LIST OF CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL LANDMARKS

This is a 'list of California Historical Landmarks'. The official list may be seen here.
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'Contents:' Counties in California

Alameda - Alpine - Amador - Butte - Calaveras - Colusa - Contra Costa - Del Norte - El Dorado - Fresno - Glenn - Humboldt - Imperial - Inyo - Kern - Kings - Lake - Lassen - Los Angeles - Madera - Marin - Mariposa - Mendocino - Merced - Modoc - Mono - Monterey - Napa - Nevada - Orange - Placer - Plumas - Riverside - Sacramento - San Benito - San Bernardino - San Diego - San Francisco - San Joaquin - San Luis Obispo - San Mateo - Santa Barbara - Santa Clara - Santa Cruz - Shasta - Sierra - Siskiyou - Solano - Sonoma - Stanislaus - Sutter - Tehama - Trinity - Tulare - Tuolumne - Ventura - Yolo - Yuba

==Alameda County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21388.

★ Alameda Terminal of the First Transcontinental Railroad (#440), now located within Naval Air Station Alameda

★ Berkeley Women's City Club (#908)

★ Site of Blossom Rock navigation trees, Redwood Regional Park (#962), used to help ships avoid a submerged rock near Yerba Buena Island

★ Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe (#510), the first adobe house to be built in the Pleasanton Valley

★ Camino of Rancho San Antonio (#299), Oakland

★ Site of the China Clipper flight departure (#968)

★ Church of St. James the Apostle (#694), founded under authority of Bishop Kip, first Episcopal Bishop for California, this church in Oakland has provided uninterrupted service since June 27, 1858

★ Site of College of California (#45), original site of the University of California

★ Site of first county courthouse (#503), in Union City.

★ Concannon Vineyard (#641), founded by James Concannon

★ Cresta Blanca Winery (#586), founded by Charles Wetmore

★ Croll Building (#954), pivotal in the development of boxing in California

★ Emeryville Shellmound (#335)

★ Estudillo Home (#279), home of José Joaquín Estudillo, founder of the city of San Leandro

★ First Unitarian Church of Oakland (#896)

★ Leland Stanford Winery (#642), founded by Leland Stanford

★ Livermore Memorial Monument (#241), marking the hacienda of Robert Livermore, the first settler of the Livermore Valley

★ Joaquin Miller Home (#107), home of the eccentric poet Joaquin Miller

★ Mills Hall (#849), of Mills College

★ Mission San José (#334)

★ Paramount Theater (#884), an ambitious Art Deco movie theater

★ Pardee Home (#1027), home of former governor George Pardee

★ Peralta Hacienda Site (#925), headquarters of Rancho San Antonio

★ Peralta Home (#285), the first brick house built in Alameda County

★ Piedmont Way (#986), designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, in Berkeley

★ Rancho San Antonio (Peralta Grant) (#246), the land grant to Don Luís María Peralta that encompasses the cities of San Leandro, Oakland, Alameda, Emeryville, Piedmont, Berkeley, and Albany

★ Site of the identification of the rainbow trout species, San Leandro Creek (#970)

★ Site of first public school in Castro Valley (#776), part of the original Guillermo Castro land grant and donated by Josiah Grover Brickell in 1866 for "educational purposes only"

★ Site of Saint Mary's College of California (#676)

★ San Leandro Oyster Beds (#824)

★ Site of nation's first successful sugar beet factory (#768), founded by E.H. Dyer, "father of the American beet sugar industry," in Union City

★ Ukrania (#1027), the homestead of Agapius Honcharenko

★ University of California, Berkeley campus (#946)

★ USS Hornet (CV-12) (#1029)

★ Vallejo Flour Mill (#46)

★ Wente Vineyards (#957), home of California's first varietal wine label, Sauvignon blanc
==Alpine County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21389.

★ Kit Carson Marker (#315), at the summit of Carson Pass, marking where Carson carved his name into a tree in 1844 while guiding John C. Frémont through the Sierra Nevada. The original can be found at Sutter's Fort, Sacramento.

★ Ebbetts Pass Route (#318), on the California Trail, discovered by John Ebbetts

★ Old Emigrant Road (#661), near Caples Lake—This rough and circuitous section of the route to Placerville became obsolete in 1863 when a better route was blasted out of the face of the cliff at Carson Spur.

★ Marklee's Cabin Site (#240), Markleeville, now the site of the Alpine County Courthouse.

★ Memorial to Pioneer Odd Fellows (#378)—On some large rocks near Carson Pass, a group of pioneers inscribed their names and the emblem of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1849.

★ Pony Express Remount Station (#805), Woodfords, an official stop for five weeks starting April 4, 1860.
==Amador County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21390.

★ Argonaut and Kennedy Mines (#786), Jackson

★ Big Bar (#41), Jackson—The Mokelumne River was mined at this point in 1848. Established in 1849, the Whale Boat Ferry operated until the first bridge was built, about 1852.

★ Butte Store (#39), Jackson—The only structure remaining of Butte City, prosperous mining town of the 1850s.

★ Chaw'se Roundhouse (#1001), Pine Grove

★ Clinton (#37), Pine Grove—The center of a placer mining community during the 1850s and of quartz mining as late as the 1880s. This town once decided Amador County elections as its votes were always counted last.

★ Community Methodist Church of Ione (#506), Ione

★ D. Stewart Co. Store (#788), Ione—This general merchandise store built in 1856 was the first building erected in Ione Valley.

★ D'Agostini Winery (#762), Plymouth—Founded in 1856 and generally regarded as the first place where Zinfandel was planted in California.

