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Which reminds me.... historical markers...

June 19, 2019 02:43PM
pretty sure several members on this board have seen this: A Historical Marker on HWY 33 near Coalinga, Ca. The marker notes the location of Joaquin Murietta's death, chased down by a posse. But actually... the true place where met Joaquin met his demise is not very close to the marker.... some 10 miles away, I believe? Perhaps further.

Here's another...although I think the plaque is missing today.... "The Original Location Of The City Of Fresno". It's on hwy180 somewhat near Mendota and my hometown of Tranquillity. But it's NOT the actual location. In this case, however, it makes sense because the actual location is pretty much inaccessible. The actual location is on some land I used to own... about 3 miles from my house.

So what am I getting at? Well.... this annoys me. Sure, I understand it can't be helped but never the less when I stop at those historical markers, (which I almost always do), it annoys the hell out of me to read "Near Here" or "7 miles SW of here".

As anal as I am it's a miracle I'm not strung out on drugs. laughing smiley
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  Does my cousin own history? Attachments

JamesJM324June 19, 2019 02:26PM

  Which reminds me.... historical markers...

JamesJM123June 19, 2019 02:43PM

  I try not to stop in Coalinga.....

21Dog95June 19, 2019 02:54PM

  Re: I try not to stop in Coalinga.....

RAMbler82June 21, 2019 08:09AM

  Had to google it

IowaRam137June 19, 2019 03:05PM

  Really, that surprises me....

JamesJM110June 19, 2019 03:20PM

  Surprised me to

IowaRam104June 19, 2019 03:31PM

  Here's the 'tale' as told to me....

JamesJM98June 22, 2019 07:39AM

  James Dean's crash

waterfield101June 21, 2019 09:13AM

  Very small plaque...

JamesJM108June 21, 2019 11:45AM

  Re: Very small plaque...

waterfield131June 21, 2019 08:34PM

  Not true... Attachments

JamesJM225June 22, 2019 06:11AM

  Oh, also...

JamesJM97June 22, 2019 06:13AM

  Interesting stuff

waterfield109June 22, 2019 07:06AM

  Arrow are mine....

JamesJM101June 22, 2019 07:44AM

  Oh, I should add...

JamesJM104June 22, 2019 07:51AM

  that's a terrible stretch of highway

21Dog88June 23, 2019 05:44AM

  Yup....

JamesJM83June 23, 2019 05:58AM

  granted they've taken a long time.......

21Dog83June 23, 2019 07:50AM

  Re: that's a terrible stretch of highway

waterfield92June 23, 2019 06:38AM

  my grandfather.....

21Dog97June 23, 2019 07:53AM

  Somewhat the same here....

JamesJM93June 23, 2019 08:00AM

  quite a few sold out in Southern California.....

21Dog89June 23, 2019 06:45PM

  Yes, my neighbor...

JamesJM88June 23, 2019 07:10PM

  Chinatown

waterfield88June 23, 2019 09:53PM