California State Sociey DAC

Historical Markings and Dedications by California DAC and Chapters

Date	Chapter	State Regent and marking information
11 Dec 1930	Los Angeles	Mrs. Alexander Smithers, State Regent. Site where the 1st white men camped in 1769, Elysian Park.
1 March 1933	CSSDAC	Mrs. Elmer Whittaker, State Regent. Beverly Hills City Hall, 200th anniversary of George Washington's Birthday.
16 June 1934	Santa Barbara	Mrs. William K. Floyd, State Regent. Old Mission Aqueduct - Foster Park.
26 September 1938	CSSDAC	Three incense cedar trees planted by chapter members of Don Benito Wilson Chapter and marked with stone boulder. Located in Farnsworth Park.
21 Sept 1941	Los Angeles	Mrs. George Patterson, State Regent. Bronze marker on flagpole of St Thomas Church on Sept. 21, honoring State Regent Mrs. George Patterson.
21 Sept 1948	Richard Henry Lee Chapter	Grove of 13 trees with Bronze marker. Given to Neure Hospital in Brentwood.
1950	CSSDAC	Mrs. Frederick C. Pew, State Regent. Baptismal Font at All Faiths Chapel of San Fernando Veterans Hospital, dedicated in memory of beloved members who have passed away. Monies used were from a state fund started in 1939 by the CSSDAC Board.
18 May 1953	Santa Barbara	Mrs. Henry Herbert Dace, State Regent. Marked the Old Grist Mill above the Santa Barbara Mission.
1954	San Jose de Guadalupe	Mrs. Henry Herbert Dace, State Regent. Marked the Juan Briones de Mirada Adobe.
17 March 1955	San Jose de Guadalupe	Mrs. Albert M. Walsh, State Regent. Marked the Herbert Clark Hoover Cork Oak Tree, City Hall Park, Palo Alto.
1957	Aptucxet Chapter	First ranger station in California, bronze marker on boulder by Aptucxet Chapter. Cabin has been moved to Chilao Visitor Center area, Angeles National Forest.
1957	CSSDAC	Mrs. Albert M. Walsh, State Regent. Marked the Hilltown Ferry.
1957	Richard Bidwell Chapter	Bidwell Mansion, by Richard Bidwell Chapter and Historical Societies of Butte County.
21 April 1957	Santa Barbara	Mrs. Albert M. Walsh, State Regent. Marked the Casa del Presidio.
13 August 1958	CSSDAC	Mrs. Carl C. Barley, State Regent, Marked the Higuera Rancho Adobe near Milpitas.
1960	CSSDAC	Mrs. Frederick Hulting, State Regent. Marked the grave of a Colonial Ancestor, the site of the Cheer House and the Salvador Vallejo Adobe in the War Memorial Building Balboa Park, San Diego. Plaque dedicated to Sylvester Pattie Presidio Park San Diego.
1963	CSSDAC	Mrs. William R. Meyer, State Regent. Began the project to replace the El Camino Real Bells. The first bell was donated at Camp Pendleton “Honoring those Marines who made the supreme sacrifice to preserve the freedom of our Fathers”. Three chapters donated bells in Whittier, San Fernando and San Clemente.
1963	Hanna Hatch	Mrs. Leonard E. Weisenburg, State Regent. Marked the Mission Bell at El Camino Real and Del Mar in San Clemente.
1963	Aptucxet Chapter	El Camino Bell placed at City Hall, La Puente, California. Placed in conjunction with the La Puente Historical Society. (is inscribed inside in memory of Gertrude Sheldon)
1965	Stockton	Mrs. James P. Lanehart, State Regent. Three chapters donated a bell which was placed in the Alhambra City Hall; another bell was donated in Casa Muras near Carmel, near the burial place of Father Junipero.
3 April 1966	CSSDAC	El Camino Real Bell placed in front of La Puente City Hall, by Aptuexet Chapter and La Puente Valley Historical Society. Text reads La Puente Valley Historical Society honoring our pioneers and Aptuexet Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists in Memory of Gertrude Sheldon, April 3, 1966.
1965	CSSDAC	Mrs. James P. Lanehart, State Regent. Placed a Historical Marker on the Sherman Indian High School-Riverside.