★ Drytown, California (#31)

★ Kirkwood's (#40), Kirkwood—One of the earliest resorts in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

★ Knight Foundry (#1007), Sutter Creek

★ Irishtown (#38), Pine Grove—An important stopping place for emigrants on their way to the southern mines. The first white settlers on this spot found it a "city of wigwams," and hundreds of mortars in the rocks testify that this was a favorite Indian camping ground.

★ Jackson Gate (#118), Jackson—In 1850 about 500 miners worked here and the first mining ditch in the county was dug here. Its water sold for $1 per inch.

★ Site of Jackson's Pioneer Jewish Synagogue (#865), Jackson—Location of the first synagogue in the Mother Lode (dedicated 1857).

★ Lancha Plana, California (#30)

★ Maiden's Grave (#28), burial spot of Rachel Welton, who died while crossing the Carson Pass in 1850

★ Middle Bar (#36)—Site of gold rush town on the Mokelumne River, now inundated by Pardee Reservoir at certain times of the year.

★ Old Emigrant Road (#662), Hwy. 88—This difficult portion of the road was used by thousands of vehicles from 1848 to 1863, when it was superseded by a route approximating the present highway.

★ Oleta (Old Fiddletown, California) (#35),

★ Pioneer Hall (#34), Jackson—The Order of Native Daughters of the Golden West was organized on these premises on September 11, 1886.

★ Plymouth Trading Post (#470), Plymouth—This building, constructed entirely of brick, was built in 1857. In 1873 the many small mines of the area were combined to become Plymouth Consolidated, and this building became the new company's office and commissary.

★ Preston Castle (#867), Ione

★ Site of First Amateur Astronomical Observatory of Record in California (#715), Volcano—where George Madeira observed the Great Comet of 1861 with a three-inch refractor telescope.

★ Sutter Creek, California (#118)

★ Volcano, California (#29)
==Butte County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21391.

★ Bidwell's Bar (#330), the second county seat of Butte County, now covered by Lake Oroville

★ Bidwell Bar Bridge (#314), Oroville—the first suspension bridge in California

★ Chico Forestry Station and Nursery (#840-2), Bidwell Park, Chico—one of the first forestry and nursery stations in the U.S., it operated from 1888 to 1903.

★ Chinese Temple (#770), Oroville—temple of worship for over 10,000 Chinese residents

★ Discovery site of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian (#809), Oroville

★ Dogtown nugget discovery site (#771), Magalia, a 54-pound (20 kg) gold nugget

★ Hooker Oak (#313), Chico

★ Oregon City (#807)

★ Rancho Chico and Bidwell Adobe (#329), now Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
==Calaveras County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21392.

★ Altaville, California (#288)

★ Altaville Grammar School (#499), Altaville

★ Angels Camp, California (#287)

★ Angels Hotel (#734), Angels Camp, where Mark Twain heard the story that would become "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

★ Birthplace of Archie Stevenot (#769), Hwy. 4—The Stevenot family established the borax industry in California

★ Old Mining Camp of Brownsville (#465)—A thriving mining camp on rich Pennsylvania Gulch in the 1850s and 1860s, the camp was named for Alfred Brown, former owner of Table Mountain Ranch. Laws of the Brownsville mining district provided that each miner could own one wet and one dry claim, not to exceed each.

★ Calaveritas, California (#255)

★ California Caverns (#956), Cave City

★ Camanche, California (#254)

★ Campo Seco, California (#257)

★ Carson Hill, California (#274)

★ Chili Gulch (#265)

★ Congregational Church (#261), Mokelumne Hill—The church building, erected in 1856, is the oldest Congregational Church building in the state.

★ Copperopolis, California (#296)

★ Double Springs (#264), Valley Springs—Founded February 18, 1850, Double Springs was once the seat of Calaveras County. The old courthouse, said to be constructed of lumber brought from China, is still standing, but not on its original site

★ Douglas Flat, California (#272)

★ Fourth Crossing (#258)

★ Glencoe, California (#280)

★ I.O.O.F. Hall (#256), Mokelumne Hill—This is said to be California's first three-story building to be erected outside the coastal towns. The original building was erected in 1854 as a two-story building. A third story to be used for lodge purposes was added later.

★ Jenny Lind, California (#266)

★ Jesus Maria, California (#284)

★ Leger Hotel (#663), Mokelumne Hill—In operation since 1851, one of the buildings served as the Calaveras County Courthouse until 1866.

★ Milton, California (#262)

★ Mokelumne Hill, California (#269)

★ Mountain Ranch, California (#282)

★ Murphys, California (#275)

★ Murphys Hotel (#267), Murphys

★ O'Byrne Ferry (#281), The Shores of Poker Flat—In 1852 a chain cable bridge replaced the ferries that once crossed the Stanislaus River here, to be supplanted in its turn by a covered truss bridge in 1862.

★ Paloma, California (#295)

★ Peter L. Traver Building (#466), Murphys—Constructed by Peter L. Traver in 1856, this is the oldest stone building in Murphys. Its iron shutters and sand on the roof protected it from the fires of 1859, 1874, and 1893. It served as a general store, a Wells Fargo office, and later a garage.

★ Pioneer Cemetery (#271), San Andreas—Established in 1851, most of the graves are unmarked; stones appeared over only three of them in 1936. This cemetery is located almost opposite where the town of North Branch originally stood, before the site was mined for gold.

★ Prince-Garibardi Building (#735), Altaville—This structure was erected in 1852 by B.R. Prince and G. Garibardi for a general merchandise business. Improved in 1857 with living quarters on the second floor, it is still used for living and warehouse purposes.

