Grand Procrastination

This simple bronze plaque honoring the work of John Steinbeck was sculptured in 1938 by William Gordon Huff. It was dedicated that same year by noted Western historian Dr. Charles L. Camp with all the unwavering oratorical profundity which traditionally ...

James Stuart Cain

Pioneer banker and mining man born in 1854 and moved to Carson City, Nevada, in 1875. Shortly thereafter he and Martha D. Wells of nearby Genoa were married and moved to Bodie where he engaged in lumber, freighting, banking, and ...

Warren Dutton House - Tomales Community Park

Warren Dutton, (1823-1903) co-founder of Tomales, came here from the gold fields in 1852, staked a claim to what is now known as Upper Town, and became partners with John Keys. Within a few years the relationship deteriorated, but the ...

Chalet Bernensis

In 1858 Swiss-German John Thomann arrived in California and, by 1874, had built this winery. He built his family home next to the winery in 1884. The Sutter family purchased a small vineyard nearby in 1891 to supply their wine ...

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 ...

Volpi's Grocery

This building which was built around 1900 has always housed a grocery store. The business was purchased in 1925 by the Volpi family. This grocery store was also a place where one could get a drink during Prohibition. When the ...

Cutting's Wharf

Francis Cutting was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1834 and arrived in San Francisco in 1858. After establishing himself in the fruit packing business he sought to expand operations to fruit growing as well and looked here for a wharf ...

Suisun City

The name Suisun, meaning “west wind” originated with the Patwin Indians. In 1850 Curtis Wilson and John Baker became the first Americans to sail to this site. They were followed a year later by Josiah Wing who erected an embarcadero, ...

The Tippecanoe County Courthouse

The Tippecanoe County Courthouse

Neoclassic Architecture

on the

National Register of Historic Places

Construction Started 1881

Completed 1884

Marker is on Main Street west of North 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Combat Infantrymen

To Honor All Combat

Infantrymen

We were boys and we were young

We became men on that hill we overrun

Some of us lived, many of us died

For a moment with us abide

And join in prayer with me

To honor those of the combat infantry

Freedom ...