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Historical Markers and War Memorials in San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino is the county seat for San Bernardino County
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On Seneca Road at Bellflower Street, on the right when traveling east on Seneca Road.
Dedicated to the memory of
John Mgrdichian,
business leader and founder of the High
Desert Casino. Mr. Mgrdichian cared
deeply about the Adelanto community
and often said he felt this was his second
home. His wife, Jasmine, wishing . . . — — Map (db m245851) HM
On National Trails Highway - Historic Route 66 near Old Amboy Road, on the right when traveling west.
Amboy, settled as early as 1858, became a water stop when the Southern Pacific Railroad laid its tracks through the Cadiz Valley in 1883-84. Following the course of the railroad and the National Old Trails Highway, Route 66 was opened in 1926. Amboy . . . — — Map (db m78532) HM
On Crater Road, 0.5 miles west of National Trails Highway, on the right when traveling west.
Amboy Crater, formed of ash and cinders, is 250 feet high and 1500 feet in diameter. The crater is in one of the youngest volcanic fields in the United States. Six distinct periods of eruptions created the resulting nested group of volcanic cinder . . . — — Map (db m78561) HM
On National Trails Highway at Cadiz Road, on the right when traveling west on National Trails Highway.
Perhaps no other highway in the U.S. is as fabled as old Route 66. It has been immortalized in song, literature, and even a T.V. series as the main street of America. Automobiles came early to the desert, following the railroad with its reliable . . . — — Map (db m78574) HM
On National Trails Highway east of Old Amboy Road, on the right when traveling west.
Founded in 1858, Amboy provided a vital rest stop for weary sun drenched travelers seeking a better life in California.
Amboy owned and operated by Juan Pollo restaurants — — Map (db m193157) HM
On National Trails Highway (Old Route 66), 16.5 miles east of Amboy, CA., on the right when traveling east.
Six panels are mounted on a base, which tell the story of Route 66 . Reading from left to right - Panel 1: The Story of Route 66
Commissioned in 1926 and soon dubbed "The Mother Road," Route 66 was a great asphalt . . . — — Map (db m33446) HM
On National Trails Highway, on the right when traveling west.
America has always been a nation in motion: west to the Mississippi after the Revolution, west to the Continental Divide Following the Louisiana Purchase, West again to the Pacific Coast after the War with Mexico. Like many of today's railroads, the . . . — — Map (db m241177) HM
Near Road 1N79, 0.5 miles north of Jenks Lake Road.
The Legend of Cap Jenks
Captain Lorin Shaw Jenks ("Cap Jenks") thought this area looked like a good place for a trout pond. In the 1870's, he built an earthen and log dam and diverted water from the South Fork of the Santa Ana River. The . . . — — Map (db m197549) HM
On Rim of the World Highway (State Highway 18), on the right when traveling east.
In 1932, during the Great Depression, California launched a large public works project to aid recovery. A major component was the construction of masonry walls, parapets and fountains along the historic "Rim of the World" highway. This work, widely . . . — — Map (db m51261) HM
During the years 1930 and 1931 the Department of Defense built a network of emergency airfields for use by commercial aviation. During WWII the government converted many of them to military use.
This is the location of Bagdad Auxiliary . . . — — Map (db m241176) HM
On Zzyzx Road, 5 miles south of Interstate 15, on the left when traveling south.
The dry lake bed before you was once part of ancient Lake Mojave. During the last ice age, a cooler and wetter climate produced the Mojave River. It flowed inland about 150 miles from the San Bernardino Mountains, until its waters became trapped . . . — — Map (db m83467) HM
On Zzyzx Road, 5 miles south of Interstate 15, on the left when traveling south.
The waters here at Soda Springs have sustained people of many cultures for thousands of years. Nomadic Chemehuevi people and the agrarian Mohave Indians visited these springs during hunting, gathering, and trading trips through the area. Their . . . — — Map (db m83465) HM
On Rasor Road at Crucero Road / Yvonne Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Rasor Road.
Francis Marion "Borax" Smith built the railroad to move borax out of the hills and Death Valley in 1907 to replace the twenty mule teams that crossed this way to Ludlow. — — Map (db m123898) HM
On Death Valley Road (California Route 127 at milepost 29.8) at Saratoga Springs Road, on the left when traveling north on Death Valley Road.
