Temecula in Riverside County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Dripping Springs Watering Hole

Photographed by Jamie Gallant Jamison, July 21, 2020

1. Dripping Springs Watering Hole Marker

Inscription.
This site is a watering hole that was available for the horses and mules of the Butterfield Overland Mail Line, known to most as the "Butterfield Stage". The main route for these mail-bearing stagecoaches closely followed the Temecula Creek which is now covered by Vail Lake. This stage line, "the precursor to the Information Superhighway initiated communication across 2,000 miles of forbidding desert and mountain wilderness, providing isolated Westerners with their first regular news and mail just prior to the Civil War."¹ Funded by Henry Wells and William Fargo, John Butterfield obtained $600,000 in 1857 to start his company that prospered as the only stage line to link the southern United States.
1. www.desertusa.com/mag98/dec/papr/butter.html

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Butterfield Overland Mail series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1857.

Location. 33° 28.327′ N, 116° 59.363′ W. Marker is in Temecula, California, in Riverside County. It is on Vail Oak

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Road north of Route 79, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 40500 Vail Oak Road, Aguanga CA 92536, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles,

in the Inland Empire,

and in the Peninsular Ranges.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cottonwood School (approx. 4.6 miles away); U.S. Mormon Battalion Trail (approx. 5.6 miles away); Jacob Bergman (approx. 5.9 miles away); Native Americans (approx. 6.3 miles away); Emigrants (approx. 6.3 miles away); The Butterfield Overland Mail Route (approx. 6.3 miles away); Cowboys (approx. 6.3 miles away); Patricia H. Birdsall (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Temecula.

Also see . . . John Butterfield Stage.

Dripping Springs Watering Hole In Background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jamie Gallant Jamison

2. Dripping Springs Watering Hole In Background

This is the redirected link from the marker. (Submitted on July 23, 2020.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2020, by Jamie Gallant Jamison of Coronado, California. This page has been viewed 767 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 22, 2020, by Jamie Gallant Jamison of Coronado, California. 2. submitted on July 23, 2020, by Jamie Gallant Jamison of Coronado, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.