California, El Dorado County, Georgetown
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Built in 1862
for the
Georgetown Home Guard
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Built in 1862for the
Georgetown Home Guard
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Wells Fargo Building
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One and a half miles north of Georgetown sailors from Georgia established claims in 1849. General store and mining camp in 1850 which later produced by SFAM Diggins hydraulic and flood sluicing methods. The famous Blue Rock, Pacific Beattie and Upper Blue Rock mines rich producers for over half a century
On the corner of Main Street and East Beach Streets, where the Lettunich Building now stands, was the Pacific Exchange Hotel built in 1856 by T.D. Alexander. By 1871 the owners decided that a larger and more modern hotel was needed and Thomas Beck was hired to draw up the plans. It was named the Mansion House.
Watsonville, where strawberries are sweeter, apples are crisper and produce plentiful, is a friendly place of diverse people who share a strong sense of community and optimism.
The Apple Annual was held in downtown Watsonville from 1910 to 1913. For the first event in 1910, William H. Weeks, renowned Watsonville architect, designed a pavilion to house the show exhibits which was located on Second Street, now the site of the Fire Station. Included in the week-long festivities were box-making contests, band concerts, vaudeville attractions, speeches, and parades with horns, bells, and confetti. The first apple show was a huge success with some 30,000 people attending from all over the state and nation.
A wooden church was first built on this site in 1864 designed by James Walter. It was moved to Ford Street in 1901, and a larger English Gothic style edifice designed by William H. Weeks was constructed in 1902. It has a seating capacity of 625 persons, and 150,000 feet of lumber were used in the construction of the interior. Four tons of copper and sheet lead comprised the roof trim, gutters and valleys. The tall spire rose 132 feet into the air and its slate sides could be seen for miles on a bright day. Crowning the spire was a gilded bronze cross.
Lest We Forget
To fire the first salute
The grave of Patrick M.
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Plumtrees Honor Roll
Parmly Brown • John E. Nelson • Leland Grumman Jr.
Warren Abrams • Arthur Appell • George S Bates • Thomas Bergstrom • Arthur C. Brown • Raymond Capellaro • George Cher • Michael Cher • Stephen Cher • Richard Collier • William L. Collier • Emmet Crosier • Fred Eckert • Stanley Edmond • Evelyn Fallenback • Robert Flatow • Walter Flatow • Carl Gonzales • Edward Gonzales • Robert Gonzales • Amos Hawley • Charles Hawley • Franklyn Hawley • Arnold Hilton • Edward Hoyt • Walter Kurjiaka • Leroy Staib • Edward Stevenson • John J. Stevenson • Ruth Stevenson • Edward A. Stock • Shirley Tillotson • Joel Todd • John G. Todd • Albert Walker • Ernest C. Walters • Frank W Walters • William Walters • Harold E. Westover • Harry R. White • Robert Wood
Plumtrees School
The Plumtrees School was built in 1867 as a one room school house for the Plumtrees District of Bethel. The school served the community from 1867 through 1970. At its closing it was the last operating one room school house in America. The Plumtrees School now serves the community as an educational museum.
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Here was the home of Gustavus Henry (1804-1880). For three years a member of the Kentucky Legislature, he later served a term in the Tennessee Assembly. He represented Tennessee in the Senate of the Confederate States of America during the entire existence of that government.
Old Brick School House
