Port Los Angeles

"The Long Wharf"

In 1893 the Southern Pacific Railroad Company completed its 4,720-foot wharf which served as a deep water port for the Los Angeles area. After San Pedro became Los Angeles' official harbor in 1897, shipping activity at Port ...

Bedrock Mortars

Point of Historical Interest

Bedrock mortars were made by Native California Women. The cup shapes were worn smooth by repeated pounding and grinding for use in processing food. Both the Washoe and Miwuk Tribes traversed and summered in this high Central ...

Confederate Cemetery

Battle of Richmond Tour Station

Until 1972 these graves were marked with only small rough field stones which are still in place along with the newer Veterans Administration markers. Research by Dr. John B. Floyd, Jr., revealed the names of the ...

Reform School for Juvenile Offenders

Fred C. Nelles School

The March 11, 1889 Act of the California Legislature authorized the establishment of a school for juvenile offenders. Dedication and laying of cornerstone was done by Governor R.W. Waterman on February 12, 1890. Officially opened as ...

Elko Airport

Terminus of the First Commercial Air Mail Route

On April 6, 1926, Varney Air Lines pilot Leon Cuddeback, carrying one bag of mail, landed his tiny Curtis Swallow bi-plane at Elko, Nevada, completing the first scheduled air mail run in the ...

Hutto School

Side 1:

The first school for former slaves in this county was established in 1869 and was known as the Whittier School and Tabernacle for Colored Children. It was on Shotwell Street and had grades 1-7. The name soon changed to ...

Battle of Richmond, Ky.

August 29-30, 1862

(Front):

Confederates: 12,000 Infantry, 4,000 Cavalry

Federals: 7,000 Infantry

Generals

Confederate, E. Kirby Smith

Federal, William Nelson, M.D. Manson

Losses

Confederate, 75 killed, 200 wounded

Federal, 206 killed, 844 wounded 4,303 prisoners (many men escaped) 9 pieces of artillery 10,000 stands of small arms ...

Coles County War Memorial

This Memorial is dedicated to the men and women of the Armed Forces in all wars for the United States of America.

Marker is at the intersection of 7th Street and Monroe Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 7th ...

Humboldt Wells

These springs, seen as marsh spots and small ponds of water in the meadows here, are the Humboldt Wells, a historic oasis on the California Emigrant Trail. Here, during the period 1845–1870, hundreds of covered wagons each year rested and ...

Broad Street Station

Opened here, 1881, by the Pennsylvania Railroad; enlarged 1893. This was once the world's largest railroad passenger terminal. Its great arched train shed burned, 1923. The station and its long elevated stone track bed (the “Chinese Wall”) remained until 1952-53.