2003 AMA Grand Tour

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2003 AMA Grand Tour: March 1 - October 31, 2003

Considering that I love riding, I love taking pictures, and I love collecting things and making lists, it was only natural that I take part in the 2003 AMA Grand Tour.

The theme this year is historical markers; between March and October, I have to photograph my bike (or myself) with my entry badge and at least fifty national, state, or local historical markers. At least one marker has to be outside the rider's home state.

The list of markers includes the marker number, name of the marker, and the county.

Current count: 105

Final points: 119
Final standing: 7th out of 27, accounting for a tie for 6th

Arizona

California

0002: Portola Journey's End (San Mateo)
0019: Broderick-Terry Dueling Place (San Mateo)
0024: Portola Expedition Camp (San Mateo)
0026: Portola Camp (San Mateo)
0027: Portola Expedition Camp (San Mateo)
0028: Maiden's Grave (Amador)
0039: Butte Store (Amador)
0040: Kirkwood's (Amador)
0046: Vallejo Flour Mill (Alameda)
0047: Anza Expedition Camp (San Mateo)
0079: Presidio of San Francisco (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0082: Castillo de San Joaquin (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0086: California Theater (San Francisco)
0087: First US Branch Mint (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0092: Portola Expedition Camp (San Mateo)
0094: Woodside Store (San Mateo)
0119: Portsmouth Plaza (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0123: Columbia (Tuolumne)
0124: Tuttletown (Tuolumne)
0134: Donner Memorial Park (Nevada)
0138: Mark Twain Cabin (Tuolumne)
0241: Livermore Memorial Monument (Alameda)
0249: Old Adobe Woman's Club (Santa Clara)
0258: Fourth Crossing (Calaveras)
0260: Santa Clara Campaign Treaty Site (Santa Clara)
0265: Chili Gulch (Calaveras)
0274: Carson Hill (Calaveras)
0334: Mission San Jose (Alameda)
0344: Arroyo de Cantua (Fresno)
0391: Sanchez Adobe (San Mateo)
0403: Emigrant Gap (Placer)
0435: Saratoga (Santa Clara)
0441: Burned Wagons Point (Inyo)
0442: Death Valley Gateway (Inyo)
0447: Gubserville (Santa Clara)
0458: Forbes Flour Mill (Santa Clara)
0474: Town of Searsville (San Mateo)
0478: San Mateo County's First Sawmill (San Mateo)
0489: Moreland School (Santa Clara)
0499: Red Brick Grammar School (Calaveras)
0500: Eastern Terminus of Clay Street Hill Railroad (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0503: Alameda County's First County Courthouse (Alameda)
0505: Almaden Vineyards (Santa Clara)
0508: Tehachapi Loop (Kern)
0524: Juana Briones de Miranda House (Santa Clara)
0586: Cresta Blanca Winery (Alameda)
0587: First Public School in California (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0623: Union Square (San Francisco)
0641: Concannon Winery (Alameda)
0642: Leland Stanford Winery (Alameda)
0644: Martin Murphy Home and Estate (Site) (Santa Clara)
0652: Twenty Mule Team Borax Terminus (Kern)
0691: Sarcophagus of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0696: Western Business Headquartes of Russell, Majors, and Waddell - Founders, Owners, and Operators of the Pony Express (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0754: Site of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0760: Stie of Laurel Hill Cemetery NEW 10/05/03
0768: Nation's First Successful Beet Sugar Factory (Alameda)
0769: Birthplace of Archie Stevenot (Calaveras)
0773: Old Harmony Borax Works (Inyo)
0776: First Public School in Castro Valley (Alameda)
0800: Arroyo de San Joseph Cupertino (Santa Clara)
0810: Site of Old St. Mary's Church (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0816: Union Cemetary (San Mateo)
0819: Hudson's Bay Company Headquarters (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0825: Casa de Tableta (San Mateo)
0834: Development of Motion Pictures (Santa Clara)
0836: Electronics Research Lab (Santa Clara)
0846: Burlingame Railroad Station (San Mateo)
0848: Eichbaum Toll Road (Inyo)
0856: Ralston Hall (San Mateo)
0857: John Adams Squire House (Santa Clara)
0886: Carolands (San Mateo)
0895: Hostess House (Santa Clara)
0907: Filoli (San Mateo)
0909: Our Lady of the Wayside (San Mateo)
0913: Lou Henry Hoover House (Santa Clara)
0955: Menlo Park Railroad Station (San Mateo)
0957: Wente Brothers Winery (Alameda)
0974: Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco) NEW 10/05/03
0976: Birthplace of Silicon Valley (Santa Clara)
0969: Home Site of Sarah Wallis (Santa Clara)
1000: First Commercially Practicable Integrated Circuit (Santa Clara)

Nevada

Utah

290: United Order Industries (Kane)
347: Pahreah (Kane)
451: United Order Woolen Factory (Kane)
485: Settlement of Long Valley and Mt. Carmel (Kane)
971: Mt. Carmel School and Church (Kane)

Other Landmarks and Monuments

Hoover Dam -- a National Monument.
Cable car in San Francisco -- the only mobile National Monument!
Hendy Iron Works -- a National Mechnical Engineering Landmark and National Heritage Landmark.
Altaville Foundry (Calaveras)
Woods Crossing (Tuolumne)
Pine Grove (Amador)
Chinese Camp (Tuolumne)