Birthplace of Union Oil Company of California

Birthplace of

Union Oil Company of California

Founded October 17, 1890

Presented by the City of Santa Paula, California

to

Union Oil Company of California

In Commemoration of the Company's 50 years of Service to the West

August Twenty-Four, Nineteen Hundred Forty

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Peter Lassen In California

“In Camponit Peter Lassen and his party had been waiting for the winter to be over. Instead of crossing the mountain ranges on their way south, he and six other persons decided to go by ship from Fort Vancouver. A ...

First Marriage in California

First Marriage in California took place at this Mission between Juan Maria Ruiz of El Fuerte, Sonora, Mexico, 25 years of age, and Margarita de Cortona, 22, a Salinan woman of Mission San Antonio, on the sixteenth of May in ...

1st California Regiment

The 1st California was one of four regiments that made up the “California Brigade” commanded by Colonel Edward D. Baker, U.S. Senator from Oregon and close friend of President Lincoln. In April, 1861, Baker helped to organize what was intended ...

Bank of California

Historic Bank Site

On this site, the Virginia City Agency of the Bank of California was established on September 6, 1864.

Here miners obtained the capital that financed the most spectacular boom in mining history. Nearly one billion dollars in gold and ...

California’s Historic Capitol

The historic Capitol was designed by architects M.F. Butler and Reuben Clark. Its style is an adaption of Roman Corinthian architecture. Work began in 1860 and by late 1869 the Capitol was partly occupied. In 1874, construction ended at a ...

California Hill

Nebraska Historical Marker

The large hill to the north, which became known as “California Hill,” was climbed by thousands of covered wagon emigrants heading west between 1841 and 1860. Many were bound for Oregon. California became the destination of the majority ...

The Last Indian Fight in Southern California

In January 1867 Indians left their camp east of Chimney Rock to go into the San Bernardino Mountains where they looted and burned several cabins and a sawmill. In retaliation, a possee surprised the Indians at their camp and killed ...

California Hill

Nebraska Historical Marker

The large hill to the north, which became known as “California Hill,” was climbed by thousands of covered wagon emigrants heading west between 1841 and 1860. Many were bound for Oregon. California became the destination of the majority ...

Westport - Santa Fe Trail - Oregon / California Trail

Westport

Westport, along with Independence, was a major outfitting point for the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails. Founded in 1834 by John C. McCoy and platted around the trading post he built the previous year, Westport's early fortunes were directly ...