Sycamore Cove
Sycamore Cove Beach is a day-use area in Point Mugu State Park in southern Ventura County.
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Sycamore Cove
04 Tuesday Dec 2018
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Portolá Journey’s End
12 Friday Oct 2018
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Portolá Journey’s End
November 6-10, 1769
Near “El Palo Alto”, the tall tree, the Portolá expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped. They had traveled from San Diego in search of Monterey but discovered instead the Bay of San Francisco. Finding the bay too large to go around, and deciding that Monterey had been by-passed, they ended the search and returned to San Diego.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 2
Plaque placed by State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Portolá Expedition Bicentennial Foundation, November 8, 1968.
This is California Historical Landmarks #2
Birthplace Of Silicon Valley
12 Friday Oct 2018
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“The HP Garage”
Birthplace Of Silicon Valley
This garage is the birthplace of the world’s first high-technology region, “Silicon Valley.” The idea for such a region originated with Dr. Frederick Terman, a Stanford University professor who encouraged his students to start up their own electronics companies in the area instead of joining established firms in the East. The first two students to follow his advice were William R. Hewlett and David Packard, who in 1938 began developing their first product, an audio oscillator, in this garage.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 976
Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Hewlett-Packard Company, May 19, 1989.
This is California Historical Landmarks #976 located in Palo Alto, CA.
First County Courthouse Site
12 Friday Oct 2018
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First County Courthouse Site
This is the site of Alameda County’s first courthouse where county government began on June 6, 1853. Officials met in a two-story wooden building erected by Henry C. Smith and A. M. Church as a merchandise store. The seat of government moved to San Leandro in 1856, following an election in December 1854.
This is California Historical Landmarks #503.
Clyde V. Kane Rest Area
10 Wednesday Oct 2018
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Clyde V. Kane Rest Area (northbound I-15)
Also located here is California registered Historical landmark no. 963.
Gaviota Rest Area
10 Wednesday Oct 2018
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Gaviota Rest Area (southbound)
Worlds Tallest Thermometer
24 Friday Aug 2018
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Worlds Tallest Thermometer, located in Baker, California.
The World’s Tallest Thermometer is a landmark located in Baker, California. It is an electric sign that commemorates the record 134 degrees Fahrenheit recorded nearby on July 10, 1913.
It stands 134 feet tall and is capable of displaying a maximum temperature of 134 °F as a reference to the temperature record.
It was built in 1991 by the Young Electric Sign Company of Salt Lake City, Utah for Willis Herron, a local Baker businessman who spent $700,000 to build the thermometer next to his Bun Boy restaurant.
Soon after its construction, 70-mph winds snapped the thermometer in half, and it was rebuilt. Two years later, severe gusts made the thermometer sway so much that its light bulbs popped out. Concrete was then poured inside the steel core to reinforce the monument.(*)
Valley Wells Rest Area Northbound
24 Friday Aug 2018
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Valley Wells Rest Area Northbound, for the Southbound rest area across the freeway from this one visit this page.
Venice Beach
24 Friday Aug 2018
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Venice Skate Park
24 Friday Aug 2018
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