Ehrman General Store - Fremont, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 31.952 W 121° 55.199
10S E 595423 N 4154499
A plaque on Mission Blvd in Fremont, CA.
Waymark Code: WMGP34
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2013
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"WITH THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, THE TOWN AROUND THE MISSION SAN JOSE
BECAME THE GATEWAY AND PROVISION CENTER FOR THE “49’ER” ON HIS WAY TO THE
SOUTHERN MINES. TO MEET THESE DEMANDS, THE FIRM OF STRAUSS AND CO. WAS FOUNDED
BY S. STRAUSS, LEON EHRMAN AND S. BACHMAN IN AN OLD ADOBE ON THIS SITE. AFTER A SUCCESSION OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH A. LEBRECHT AND BROTHER MAX ERHMAN, SOLOMON EHRMAN BUILT THIS BRICK STRUCTURE IN 1894. THE ERHMAN GENERAL STORE SERVED
FOR YEARS AS THE WELLS FARGO OFFICE.
DEDICATED JULY, 18 1981
JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHAPTER 13
E CLAMPUS VITUS."
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