★ Rail Road Flat, California (#286)

★ Robinson's Ferry (#276), Hwy. 49—In 1848 John W. Robinson and Stephen Mead established ferry transport for freight, animals and persons across the Stanislaus River. Charges were 50 cents for each passenger, horse, jenny or other animal.

★ San Andreas, California (#252)

★ Sandy Gulch, California (#253)

★ Stone Corral (#263), Hwy. 26—Consisting of a hotel, barns, and the large corrals for which it was named, this was one of the stopping places on the road from the mines to Stockton.

★ Vallecito, California (#273)

★ Vallecito Bell Monument (#370), Vallecito

★ Valley Springs, California (#251)

★ West Point, California (#268)
==Colusa County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21414

★ Colusa County Courthouse (#890), the oldest remaining courthouse in the Sacramento Valley

★ Letts Valley (#736)

★ Swift's Stone Corral (#238), a corral made of stone by Granville P. Swift, a rancher in Stone Creek Valley
==Contra Costa County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21415.

★ Alvarado Adobe (#512), San Pablo

★ Martinez Adobe (#511)

★ John Muir National Historic Site (#312), Martinez—home of John Muir
==Del Norte County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21416.

★ Battery Point Lighthouse (#951), one of the first lighthouses on the California coast

★ Brother Jonathan Cemetery (#541), dedicated to those who lost their lives in the wreck of the Pacific Mail steamer ''Brother Jonathan''

★ Camp Lincoln (#545), abandoned United States military post

★ Crescent City Turnpike (#645)

★ SS Emidio (#497), first casualty of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force action on California's Pacific Coast

★ Fort Ter-Wer (#544), abandoned United States military post

★ Site of old Indian village at Pebble Beach, Crescent City (#649), one of the principal villages of the native Tolowa Indians
==El Dorado County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21417.

★ Diamond Springs, California (#487)

★ Georgetown, California (#484)

★ Gold discovery site (#530), Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, Coloma

★ Greenwood, California (#521)

★ Hangman's Tree (#141), Placerville—In the days of 1849, when this city was called Hangtown, vigilantes executed many men for various crimes. This was the site of Hay Yard, on which stood the "Hangman's Tree."

★ Marshall's Blacksmith Shop (#319), Hwy. 193, located on the Gray Eagle Mine property, was built in 1872-73.

★ Marshall Monument (#143), Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, Coloma—Commemorates James Marshall's discovery of gold on the South Fork of the American River.

★ Old Dry Diggins/Old Hangtown/Placerville (#475)

★ Shingle Springs, California (#456)

★ Site of Studebaker's shop (#142), Placerville—John Mohler Studebaker, one of the founders of the Studebaker company, had a sort of woodworking shop here where he repaired and worked on wagon wheels and the like.
==Fresno County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21418.

★ Arroyo De Cantua(#344) - This was said to be the headquarters of notorious bandit Joaquin Murieta who made a career of terrorizing mining camps and stage operations. He was killed here July 25, 1853 by a posse of state rangers led by Captain Harry Love.
Location: Site is three large rocks in foothills SW of Cantua Creek Bridge, plaques located on State Hwy 198, 9 mi N of Coalinga

★ Fresno City(#488) - 'Fresno City' gradually arose at the head of navigation of the Fresno Slough, and existed from approximately 1855 to 1875 - today there are no traces of it left. In 1872, the 'City of Fresno,' later the county seat, was established about to the northeast, on the newly built Central Pacific Railroad.
Location: On Fresno Slough, 0.8 mi N of James Rd, from Tranquillity, then 1.3 mi NW on levee rd (dirt), Tranquillity

★ Fort Miller(#584) - Now inundated by Millerton Lake, Fort Miller was established in 1852 as a temporary headquarters for the Commissioners during the latter part of the Mariposa Indian War. The peace treaty was signed there April 29, 1851. The first recorded religious services in the Fresno area were performed here on October 21, 1855 by Right Reverend William Ingraham Kip, first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of California. The village of Rootville grew into the town of Millerton and became the first seat of Fresno County in 1856.
Location: South shore of Millerton Lake State Recreation Area, adjacent to Millerton historical courthouse, Friant

★ Site of the first Junior College in California(#803) - Constructed in 1895, the school was known as Fresno High School from 1895-1921. Established as the first junior college of California in 1910, in 1911 it became a normal school, forerunner to Fresno State College. From 1921 to 1948 it was called Fresno Technical High School, and Fresno Junior College from 1948 to 1959. Plaque placed by the Fresno Tech Alumni Association.
Location: NE corner of intersection of Stanislaus and 'O'Sts, Fresno

★ Site of the Fresno Free Speech Fight of The Industrial Workers of the World(#873) - At the corner of Mariposa and I Streets, from October 1910 to March 1911, the Industrial Workers of the World fought for the right of free speech in their efforts to organize Fresno's unskilled labor force. This was the first fight for free speech in California, and the first attempt to organize the valley's unskilled workers.
Location: In planter, 100 ft SW of clock tower, Broadway and Mariposa Mall, Fresno

★ Forestiere Underground Gardens(#916) - Here, beneath the hot, arid surface of the San Joaquin Valley, Baldasare Forestiere (1879-1946) began in the early 1900s to sculpt a fantastic retreat. Excavating the hardpan by hand, he created a unique complex of underground rooms, passages, and gardens which rambled throughout a ten-acre parcel. His work is being preserved as a living monument to a creative and individualistic spirit unbounded by conventionality.
Location: 5021 W Shaw Ave, Fresno