Some 100 wagons found themselves in Salt Lake City too late to cross the Sierra Nevada. They banded together under the name of Sand Walking Co. and started for the gold fields in California over the old Spanish Trail. After being in Death Valley . . . — — Map (db m159400) HM
On Baker Boulevard (Business Interstate 15) east of Caltrans Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Marl Springs
Marl Springs was named in 1854 by Army Surveyor Lt. Amiel Whipple for the clay-like soil around the two waterholes. With the establishment of Fort Mojave in 1859, the Mojave (or Old Government) Road came into existence. Marl . . . — — Map (db m159025) HM
On Death Valley Road, 1 mile south of Saratoga Springs Road.
Though they comprise less than 9 percent of the 270 million acres of public lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, riparian and wetland areas, such as Salt Creek, are considered the most productive resources found on public lands. . . . — — Map (db m72926) HM
Near California Route 127, 29 miles north of Baker, on the right when traveling north.
This area was the focus of both prehistoric...American activities and historic...mining. The rich environment provides...for numerous species.
Please...protect these natural and c... This ACEC is open for hiking and non...d vehicle use. . . . — — Map (db m72928) HM
In 1860 the U.S. Army established an outpost at Soda Springs to protect government supplies from Indians. Later, miners processed the adjacent lake minerals. In 1906 the Tonopah & Tidewater railroad arrived. From 1944 to 1974 Dr. Curtis H. Springer . . . — — Map (db m78587) HM
On Zzyzx Road, 5 miles south of Interstate 15, on the left when traveling south.
[Panel #1]
1776 - 1830: Early Explorers
Francisco Garces
1776 - As the Revolutionary War broke out, California was still a province of Spain, and the Spanish government decided to help feed a hungry Mexico by farming the . . . — — Map (db m83575) HM
On Baker Boulevard, 0.1 miles east of Death Valley Road (California Route 127), on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated on this
Saturday, October 11, 2014,
to Willis and Barbara Herron,
original owners / founders of the
World’s Tallest Thermometer.
Facts:
Built in 1991, 134 feet tall,
representative of the world's hottest . . . — — Map (db m159379) HM
On Zzyzx Road, 5 miles south of Interstate 15, on the right when traveling south.
The Last Word and the Last Chance
In 1944, radio evangelist Curtis Howe Springer
filed a mining claim on public lands here at
Soda Springs and established Zzyzx Mineral
Springs resort. Over the next 30 years,
Springer transformed . . . — — Map (db m221075) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling east.
His Expedition for a transcontinental railroad, crossed the Colorado River on Feb. 27, 1854 and 3 weeks later reached Los Angeles, receiving aid from the Mojave Indians. The Atcheson, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad followed Whipple’s trail for much of . . . — — Map (db m50577) HM
Harvey Houses were legendary in the history of Western rail travel. Operated by Fred Harvey in conjunction with this Santa Fe Railway, the network of restaurant-hotels set a new standard in quality meal service. Barstow's Spanish-Moorish "Casa Del . . . — — Map (db m50666) HM
On North 1st Avenue west of Lawrence Dale Drive, on the left when traveling south.
One of the finest surviving examples of California's depot-hotels built around the turn of the 19th century. It's also home to the Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum and the Western American Railroad Museum (W.A.R.M.).
Recognized by Hampton . . . — — Map (db m193156) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling west.
April 6, 1881, S.C. Warden, Hues Thomas and John C. King located claims on Calico Mountain and named it the Silver King Mine. Below there, the town of Calico grew from 100 people in the spring of 1882 to over 1,200 at the peak of the rush. . . . — — Map (db m108837) HM
On East Main Street / National Trails Highway (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling east.
In early 1776, he set out northward from Yuma Villages on the Colorado River on a journey that took him across the Mojave Desert to the Mission of San Gabriel. He was a master of finding guides who would escort him through their own lands. — — Map (db m50562) HM
On Fort Irwin Road, 27 miles north of Interstate 15, in the median.
