Ina Coolbrith Landmarks

POETRY LANDMARKS HONORING INA COOLBRITH Through efforts of our members, in particular Claire J. Baker, a number of poetry landmarks in remembrance of Ina Coolbrith have been created in Northern California. INA COOLBRITH PARK POETS CORNER - BENCH, BRONZE PLAQUE          Russian Hill, Taylor & Vallejo Streets          San Francisco, California          Dedicated by Circle members and public September 30, 1984 COOLBRITH HEADSTONE - ENGRAVED GRANITE MARKER          Mountain View Cemetery          5000 Piedmont Avenue          Oakland, California          Dedicated by Circle members and public September 28, 1986 INA DONNA COOLBRITH PLAQUE - LIBRARY ENTRANCE LOBBY          Oakland Main Library          125 - 14th Street          Oakland, California          Dedicated by Circle members and public April 22, 1991 BECKWOURTH PASS, ELEVATION 5,221 FEET          Northern California N.E. of Loyalton          off Highway 89, S.E. of Quincy, Plumas County                   This is the pass through which Ms. Coolbrith was ushered           by horse into California by Jim Beckwourth, Crow Indian-          Blackfoot Chief, scout and mountain man. The Beckwith cabin: MOUNT INA COOLBRITH, ELEVATION 8,059 FEET          Northern California off Highway 89 at Loyalton          Just south of Beckwourth Pass, Plumas County SACRAMENTO STATE LIBRARY ROTUNDA          Coolbrith quotation in raised letters          (new) Library and Courts Building          900 N Street          Sacramento, California         Quotation:          "For California is a Poem!         The land of romance and mystery         of worship, of beauty and of song." COOLBRITH INCLUSION ON SCULPTURE:          "REMEMBER THEM, CHAMPIONS FOR HUMANITY"          Ina Donna Coolbrith included among the 39 humanitarians           comprising this huge bronze sculpture.          Location:                            Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Park                          13th Street, Oakland                          (between Roadway & Telegraph)          Dedicated: On site May 31, 2013          Note: Descendants of Ms. Coolbrith attended           to honor her legacy.         A plaque on the monument reads:         "The tragic events of September 11, 2001 compelled          Mario Chiodo to create the Remember Them Monument.          Embedded deep within its foundation is an original steel          fragment from the New York World Trade Center. A          sculpted replica of the fragment is shown above.          (shows a kneeling fireman) It is Mario's hope to inspire          the world to turn tragedy into peace."       Note: Ms. Coolbrith is included in this monument        as a "Local Champion for Humanity." Ina Coolbrith Path: Plaque and Street Sign         1101 Miller Avenue, Berkeley         (near Keeler Avenue & Remillard Park)        Dedicated June 11, 2017        Sponsored by:        Berkeley Historical Society        Berkeley Historical Plaque Project; Berkeley Path         Wanderers Assoc.; Aleta George, biographer of         Ina Coolbrith, which influenced this first naming of        a Berkeley Pathway for a woman writer and first        Poet Laureate of California.