★ Temporary Dentention Camps for Japanese Americans-Fresno Assembly Center(#934) - This memorial is dedicated to over 5,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined at the Fresno Fairgrounds from May to October 1942. This was an early phase of the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II pursuant to Executive Order 9066.
Location: Fresno District Fairgrounds, front of Commerce Bldg, Chance Ave entrance, Fresno

★ Temporary Dentention Camps for Japanese Americans-Pinedale Assembly Center(#934) - The temporary detention camps (also known as 'assembly centers') represent the first phase of the mass incarceration of 97,785 Californians of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Pursuant to Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, thirteen makeshift detention facilities were constructed at various California racetracks, fairgrounds, and labor camps. These facilities were intended to confine Japanese Americans until more permanent internment camps, such as those at Manzanar and Tule Lake in California, could be built in isolated areas of the country. Beginning on March 30, 1942, all native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of Japanese ancestry living in California were ordered to surrender themselves for detention.
Location: Pinedale
==Glenn County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21419

★ Granville P. Swift Adobe (#345), built by Granville P. Swift

★ Site of first posted water notice by Will S. Green (#831) — On December 18, 1883, on an oak tree on the west bank of the Sacramento River immediately east of this spot, he posted the first water notice, stating that 500,000 miner's inches (350 m³/s) of river water was being diverted for irrigation of lands on the west side of the Sacramento Valley.
==Humboldt County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21420.


★ Trinidad Head (#146)

★ Fort Humboldt (#154)

★ The Old Arrow Tree (#164)

★ Centerville Beach Cross (#173)

★ Camp Curtis (#215)

★ Town of Trinidad (#216)

★ City of Eureka (#477)

★ California's First Drilled Oil Wells (#543)

★ Jacoby Building (#783)

★ Old Indian Village of Tsurai (#838)

★ Arcata and Mad River Railroad (#842)

★ Humboldt Harbor Historical District (#882)

★ Ferndale (#883)
==Imperial County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21421.

★ Charley's World of Lost Art (#939), southwest of Winterhaven. One of the Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments.

★ Camp Salvation (#808) in Calexico

★ Desert Training Center—Camp Pilot Knob (#985), established by Maj. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. at Felicity

★ Site of Fort Romualdo Pacheco (#944), 6-1/2 miles west of Imperial

★ Fort Yuma (#806) in Winterhaven

★ Hernando de Alarcón Expedition (#568), first sighting of Alta California by non-Indians in 1540, near Andrade

★ Site of Mission La Purísima Concepción (#350), 1 mile south of Winterhaven

★ Site of Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer (#921), northeast of Bard

★ Site of Mountain Springs Station (#194) near Mountain Springs. Plaque is located adjacent to Desert View Tower.

★ Old Plank Road (#845), west of Winterhaven

★ Picacho Mines (#193), gold mines, 18.2 mi north of Winterhaven

★ Tecolote Rancho Site (#1034), (Imperial Valley home of author Harold Bell Wright), Holtville

★ Tumco Mines (#182), gold mines and ghost town, northeast of Ogilby

★ Yuha Well (#1008) near Seeley. Used by Anza Expedition in 1775.
==Inyo County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21422.
==Kern County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21423.

★ Freeman Junction (#766)

★ Garlock (#671)

★ Indian Wells (#457)

★ Tehachapi Loop (#508)
==Kings County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21424

★ El Adobe de los Robles Rancho (#206), second oldest adobe in the San Joaquin Valley, built by Daniel Rhoads

★ Kingston (#270)

★ Location of the Famous Mussel Slough Tragedy (#245) — Hanford
==Lake County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21425.

★ The Battle of Bloody Island (#427), Upper Lake—Now a hill surrounded by reclaimed land, Bloody Island was where, in 1850, U.S. soldiers nearly annihilated the Indian inhabitants for the murder of two white men. Doubt exists of these Indians' guilt.

★ Old Lake County Courthouse (#897)

★ Lower Lake Stone Jail (#429), Lower Lake, said to be the smallest in the United States

★ St. Helena Toll Road and Bull Trail (#467), Middletown—The toll road, completed in 1868, replaced the old bull trail from Napa Valley to Middletown, which was built by volunteers in the 1850s, and had grades up to 35 percent.

★ Site of Stone and Kelsey Home (#426), Kelseyville—house built by ranchers Charles Stone and Andy Kelsey on land purchased from Salvador Vallejo. They forced Pomo Indians to do the construction work, causing much resentment. Finally, in the fall of 1849, the Pomo killed both Stone and Kelsey - their remains are buried beneath this monument.

★ Stone House (#450), oldest building in Lake County

★ Sulphur Bank Mine (#428), Clearlake Oaks
==Lassen County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21426.
==Los Angeles County==
For more details, please see Los Angeles County.

★ Casa de Governor Pío Pico (#127), Whittier. Home of Pío Pico, last Governor of California under Mexican rule.

★ Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles (#144), the Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels (old Plaza Church) near Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. Dedicated on December 8, 1822

★ Avila Adobe (#145), in Los Angeles, oldest existing house in Los Angeles, built circa 1818 by the mayor of the pueblo

★ Banning Park (#147), in Wilmington, built by Phinneas Banning, father of the Los Angeles Harbor, in the 1850s, home to his family until 1927

★ Brand Park/Memory Garden (#150), part of the original Mission San Fernando Rey de España land grant

★ Campo de Cahuenga (#151), in Los Angeles, site of the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga

★ Domínguez Ranchhouse (#152), in Compton, site of the Battle of Domínguez Ranch in 1846

★ Los Angeles Plaza (#156), center of the Los Angeles settlement founded by Governor Felipe de Neve

★ Mission San Fernando Rey de España (#157), in Mission Hills, founded in 1787

★ Mission San Gabriel Arcángel (#158), in San Gabriel, founded 1771

★ Pico House (hotel) (#159), built by Pío Pico in 1867–1870. First three-story hotel in the city, it is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument in downtown Los Angeles

★ Plummer Park and Oldest House in Hollywood (#160), the house, built in the 1870s, was relocated from Santa Monica Boulevard to Calabasas

★ Mission Vieja (#161), original location of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in Montebello, abandoned by the fathers for a different location five miles (8 km) away.

