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This nondescript building in Fontana was the 1st and only federal facility in the US for the study of breeding and raising rabbits. Under Dr. Geo Templeton, the operation nearly doubled litter production to a peak of over 4,000 rabbits.
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The Star of India at the San Diego Maritime Museum is the world’s oldest active sailing ship. Originally named Euterpe, it was built in Ramsey, Isle of Man, in 1863. It was renamed Star of India in 1901 during its service in Alaska.
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The Yorba-Slaughter Adobe in Chino is the oldest standing residence in San Bernardino County. It was built in 1852-53 by Raimundo Yorba, son of the founder of Yorba Ranch and purchased by Fenton Slaughter in 1868 as his family home.
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Founded in 1798 by Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, the Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside was named for 13th-century French King Louis IX. Nicknamed the “King of the Missions,” it was the 18th of 21 missions built in Alta California.
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Standing on the site of the 1st mission and fort in California in 1769, the building known as the San Diego Presidio, designed by William Templeton Johnson, was built in 1928-29 by the city of San Diego on land donated by George Marston.
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Directly south of Mission San Fernando Rey de España on part of the original land grant of the Mission, the Memory Garden is part of Brand Park, named after Leslie Brand, who donated the land to the City of Los Angeles in 1920.
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Dedicated in 1929, the Madonna of the Trail statue in Upland is one of 12 identical statues placed by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution along the “Old Trails Road” stretching from Maryland to California.
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