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
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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cottonwood School (approx. 4.6 miles away); Jacob Bergman (approx. 5.9 miles away); Patricia H. Birdsall (approx. 6.3 miles away); Treaty of Temecula (approx. 6.3 miles away); The Wolf Store (approx. 6.3 miles away); The Great Oak (approx. 6.3 miles away); Mission San Antonio de Pala (approx. 8.9 miles away); La Asistencia de San Antonio de Pala (approx. 9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Temecula.
Also see . . . John Butterfield Stage. This is the redirected link from the marker. (Submitted on July 23, 2020.)
Photographed By Jamie Gallant Jamison
2. Dripping Springs Watering Hole In Background
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 277 times since then and 74 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.