★ La Mesa Battlefield (#167), in Vernon, site of the last engagement of the Mexican-American War in California, fought January 9, 1847

★ Oak of the Golden Dream (#168), near Newhall, site of the first authenticated gold discovery in California (March 9, 1842)

★ Drum Barracks (#169), in Wilmington, was the Union headquarters for southern California, Arizona Territory and New Mexico Territory during the American Civil War

★ Hancock Park La Brea (#170), in Los Angeles, a 23 acre site which includes the La Brea Tar Pits, donated to the county in 1924 by Allan G. Hancock.

★ Merced Theatre (#171) in downtown Los Angeles, part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, first building in city built just for entertainment

★ Pioneer Oil Refinery (#172), near Newhall, site of the first California oil refinery

★ Casa Adobe de San Rafael (#235), in Glendale, home of Tomás Sánchez, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, built in 1865

★ First Home of Pomona College (#289), the small, frame cottage in which classes of Pomona College were held from September, 1888 until January, 1889, in Pomona

★ Lugo Adobe (site of) (#301), built for Don Vincente Lugo in the 1840s, razed 1951. Southwest corner of Los Angeles and Alameda Streets, Downtown Los Angeles. From 1865 to 1867 it was the first home of St. Vincent's College, the ancestral school of today's Loyola Marymount University.

★ Old Mill (#302), also known as El Molino Viejo, built about 1816 to grind grain grown at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. Located in San Marino

★ Rómulo Pico Adobe (Ranchito Rómulo) (#362), in Mission Hills, built ca1834.

★ Centinela Springs (#363), artesian springs in what is now Centinela Park in Inglewood

★ E.J. Baldwin's Queen Anne Cottage (#367), Victorian guest house built for E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin in 1881 on the estate which is now the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia

★ Hugo Reid Adobe (#368), 1839 dwelling built by Hugo Reid. Located on the County Arboretum grounds near the Queen Anne Cottage.

★ Adobe de Palomares (#372), 1854 dwelling of Ygnacio Palomares on his Rancho San Jose, in Pomona.

★ Old Salt Lake (#373), natural evaporation pond, later the location of a 19th century commercial salt works in Redondo Beach.

★ Site of Home of Diego Sepulveda (#380), built in the 1850s,the first two-story Monterey-style adobe built in Southern California. In San Pedro

★ Site of Old Whaling Station (#381), operated in the 1860s and 1870s in the Portuguese Bend area of Rancho Palos Verdes.

★ Site of adobe home of Jose Dolores Sepulveda (#383), 1818 house in Torrance

★ Timms' Point and Landing (#384), site of a mid-19th century wharf on San Pedro Bay, San Pedro

★ Rio San Gabriel Battlefield (#385), in Montebello, site of an engagement in the Mexican-American War on January 8, 1847.

★ La Casa de Carrión (#386), in La Verne, built in 1868 by Saturnino Carrión

★ Ortega-Vigare Adobe (#451), in San Gabriel, San Gabriel's first bakery

★ Pomona Water Power Plant (#514), first hydroelectric installation in California for long-distance transmission of alternating current at high voltage

★ Well, CSO 4 (#516), in Newhall, California's first commercially productive well

★ Mentryville (#516-2), restored home and barn of Charles Alexander Mentry and Felton School

★ Serra Springs (California) (#522), The Portolá Expedition of 1769 encamped at this spring, and it is reported that in 1770 Father Junípero Serra said Mass here to the Indians of this area. This spring was also the former water supply of the town of Santa Monica. These springs are known primarily as the Kuruvunga springs, and are one of the last sacred sites of the Gabrieleno Tongva people. The site is now the campus of the University High School. Location: University High School Horticulture Area, 11800 Texas Ave, Los Angeles.

★ Charles Fletcher Lummis Home (#531), ''El Alisal'' {the sycamore} in the Arroyo Seco.

★ Original Building of the University of Southern California [1] (#536), dedicated in 1880 and still in use today on the University's campus in Los Angeles

★ Cecil B. DeMille Studio Barn (#554), the building in which was made the first feature-length movie in Hollywood. Now relocated and the home of the Hollywood Heritage Museum.

★ Rancho San Francisco (#556), land grant given to Antonio del Valle in 1839, now the site of part of the community of Valencia.

★ St. Vincent's Place (#567), from 1868 to 1887 the site of St. Vincent's College (now Loyola Marymount University), the first institution of higher learning established in Southern California. At St. Vincent's Court, north of 7th St. between Broadway and Hill Street, Downtown Los Angeles.

★ 580 Well, Alamitos 1 (#580) in Los Alamitos, California, established California as a major oil producer

★ Lang (#590), in Soledad Canyon, near Canyon Country, California. In 1876, Charles Crocker, President of the Southern Pacific Company, drove a gold spike here to complete his company's San Joaquin Valley line, the first rail connection of Los Angeles with San Francisco and transcontinental lines.

