After a well-deserved night of sleep, we set out once again. As we were driving to our first destination Libi yelled out, "There's a plaque!!" So we made a quick loop around the block to visit CHL 1010 the Original Site of the Third Baptist Church (Formerly the First Colored Baptist Church).
In the home of Eliza and William Davis that the church was organized and it was moved to this location in 1854. The church is still in existence and located on McAllister Street.
Next we wound our way up to
Telegraph Hill, where Coit Tower currently sits
(CHL 91).
We found several plaques on the outside, but no state plaque here.
In 1849 on this site a signal station was built to watch the incoming vessels.
There was a pole with arms that were used to signal to the city below what kind of vessels were approaching-- sailing or sidewheel.
In 1853 the first telegraph in California, which went for 8 miles to Point Lobos, was stationed here and the name of the hill just stuck!
We took a trip to the top of the tower...
on this gorgeous day...
to take in the city!
For lunch we headed to Fisherman's Wharf...
where Libi had to pose for the traditional picture.
While this isn't a CHL-- they do have Boudin Bakery and some excellent sourdough bread!
We took a tour of San Francisco on a transportation and engineering landmark-- the cablecars.
It was such fun to introduce Libi to this fun mode of transportation!
Our final stop in the city was to Pier 39 to shop and visit the sea lions.
We chose to drive across the
Golden Gate Bridge (CHL 974) since we were only under it yesterday.
On our way back to Stockton we realized that we were going to be driving past a few Solano sites, so we decided to work them into our drive. The first was the
First U.S. Naval Station in the Pacific (CHL 751).
The Mare Island Navy Yard was established here in 1854. It had the Navy's first shipyard, ammo depot, hospital, cemetery, chapel, radio station and Marine barracks in the Pacific. They built around 89 sea-going vessels here, but today it is deserted and sad to look at!
The final site for today was the
Site of the State Capital at Vallejo (CHL 574).
For two years, from 1851-1853 this was the official seat of State government. You wouldn't know it today-- it is a sleepy little town.
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