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, 1st 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, 3rd Governor 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. |
26 May 2023 | San Jose de Guadalupe |
San Jose de Guadalupe Chapter with the Monterey Viejo Chapter 1846 of E Clampus Vitus remarked the Hill Town Ferry located on Spreckels Lane, 3 miles SW of Salinas CA |
17 December 2023 | Hannah Hatch |
Hannah Hatch Chapter marked the Irvine Ranch House 5 San Joaquin , Irvine CA 92612. It is the oldest structure on the Irvine Ranch. |
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