★ Old Short Cut (#632), California's first ranger station, in Angeles National Forest

★ Catalina Adobe (#637) in Glendale, an early adobe home

★ Grave of Greek George (#646), in Whittier, California, grave of George Caralambo; he was part of the Camel Corps experiment

★ The Cascades (#653), in San Fernando, California, terminus of the Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct

★ Portolá Trail Campsite (I), (#655), near Elysian Park

★ Bella Union Hotel (#656), site of significant early hotel; in Downtown Los Angeles

★ Western Hotel (#658), site of significant early hotel; in Lancaster, California

★ Heritage House (#664), in Compton, California, as originally built by A.R. Loomis

★ Portolá Trail Campsite (II), (#665), near Beverly Hills, California

★ Governor Stoneman Adobe aka Los Robles (the Oaks) (#669) in San Marino, California

★ Paradox Hybrid Walnut Tree (#681) in Whittier, California, planted by the University of California Experiment Station

★ Lyons Station Stagecoach Stop (#688) in Newhall, California, a regular stop for Butterfield and other early California stage line

★ Los Encinos State Historic Park, (#689) in Encino, California, "Franciscan padres used Encino as their headquarters while exploring the valley before establishing Mission San Fernando in 1797..."

★ Griffith Ranch (#716) in San Fernando, California; the ranch was purchased by David Wark Griffith in 1912

★ Angeles National Forest (#717), first National Forest in California, second in the United States

★ Site of the Initial United States Air Meet (#718); area evolved into heart of aerospace industry

★ Old Plaza Firehouse (#730), part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument; first building constructed as a fire station in Los Angeles

★ Mirror Building (#744), on Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles; site of Butterfield Overland Mail Company building

★ San Fernando Cemetery (#753), in Sylmar, California, oldest non-sectarian cemetery in San Fernando Valley. Originally Morningside Cemetery.

★ Site of the Los Angeles Star (#789), at Fletcher Bowron Square in downtown Los Angeles, home of the ''Los Angeles Star'', influential early newspaper.

★ First Jewish Site in Los Angeles (#822), at Chavez Ravine, acquired by Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles in 1854.

★ Old Santa Monica Forestry Station (#840), at Rustic Canyon operated as agricultural test site (1887-1923)

★ The Gamble House (#871). Acknowledged masterpiece of Arts and crafts architecture near the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena. Designed by Charles and Henry Greene.

★ Workman Home and Family Cemetery (#874) in City of Industry, home of early pioneers arrived 1841 and established the La Puente Rancho.

★ Pasadena Playhouse (#887). California's honorary State Theatre, located in central Pasadena.

★ St. Francis Dam Disaster Site (#919). The monument is located about a mile and a half downstream from the actual site of the collapesd dam, at the San Francisquito Power Plant #2, in San Francisquito Canyon. northwest of the city of Santa Clarita.

★ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (#960), located in Exposition Park, near downtown Los Angeles

★ Pacific Asia Museum (Grace Nicholson's Treasure House of Oriental and Western Art) (#988), 1926 Asian-inspired building in downtown Pasadena.

★ Watts Towers of Simon Rodia (#993) in the Watts district of Los Angeles.

★ Long Beach Marine Stadium (#1014) in Long Beach, a training and competitive center for rowers, first built for the 1932 Olympics.
==Madera County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21428.

★ Wassama Roundhouse (#1001)
==Marin County==
First Sawmill in Marin County (#207), owner John Reed 1833-34. Location: Mill Valley
Oldest House North of San Francisco Bay (#210), built 1776 in Olompali, home of Camillo Ynitia. Location: Olompali State Historic Park, N of Novato
Mission San Rafael Arcangel (#220), 20th mission in California Mission Chain, established 1817. Location: San Rafael.
Lighter Wharf at Bolinas (#221), built early 1850s for shipments of lumber. Location: At N. end of Bolinas Lagoon
Olema Lime Kilns (#222), built by Russian stonemasons, who employed local Indians during the Russian occupation of Sonoma County coast, circa 1812. Location: State Hwy 1, .2 of Olema
Angel Island (#529), "Isla de los Angeles", once Mexican rancho, U.S. Military Post, and quarantine and immigration station. Location: Angel Island State Park
Pioneer Paper Mill (#552), The first paper mill on the Pacific Coast built 1856 by Samuel Penfield Taylor. Location: .3nside Samuel P. Taylor State Park, W of Hwy 101 off Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
St. Vincent's School for Boys (#630), founded 1855. Location: 4 mi N of San Rafael
Home of Lord Charles Snowden Fairfax (#679), California Assemblyman (1853), Speaker of Assembly (1854), and Clerk of the State Supreme Court (1856). Location: Fairfax
Green Brae Brick Kiln (#917), on the San Quentin Peninsula, previously part of the Remillard Brick Company, largest brick manufacturer on the Pacific Coast. Location: Larkspur
Outdoor Art Club (#922), building erected 1904 by Bernard Maybeck. Location: Mill Valley
China Camp (#924), one of largest Chinese fishing villages in California, established by 1870. Location: At entrance to China Camp Village, China Camp State Park
Golden Gate Bridge (#974), construction began in 1933 by engineer Joseph Strauss and architect Irving Morrow, completed in 1937. Location: spans between Marin County and San Francisco
Marin County Civic Center (#999), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Administration Building finished in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970 designed to be organic architecture, synthesis of buildings and landscape. Location: Civic Center, San Rafael.
:For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21429.
==Mariposa County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21430.
==Mendocino County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21431.
==Merced County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21432.

★ Snelling Courthouse (#409), in Snelling on California State Route 59.

★ Canal Farm Inn (#548), in Los Banos

★ Los Banos Creek (#550), in Los Banos

★ Pacheco Pass (#829), along California State Route 152

★ Merced County Fairgrounds (#934), in Merced, had a temporary detention camp for Japanese Americans from May to September 1942.
==Modoc County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21438.
==Mono County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21439.

