 view gallery |   Bancroft Ranch House
in California Historical Markers The Bancroft Ranch House is Historic Landmark No. 656. It's located one block East of Memory Lane and Bancroft Drive in Spring Valley, California. posted by:  Marine Biologist location: California date approved: 2/2/2009 last visited: 8/13/2009 |
 view gallery | Site of the Congregational Church in California Historical Markers California Historical Landmark #613 posted by:  heringermr location: California date approved: 1/1/2009 last visited: 3/28/2011 |
 view gallery | Sinks of the Tejon in California Historical Markers Sinks of the Tejon No. 540: Six miles east of this point was the site of the Butterfield Stage Line station Sinks of Tejón. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 3/7/2009 |
 view gallery | Sebastian Indian Reservation in California Historical Markers Sebastian Indian Reservation No. 133: The Sebastian or Tejón Indian Reservation (headquarters ten miles east of here) was established in 1853 by General Edward Fitzgerald Beale as one of several California reservations. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 3/7/2009 |
 view gallery | Rose Station in California Historical Markers Rose Station No. 300: From 1853 to 1875 this site, originally a vaquero camp of the Sebastian Indian Reservation, was known as Rancho Canoa (trough). posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 3/7/2009 |
 view gallery | Rio de San Felipe in California Historical Markers Rio de San Felipe No. 278: On May 1, 1776, Franciscan friar Francisco Garcés crossed the Kern River one mile north of here. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 10/2/2010 |
 view gallery | Old Town in California Historical Markers Old Town No. 643: The oldest settlement in Tehachapi Valley, known as 'Old Town,' was established here during the 1860s. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 3/13/2009 |
 view gallery | Keyesville in California Historical Markers Keyesville No. 98: From 1853 until 1870, Keysville was a center of both placer and quartz gold mining. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 7/13/2011 |
 view gallery | Gordons Ferry in California Historical Markers Gordons Ferry No. 137: Gordon's Ferry was an overhead cable-type of ferry operated during the 1850s by Major Gordon. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 5/15/2010 |
 view gallery | First Gusher in California Historical Markers First Gusher No. 581: Near an area of small 40- and 50-barrel wells, it blew in over the derrick top November 27, 1909, with a production of 2,000 barrels a day and started one of the greatest oil booms California ever experienced. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Home of Elisha Stevens in California Historical Markers The Home of Elisha Stevens No. 732: Near this spot stood the last home of Elisha Stevens, noted American pathfinder and scout. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Don Pedro Fages in California Historical Markers Don Pedro Fages No. 283: In 1772, Don Pedro Fages passed this site, leaving the first written record of exploration in the south San Joaquin Valley. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 7/26/2011 |
 view gallery | Discovery Well in California Historical Markers Discovery Well No. 290: Oil was discovered at 70 feet in 1899, when Tom Means persuaded Roe Elwood and Frank Wiseman to dig here for oil. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 3/7/2009 |
 view gallery | Colonel Thomas Baker in California Historical Markers Colonel Thomas Baker No. 382: In 1863 Colonel Baker, friend to all travelers, came here to found 'Bakers Field.' posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 1/16/2011 |
 view gallery | Caliente in California Historical Markers Caliente No. 757: Originally known as Allen's Camp after Gabriel Allen, who in the 1870s had a cabin and stock pasture near here, the settlement was named Caliente when railroad construction reached this point in April 1875. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 5/11/2011 |
 view gallery | Kern River Slough in California Historical Markers Kern River Slough No. 588: Just south of this point stood the Kern River Slough Station on the Butterfield Overland Stage route. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 3/7/2009 |
 view gallery | Buena Vista Refinery in California Historical Markers Buena Vista Refinery No. 504: Eight miles due west of this marker stood one of California's first commercial oil refineries. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 6/6/2009 |
 view gallery | Bealville in California Historical Markers Bealville N0. 741: Edward Fitzgerald Beale, serving under Commodore Stockton in 1846, established his home here on Rancho le Libre in 1855. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 5/13/2011 |
 view gallery | Acala Cotton Shafter Cotton Research Station in California Historical Markers Acala Cotton Shafter Cotton Research Station No. 1022 The Shafter Cotton Research Station, established here in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, developed the "Acala" varieties which were exceptionally well suited to the San Joaquin valley. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 10/16/2010 |
 view gallery | Campsite of Edward M. Kern in California Historical Markers CA Historical Marker #742; Near this spot at the confluence of the north and south forks of the Kern River, the Theodore Talbot party of Captain John C. Frémont's third expedition to the West camped for several weeks... posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: 5/12/2011 |
 view gallery | Tulamniu Indian Site in California Historical Markers Tulamniu Indian Site No. 374: The old Yokuts village of Tulamniu was named Buena Vista by Spanish Commander Fages in 1772. posted by: elrojo14 location: California date approved: 12/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Portolá Expedition Camp - First Camp after the Discovery of San Francisco Bay in California Historical Markers California Historical Landmark #27 posted by: heringermr location: California date approved: 12/21/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Broderick-Terry Duel in California Historical Markers California Historical Landmark #19 posted by: heringermr location: California date approved: 12/21/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Mission San Rafael Arcangel - San Rafael, CA in California Historical Markers One of California's missions. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 12/20/2008 last visited: 6/14/2009 |
 view gallery | Green Brae Brick Kiln - Larkspur, CA in California Historical Markers A former brick kiln site, now a fondue restaurant. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 12/20/2008 last visited: 12/24/2008 |
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