Onyx Store - 1880

Historical marker location:

23523 California 178, Onyx, California

( Marker is on Isabella Walker Pass Road (State Highway 178) west of Doyle Ranch Road, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1995

The first drive-in movie theater in the world was opened in California in 1933. The theater, called the Drive-In Theatre, was located in Camden, New Jersey. However, the drive-in movie theater became more popular in California and eventually spread across the country.