★ Bodie (#341), a California Gold Rush mining town, now a ghost town

★ Dog Town (#792), site of the first major gold rush to the eastern slope of California's Sierra Nevada

★ Trail of the John C. Frémont 1844 expedition (#995-1), Toiyabe National Forest—While exploring and mapping the area of what is presently the western United States, Lt. John C. Frémont's party passed through northern Mono County during the last week of January, 1844. After passing through Mono County, Frémont passed over the Sierra Nevada and travelled to Sutter's Fort in the Sacramento Valley, where the party rested. To leave California the expedition headed south through the San Joaquin Valley, and then headed easterly to leave California by the Old Spanish Trail to Utah.
==Monterey County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21441.
==Napa County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21442.

★ Old Bale Mill (#359) located on California State Route 29 between St. Helena and Calistoga.

★ Beringer Brothers Winery (#814) has the unique distinction of never having ceased operations since its founding in 1876 located in St. Helena

★ Charles Krug Winery (#563) founded by Charles Krug (1825-1892) in 1861 the oldest operating winery in Napa Valley located north of St. Helena

★ Chiles Mill (#547) the first flour mill in Northern California located in Chiles Valley

★ First Presbyterian Church Building (#878) constructed in 1874 and still currently in use located in Napa

★ George Yount Blockhouse Site (#564) built by early pioneer George Calvert Yount located one mile (1.6 km) north of Yountville.

★ George Calvert Yount ((1794-1865) Gravesite (#693) located in Yountville Pioneer Cemetery

★ Hudson Cabin Site (#683) built in October 1845 by David Hudson was one of the early pioneers who helped develop the upper portion of Napa Valley located in Calistoga

★ Kelsey House Site (#686) located south of Calistoga

★ Napa Valley Railroad Depot (#687) built in 1868 located in Calistoga

★ Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (#710) after arriving in Calistoga by train in May 1880 Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift spent their honeymoon accompanied by her 12 year old son Lloyd Osbourne in an abandoned three-story bunkhouse at a derelict mining camp called "Silverado" located on the park property north of Calistoga

★ Sam Brannan Cottage (#685) one of the cottages built by Calistoga's founding father in 1866 for a resort he was developing

★ Sam Brannan Store (#684)

★ Shramberg Winery (#561) Founded in 1862 by Jacob Schram, this was the first hillside winery of the Napa Valley. Robert Louis Stevenson, visited here in 1880 and devoted a chapter of his book ''The Silverado Squatters'' to Schramsberg and its wines. located south of Calistoga

★ Twentieth Century Folk Art Enviromentent-Litto (#939) eclectic collection of Emanuele 'Litto' Damonte (1896-1985)

★ York Cabin Site (#682) along with the Hudson Cabin, some of the first homes built in the area located in Calistoga

★ Veterans Home of California (#828) established in 1884 by Mexican–American War veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic. In January 1897 the Veterans Home Association deeded the home and its of land to the State, which has since maintained it. located in Yountville
==Nevada County==
For more details, please see http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21443.

★ Donner Monument (#134) Commemorates the ill-fated Donner Party of California-bound emigrants, who wintered here in 1846-1847, many died of exposure and starvation. Location: Donner Memorial State Park,Old Hwy 40 at I-80 and Truckee exit, Truckee

★ The World's First Long Distance Telephone Line (#247) The first long-distance telephone in the world, built in 1877 by the Ridge Telephone Company, connected French Corral with French Lake, away. It was operated by the Milton Mining Company from a building on this site that had been erected about 1853. Location: On Pleasant Valley Rd, in center of community of French Corral

★ Home of Lola Montez (#292)- Lola was born in Limerick, Ireland on July 3, 1818, as María Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. After living in England and on the continent, Lola came to New York in 1851 and settled in Grass Valley in 1852. It was here she built the only home she ever owned and became friends with Lotta Crabtree, who lived up the street. Lola died January 17, 1861 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, New York. Location: 248 Mill St, Grass Valley

★ Home of Lotta Crabtree (#293) - Lotta Crabtree was born in New York in 1847. In 1852-3 the gold fever brought her family to California. Several months after arriving in San Francisco, Mrs. Crabtree and Lotta went to Grass Valley and with Mr. Crabtree started a boarding house for miners. It was here that Lotta met Lola Montez, who taught her to sing and dance. In Scales, Plumas County, Lotta made her first public appearance, which led to a successful career on stage here and abroad. Location: 238 Mill St, Grass Valley

★ Little Town of Rough and Ready (#294) - Established in 1849 and named in honor of General Zachary Taylor, after the Rough and Ready Company of miners from Wisconsin, this was one of the principal towns of Nevada County. In 1850, articles of secession were drawn up establishing the 'Republic of Rough and Ready.' As a result of disastrous fires, only a few structures remain today that were built in the 1850s. Location: NE corner of State Hwy 20 and Mountain Rose Rd, Rough and Ready

★ Site of the First Discoveries of Quartz Gold in California (#297) - This tablet commemorates the discovery of gold-bearing quartz and the beginning of quartz mining in California. The discovery was made on Gold Hill by George Knight in October 1850. The occurrence of gold-bearing quartz was undoubtedly noted here and elsewhere about the same time or even earlier, but this discovery created the great excitement that started the development of quartz mining into a great industry. The Gold Hill Mine is credited with a total production of $4,000,000 between 1850 and 1857. Location: SW corner of Jenkins St and Hocking Ave, Grass Valley

