American Legion Building

A portion of the original Spanish landgrant Rancho La Ballona

The American Legion Post #46 clubhouse was dedicated on August 9, 1930. Contractor Don S. Ely erected the building on this site over the first swimming pool in the area, ...

Dynamo Plant and Pond

Completed December 1, 1892, by the Standard Consolidated Mining Company, this hydro-electric generating plant began operation in October 1893. Electricity was transmitted over a 13 mile line to the mining company’s 20 stamp mill at Bodie. This facility was one ...

St. Augustine's Church

In 1883 this land was donated by Señor J. Francisco Figueroa to the Roman Catholic Church of Los Angeles in order that a mission church be built to serve the people of La Ballona Valley. In 1887 a small wooden ...

St. Mary's Hospital of Emporia

St. Mary's Hospital of Emporia was first opened on this location in 1884 by the Sisters of the Order of St. Francis at Lafayette, In. For many years it was the only hospital between Kansas City and Wichita, and it ...

Civil War Memorial

In Memory of Our

Nation's Heroes

To Our Silent

Victors

Lest We Forget

Marker is on Union Street near the railroad tracks, on the left when traveling south.

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Cañada De Los Bueyes

Canyon of the Oxen

Through this canyon in Mexican days oxen drawn carretas carried hides to the embarcadero at San Juan Capistrano.

Marker is on Mwd Access Rd west of Eastern Transportation Corridor (Highway 241).

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Roncal

Site of Civil War home of Charles Etienne Arthur Gayarre Louisiana historian, lawyer, judge, legislator, & Secretary of State, 1846-1853. Grandson of Etinne de Bore

Marker is on U.S. 51, on the right when traveling north.

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We-No-Nah

Gift of W.J. Landon in memory of

Ida Cone Landon 1900

The Statuary grouping of We-No-Nah and its turtles and pelicans was erected in Central Park on August 26, 1902, and incorporated in Levee Plaza 1977.

We-No-Nah, meaning first born daughter in the ...

Henegar School Complex

The western most building of this complex was built in the period 1919-1921 and the first high school graduating class graduated May 12, 1921 with 13 students.

The building was soon overflowing and six "shacks" were built to care for ...

Passing the Legacy

The western spirit of adventure is captured in a moment of connection between two Pony Express riders. A legendary American tradition established in 1860 was revived in 1958 by Arizona's Hashknife Pony Express-who have continued to deliver the U.S. mail ...