OFM, to mark El Camino Real as he knew it and helped blaze it.
CHL112 NORTH GATE OF CITY @ 775 Anaheim Blvd - A wall or fence of willow poles took root & grew was planted around Anaheim Colony to keep out wild cattle roaming surroundings. City's main entrance.
CHL1027 Property built by prominent Oakland pioneer Enoch Pardee, state senator & representative to Assembly, Mayor of Oakland in 1870’s. Namesake of Pardee Dam on Mokelumne River.
CHL60 CASA DE LOPEZ - Built ~1835 by Juan Francisco Lopez, one of SD's early Spanish settlers, the Casa Larga was among 1st substantial houses built in the Pueblo of San Diego.
CHL538 1st public schoolhouse in SD county erected at this site in 1865, when San Diego County covered an area larger than three New England states. It was restored by popular subscription in 1955.
CHL830 marker @ Barra Barra - Settled by pensioned soldiers from the presidio and their families in the early 1800s. Stars & Stripes 1st raised over plaza in 1846 by Marines from the U.S.S. Cyane.