★ Empire Mine (#298) - The Empire Mine was originally located by George D. Roberts in October 1850. In the spring of 1854, the Empire Mining Company was incorporated and in 1865 new works, including a 30-stamp mill, were erected. In 1869 Wm. B. Bourn, Sr. purchased the Empire, when he died, Wm. B. Bourn, Jr. took over its management. The Empire was in constant operation from 1850 to the late 1950s. Location: Empire Mine State Historic Park, 10791 Empire St, .2 of Grass Valley

★ Bridgeport (Nyes Crossing) Covered Bridge (#390) - Built in 1862 by David Isaac John Wood with lumber from his mill in Sierra County, this bridge was part of the Virginia Turnpike Company toll road which served the northern mines and the busy Nevada Comstock Lode. Utilizing a combination truss and arch construction, it is one of the oldest housed spans in the west and the longest single-span wood-covered bridge in the United States. Location: W side of Pleasant Valley Rd at S Fork of the Yuba River .7 of French Corral

★ Alpha Hydraulic Diggings (#628) - One mile (1.6 km) north of here were the towns of Alpha and Omega, named by gold miners in the early 1850s. The tremendous hydraulic diggings, visible from near this point, engulfed most of the original townsites. Alpha was the birthplace of famed opera singer Emma Nevada. Mining at Omega continued until 1949, and lumbering operations are carried on there today (1958). Location: Omega Rest Area, Hwy 20 (P.M. 35. 7), E of Washington Rd, Washington

★ Omega Hydraulic Diggings (629) - One mile (1.6 km) north of here were the towns of Alpha and Omega, named by gold miners in the early 1850s. The tremendous hydraulic diggings, visible from near this point, engulfed most of the original townsites. Alpha was the birthplace of famed opera singer Emma Nevada. Mining at Omega continued until 1949, and lumbering operations are carried on there today (1958). Location: Omega Rest Area, Hwy 20 (P.M. 35. 7), E of Washington Rd, Washington

★ First Transcontinental Railroad-Truckee (#780) - While construction on Sierra tunnels delayed Central Pacific, advance forces at Truckee began building of track east and west of Truckee, moving supplies by wagon and sled, and Summit Tunnel was opened in December 1867. The line reached Truckee April 3, 1868, the Sierra was conquered. Rails reached Reno June 19, and construction advanced eastward toward the meeting with Union Pacific at the rate of one mile (1.6 km) daily. On May 10, 1869, the rails met at Promontory (Utah) to complete the first transcontinental railroad. Location: SP Depot, 70 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee

★ Overland Emigrant Trail (#799) - Over a hundred sixty years ago, this trail resounded to creaking wheels of pioneer wagons and the cries of hardy travelers on their way to the gold fields. It is estimated that over thirty thousand people used this trail in 1849. Here the old trail approaches the present highway. Location: SE side of Wolf Creek Bridge, State Hwy 49 (P.M. 3.61), S of Grass Valley

★ South Yuba Canal Office (#832) - This was the headquarters for the largest network of water flumes and ditches in the state. The South Yuba Canal Water Company was the first incorporated to supply water for hydraulic mining. The original ditch was in use in May 1850, and this company office was in use from 1857 to 1880. The company's holdings later became part of the vast Pacific Gas and Electric Company hydroelectric system. Location: 134 Main St, Nevada City

★ North Star Mine Powerhouse (#843) - The North Star Powerhouse, built by A. D. Foote in 1895, was the first complete plant of its kind. Compressed air, generated by Pelton water wheels, furnished power for the entire mine operation. The 30-foot Pelton wheel was the largest in the world, and was in continuous use for over 30 years. Location: Mining and Pelton Wheel Museum, S Mill at Allison Ranch Rd, Grass Valley

★ North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company (#852)- This was a major hydraulic gold-mining operation in California. It boasted a vast system of canals and flumes, its 7,800-foot drainage tunnel was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled in 1884 by Judge Lorenzo Sawyer's famous decision, which created control that virtually ended hydraulic mining in California. Location: Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, E of State Hwy 49 on Tyler Foote Crossing Rd, plaque located in park diggins overlook, 28 mi N of Nevada City

★ Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy (#855) - Built by Reverend Thomas J. Dalton, the Sacred Heart Convent and Holy Angels Orphanage was dedicated May 2, 1865 by Bishop Eugene O'Connell. Under the Sisters of Mercy, it served from 1866 to 1932 as the first orphanage of the Northern Mines. It functioned as an academy from 1868 to 1965 and as a convent from 1866 to 1968. Location: S Church St between Chapel and Dalton Sts, Grass Valley

★ Nevada Theater (#863) - California's oldest existing structure erected as a theater, the Nevada, opened September 9, 1865. Celebrities such as Mark Twain, Jack Londonn, and Emma Nevada have appeared on its stage. Closed in 1957, the theatre was later purchased through public donations and reopened May 17, 1968 to again serve the cultural needs of the community. Location: 401 Broad St, Nevada City

★ National Hotel (#899) - The National Exchange Hotel opened for business on August 20, 1856, the exterior is virtually unchanged since its construction as three brick buildings in 1856. The National is one of the oldest continuously operating hotels west of the Rockies. Location: 211 Broad St, Nevada City

★ Holbrooke Hotel (# 914) - The hotel was built in 1862 around the Golden Gate Saloon, originally constructed in 1852 and the oldest continuously operating saloon in the Mother Lode region. The hotel's one-story fieldstone and brick construction is an outstanding example of mid-19th century Mother Lode masonry structures. Location: 212 W Main St, Grass Valley

★ First Manufacturing Site of the Pelton Wheel (#1012) - The Pelton Water Wheel, first commercially manufactured here at George Allan's Foundry and Machine Works in