Bonneville Salt Flats

James Lick

James Lick August 25, 1796 - October 1, 1876 Pennsylvania Dutch Farm Boy - Master Craftsman and Pianomaker - South American Business Entrepreneur - California Pioneer - Real Estate Investor...

James Edward Keeler

In memory of James Edward Keeler ScD. director of Lick Observatory 1989 - 1900. "Surveyed God's beauteous firmament unrolled like to a book new writ in golden words. And turned the azure...

Shay Locomotive

National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark Felton, California Heisler locomotive, built by Stearns Manufacturing Company, 1899. Shay locomotive, built by Lima Locomotive Works,...

First Saw Mill

First Saw Mill About three hundred feet south of this monument on the banks of Alambique Creek, stood San Mateo County's first saw mill built by Charles Brown in 1847. About the same time...

San Luis Camp Adobe

San Luis Camp Adobe Oldest building in Merced County, built in 1848 by Francisco Perez Pacheco and his son on Rancho San Luis Gonzaga. Later a stopping place for vaqueros while driving cattle to...

Ramirez Adobe

In 1849, Antonio Ramirez built a small adobe on the El Camino Real, near the site of the ancient Indian village, Holamna. As a main artery to California's gold fields, the El Camino Real brought...

First Mission Bell Made in California

The bronze bell in the center niche of the campanario was cast especially for this mission and is the first missiion bell made in California. It is 24 inches in diameter and weighs 500 pounds. ...

Apollo 11 Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment (LURE)

IEEE Milestone Apollo 11 Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment (LURE), 1969 On 1 August 1969, Lick Observatory made the first Earth-to-Moon distance measurement with centimeter accuracy....

Nova Albion

On June 17, 1579, Captain Francis Drake sailed his ship, Golden Hinde, into the Gulf of the Farallones and the bay that now bears his name. He sighted these white cliffs and named the land...

Soda Lake

Sola Lake At 3,000 acres, Soda Lake is one of the largest undisturbed alkali wetlands in the state. It provides important habitat for migratory birds, such as black-necked stilts,...

Clocktower Building

Agnews State Hospital Clocktower Building Historic Name – Treatment Building Erected 1908 George Sellon, State Architect in collaboration with Dr. Leonard Stocking, Hospital...

Peter Hunsinger Building

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Louis Leakey Auditorium

Dr. Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1997-1972) Devoted his entire life to promoting the study of African Prehistory and to strengthening Kenya’s museum system.

Home of Eugene V. Debs

Debs (1855-1926) was leading pioneer in industrial unionism, social reformer, and peace advocate. Founded American Railway Union, 1893; cofounded American Socialist Party, 1900; and ran five...