1970	CSSDAC and Nevada County Landmark Commission	Old Assay Office, Nevada City.
1973	CSSDAC	Mrs. William T. Johnson, State Regent. Placed an historical marker at the historic Single Spanned Covered Bridge for passage over the Yuba River. It is the only remaining example of its kind, built in 1861-1862 in Nevada County.
1975	San Francisco	Mrs. Clarence W. Mapes, State Regent. Rededicated their memorial marker placed in honor of Lt. Col. Juan Bautista at the Presidio, San Francisco.
1975	CSSDAC	Mrs. John E. Lawson, State Regent. Placed a grave marker at the grave of Mrs. Opal Gentz, honoring her ancestor Aquila Lane, Tilden-Lina Cemetery.
1976	CSSDAC	Mrs. John E. Lawson, State Regent. Dedicated an historical marker at the Mission San Gabriel Archangel.
1976	CSSDAC	Mrs. John E. Lawson, State Regent. Placed a grave marker at the grave of Soldier Aquila Lane who served in the Revolutionary War, Tidence Lane Cemetery.
1976	CSSDAC	Mrs.John E. Lawson, SR- Placed Bicentennial Plaque at the Presidio of San Francisco.
1979	CSSDAC	Mrs. Daniel J. Higgins, State Regent. Placed a Historical Marker on the Bridgeport Covered Bridge in Bridgeport, California near Auburn. The marker Landmark #390 on a bronze plaque set in granite on a granite slab.
1980	Hannah Hatch	Mrs. Brallier F. Gillin. Placed an historical marker at the site of the original stagecoach stop with the establishment of a Wells Fargo Express Office which operated between 1874 and 1916. Weekly stage coaches ran between Los Angeles and San Diego-Tustin.
1983	Torrey Pines	Donated and marked two long redwood mission benches in Torrey Pines State Park-San Diego County.
abt 1984	CSSDAC	Pat Stanford, State Historian, Sacramento. Unidentified location.
1984	CSSDAC	Helen McKee, State Regent. Marked a grave of an unnamed former State Regent.
1991	CSSDAC	Turalu Brady, State Regent. Marked the tomb of Peter H. Burnett, 1^st Governor of California at the Old Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara.
1992	CSSDAC	Mildred Herlihy, State Regent. Placed an historical marker at the El Campo Santos Cemetery in San Diego.
1993	CSSDAC	Mildred Herlihy, State Regent. Placed a memorial marker on the grave of John Bigler, 3^rdGovernor of California, in Sacramento.
1994	CSSDAC	Miriam Hopiak, State Regent. Marked the grave of Manuel Salvador Larios, “King of the Dons” and early Spanish settler and leader. San Juan Bautista Cemetery.
1996	CSSDAC	Ellen Deuel, State Regent. Placed an historical marker at the Pala Mission Asistencia near Escondido.
1996	CSSDAC	Ellen Deuel, State Regent. Marked the grave of Mrs. Alida Israel Mapes, past Regent of Stockton Chapter, and State Regent from 1973-1975.
1998	CSSDAC	Mary Lewis, State Regent. Rededicated an historical marker at Sherman Indian High School, Riverside. Originally marked in 1967.
1998	CSSDAC and Torrey Pines Chapter	Mary Lewis, State Regent. Marked the courtroom of the Whaley House jointly with Torrey Pines Chapter in Old Town San Diego. The Whaley House was used as a courtroom from 1869 to 1871. Marker removed because of renovation, now in possession of Torrey Pines Chapter.
2000	San Francisco Bay	Grave of Captain Caleb Cook Scott marked at Pioneer Cemetery, Fremont, Alameda County, CA
2006	CSSDAC	Peggy Comstock, State Regent. Placed an historical marker at the “Silvas Adobe” built in 1794, San Juan Capistrano. It is the site of one of the oldest adobe houses in California.
2010	CSSDAC	Pat Hugar, State Regent. Rededicated the historical marker at the Mission San Gabriel Archangel.
3/10/2015	CSSDAC	Donna Derrick, State Regent marked the grave Helen Inza Rogers McKee (Mrs. Francis A. McKee), State Regent, 1983-1985, past chapter regent of The Governor John Winthrop Chapter, Honorary National Vice President at Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, CA
2019	CSSDAC	Mrs. Barbara Aerni, SR - Placed Ancient Paths marker at Casa de Fruta, Hollister, California.