1 1200 5 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/1024674edcac09baab8ed976b6744906.JPG 4a238fc9a67bc9dabb4e3aa15f480c78 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/cb6a1a0aa3044504bc91b659df83d25f.JPG 8a9318c135c33393bd07087282e55073 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Merced County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0409 Snelling Courthouse</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Main St (Hwy 59) between Second and Third Sts, Snelling <br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B031'10.3%22N+120%C2%B026'14.9%22W/@37.519518,-120.437486,1024m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.519518,-120.437486</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> First Court House in Merced County erected 1857<br /><br />This monument commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the organization of Merced County and is dedicated to the memory of our pioneers<br /><br />by Yosemite Parlor No. 24, N.S.G.W., Merced, May 20, 1930. <p></p> Registered 11/15/1948 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/275726096470758d87ee64b7d54d1414.JPG d65146c78c34b8ea49a53626e9c7a426 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/8342ca9711606176f4745be9db323c8f.JPG 90de07457d7c828d68ab3b91dc5ac21c https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/c9a60fcee0a8dc56a4208a95d449cfdc.JPG c93a3b1223ef843c15ebd839739e0a97 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0eaf2e45b2aa8ee46471718a31fcb993.JPG 5c43ede0b0b83934c8f280259c8bd263 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/9a27603bb83dd526997d4f3dd5b366b3.JPG cb1ec6300b3d5405aba0b49b6b8df6f3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Merced County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0548 Canal Farm Inn</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 1460 E Pacheco Blvd, Los Banos<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B003'27.4%22N+120%C2%B049'56.5%22W/@37.057609,-120.832358,1030m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.057609,-120.832358</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State and private plaques <p></p> <h4>State plaque text:</h4> Canal Farm Inn<br /><br />This original San Joaquin Valley ranch headquarters of California pioneer and cattle baron Henry Miller (1827-1916) was established in 1873. His farsighted planning and development in the 1870s of a vast gravity irrigation system, and the founding of Los Banos in 1889, provided the basis for the present stability and wealth of this area.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with Los Banos Parlor No. 206, Native Sons of the Golden West, August 19, 1956. <br /> <h4>Private plaque text:</h4> Españas welcomes you to the famouns Canal Farm Inn.<br /><br />This original San Joaquin Valley ranch headquarters of California pioneer and cattle baron, Henry Miller (1826-1916), was established in 1873.&nbsp; His farsighted planning, development in the 1870's of a vast gravity irrigation system and the founding of Los Banos (1889) provided the basis for the present stability and wealth of this area. <p></p> Registered 1/27/1956 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/eefb2da73afcc9db2b7ffe08df02e92a.JPG f177a2bb1d1ed8dfedb9550cb8696ee6 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/12f1b23c40f068c614842f6b559bbc4c.JPG 1819f02efbcc63ec2b24a2d1137a73ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Merced County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0550 Los Banos</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Los Banos Park, 803 E Pacheco Blvd, Los Banos<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B003'24.2%22N+120%C2%B050'48.1%22W/@37.056734,-120.846698,1030m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.056734,-120.846698</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Los Baños <br /><br />Los Baños (the baths) del Padre Arroyo, visited as early as 1805 by Spanish explorers, was a favorite place for padres from San Juan Bautista Mission during their travels to the San Joaquin Valley. Its name was changed to Los Banos Creek by later American emigrants. The town of Los Banos was established at its present site in 1889, after the post office of Los Banos was built near the creek in 1874. <br /><br />Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with Los Banos Parlor No. 206, Native Sons of the Golden West and the City of Los Banos. April 25, 1957. <p></p> Registered 3/1/1956 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f0abe78d3b567432cf153a707f53645d.JPG a9cc4ef5576c1b543af7e3692dcffe4f https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0d25b8b2932a8d922941fa854e50acf5.JPG 96d40d4f27681473657e2c096c72f784 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Merced County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0829 Pacheco Pass</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Romero Overlook, San Luis Reservoir, 31770 W Hwy 152 (P.M. 8.0), 15 mi W of Los Banos<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B004'49.4%22N+121%C2%B005'53.4%22W/@37.080389,-121.09816,1030m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.080389,-121.098160</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Pacheco Pass<br /><br />On June 21, 1805, on his first exploratory journey into the San Joaquin Valley, Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga traversed and recorded this pass. Since then it has been trail, toll road, stagecoach road, and freeway-the principal route between the coastal areas to the west and the great valley and mountains to the east.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Merced County Historical Advisory Committee and the Native Daughters of the Golden West, June 18, 1969. <p></p> Registered 5/29/1969 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/196776d4ee746e3d528464055e262066.jpg 04f4eb6edab11d4f4402a39cba055dd0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Merced County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0934 Temporary Detention Camps for Japanese Americans - Merced Assembly Center</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Merced County Fairgrounds, on Martin Luther King Jr Way, across from 8th St, Merced<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B017'28.9%22N+120%C2%B029'06.2%22W/@37.291376,-120.485054,1027m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">37.291376,-120.485054</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Merced Assembly Center<br /><br />This was one of 15 temporary detention camps established during World War II to incarcerate persons of Japanese ancestry, a majority of whom were American citizens, without specific charges or trial. From May to September 1942, 4,669 residents of Northern California were detained until permanent relocation camps were built. May the injustices and humiliation suffered here as a result of hysteria, racism, and economic exploitation never recur.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Japanese American Citizens League, Livingston-Merced Chapter, February 19, 1982. <p></p> Registered 5/13/1980