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Historical Markers in Woody, California
Bakersfield is the county seat for Kern County
Woody is in Kern County
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ADJACENT TO KERN COUNTY
Inyo County (134) ►
Kings County (8) ►
Los Angeles County (1959) ►
San Bernardino County (338) ►
San Luis Obispo County (103) ►
Santa Barbara County (137) ►
Tulare County (86) ►
Ventura County (176) ►
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1 ► California, Kern County, Woody — 631 — Garcés Baptismal Site — ![]() |
On Garces Highway (State Highway 155), on the right when traveling west. |
On May 3, 1776, three miles north of this point at a Yokut village site in Grizzly Gulch, father Francisco Garcés performed the first recorded baptism in the San Joaquin Valley. The service was held for a dying Yokut boy he called Muchachito (young . . . — — Map (db m168621) HM |
2 ► California, Kern County, Woody — Granite Station — (Five Dogs) — ![]() |
On Glennville-Bakersfield/Granite Road, on the right when traveling south. |
Built it 1873 by John Elden, this stand of buildings served as store, restaurant, and lodging place on the stage route between Bakersfield and Glennville. In later years it became a stopping place for freighters and sheepmen who were on their . . . — — Map (db m25716) HM |
3 ► California, Kern County, Woody — Joseph Weringer, Sr. — Pioneer Businessman, Miner — ![]() |
On Woody Road, 0.2 miles south of California Highway 155, on the left when traveling south. |
Joseph Weringer, Sr., Born 1855 in Vienna, established the “Weringer Brewery and Bowling Alley” in Bakersfield in 1881. In 1889 he moved here and established the original townsite of Woody, named after pioneer rancher Sparrel Woody. . . . — — Map (db m113825) HM |
4 ► California, Kern County, Woody — 589 — Mountain House — ![]() |
On Bakersfield-Glennville Road, 6.5 miles south of California Route 155, on the right when traveling south. |
One and one-half miles north of this point stood the Mountain House Station on the route of the Butterfield Stage. Operating through present Kern County during 1858-1861, this famous line ran from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco until the . . . — — Map (db m168616) HM |
5 ► California, Kern County, Woody — Woody — ![]() |
On Woody Road at State Highway 155, on the left when traveling east on Woody Road. |
Dr. Sparrell W. Woody, pioneer rancher, settled in this area in 1862. In 1894 quartz gold was discovered on Blue Mountain. Copper was discovered in 1891 by Joseph Weringer who operated both the Greenback Copper Mine and the Weringdale Hotel. The . . . — — Map (db m83341) HM |