California Spotted Owl

The California spotted owl is one of three subspecies of spotted owls that occurs within the United States. The Mexican spotted owl is found in the southwestern states and Mexico. The Northern spotted owl occupies western Washington, Oregon and California. ...

California – Oregon Trail / California – Oregon Road

About 60 feet above this marker a line of rocks marks the old Trappers and Emigrants Trail from Trinity River to Scott Valley. This route may have been used as early as 1829 by Hudson’s Bay trappers and others prior ...

California – Oregon Stage Road

1860 – 1887

A pack trail in 1851, Greathouse & Co. muled passengers by 1854. James E. Carr contracted by the California Stage Co., finished the last six miles of road from Trinity River to here, Sept. 14, 1860. The first ...

Bakersfield Californian

Home of

The Bakersfield Californian

Erected by

Alfred Harrell

1925

Marker is on Eye Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The California Riviera

Historic Cannery Row

From 1901 to 1941, much of the eastern portion of Cannery Row’s coastline was occupied by a single estate, Casa de Las Olas, which stretched 1,000 feet along Monterey Bay (top). San Francisco financier Hugh Tevis had it ...

West of This Point is the California Aqueduct

West of this point is the California Aqueduct which parallels Interstate Highway 5 for about 250 miles in the San Joaquin Valley. The aqueduct is a major part of the California State Water Project operated by the State Department of ...

The California Club

The California Club in Los Angeles is considered one of the most important buildings of Robert D. Farquhar. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris he became one of a small number of architects practicing in California ...

California Road

First Crossed Here 1849

Near here on May 28, 1849, was the camp of a large party of gold seekers en route to California with a military escort under the command of Captain R B Marcy. The California Road was used ...

Site of College of California

Original Campus of University of California

University of California, chartered March 23, 1868. Located between Franklin and Harrison, 12th and 14th Streets, from 1869 to 1873. Using buildings of former College of California, successor to Contra Costa Academy founded by Henry ...

Veterans Home of California

Established in 1884 by Mexican War Veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic who recognized the need for a home for California’s aged and disabled veterans. In January 1897 the Veterans Home Association deeded the home and ...