Prehistory
Ancient hunters first wandered into the
Fort Irwin area over 10,000 years ago. They
hunted Late Pleistocene animals like the
giant mammoth with large fluted spear-points. These hunters and gatherers lived in
small . . . — — Map (db m192882) HM
On North Second Street north of East Cozy Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
In 1857, under orders to survey a wagon road from New Mexico to California, General Edward Beale followed the 35th parallel to paths opened by Francis Aubry and Lt. A.W. Whipple. Beale’s orders required importation of camels and drivers to . . . — — Map (db m50561) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling east.
He was “the Father of the US Calvary” and President Polk named him “Commander of the Army of the West”. In 1848 he went from Santa Fe, NM on to CA with 100 men on an arduous trip across our desert and on to a battle at San . . . — — Map (db m50576) HM
On East Main Street/National Trails Highway, on the right when traveling east.
In 1826 he led a party of 17 men through the territory of the Mojave Indians, then west across our Great desert. During the trek, the heat became so intense that it forced him and his men to bury themselves in the sand to keep cool. They were the . . . — — Map (db m50571) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling east.
Called “Pathfinder”, he was known as the west’s greatest adventurer, noted for bravery and his meticulously recorded notes on vegetation and geography. On his 3rd expedition across California in 1845 he, along with Kit Carson, led the . . . — — Map (db m50572) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling east.
At 19, he was hired for an expedition to California. They traveled south of the Grand Canyon, crossed the Colorado, then followed the dry bed of the Mojave River and crossed the mountains at Cajon Pass to arrive at San Gabriel Mission in early 1830. . . . — — Map (db m50573) HM
On North 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Around the time of the Civil War, railroads were being built at a frantic pace. By the early 1870s there were 60,000 miles of track in the U.S., increasing to 250,000 by the 1930s. The war had produced a generation of young men used to living under . . . — — Map (db m114804) HM
On Virginia Way at Barstow Road, on the left when traveling west on Virginia Way.
You are now traveling the Old Mojave Trail, a natural riverbed highway.
First used by Ute, Mojave, Chemehuevi & Paiute Indians on the move.
1776 Padre Garces - missionary, explorer & martyr.
1826 Jedediah Smith - of Salt Lake City, . . . — — Map (db m231282) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling west.
The Mojave Indian Runners helped get messages and information to far flung villages. They could run up to 100 miles a day barefoot and only donned sandals on very rocky or spiney [sic] areas. A group of them met Capt. John Fremont in 1844 near where . . . — — Map (db m50542) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling east.
In the early 1920’s, an emigration to California started from the Midwest. Families packed up and headed West on National Old Trails Hwy., and proceeded right along Barstow’s Main street. The depression and dust storms of the 1930’s sent families to . . . — — Map (db m50530) HM
On Fort Irwin Road, 26 miles north of Interstate 15, on the right when traveling north.
• In 1844, Captain John C. Fremont, accompanied by Kit Carson, was the first member of the US Army to visit the Fort Irwin area.
• 8 August 1940: Mojave Anti-Aircraft Range established by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 4 November 1942: Camp . . . — — Map (db m192890) HM
On Barstow Road (California Route 247), on the right when traveling south.
The Slash X Ranch was started in 1942 by Lee and Mary Berry. Lee was known as the "Cattle Baron" of the Mojave Desert. At its peak the Slash X ran about 3000 head of cattle. Mary, his wife, did not want drinking and carousing in her house. So using . . . — — Map (db m78519) HM
On Barstow Road (California Route 247), on the left when traveling north.
Previous to the building of Stoddard Wells Road, the primary route of travel between the Fish Ponds (present-day Daggett) and Little Meadows (present-day Victorville) was by way of the Mojave River and Lane's Crossing. Although it later became known . . . — — Map (db m92810) HM
Near Lenwood Road, on the right when traveling east.
On August 29, 2023, this location was dedicated to
Susie De Ridder, TA Citizen Driver. Susie grew up in a trucking
family and would often accompany her Dad on trucking trips as a
young girl. She noticed from a very young age the lack of . . . — — Map (db m240867) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling east.
With the discovery of gold in California in 1848, it’s statehood in 1850, and the resulting emigration to the west, the interest of the government in exploring a rail link to the Pacific became serious in the early 1850’s. Not only would a Pacific . . . — — Map (db m50558) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15) at Barstow Road on East Main Street.
In the late 1800’s to 1930’s, rail travel was considered the choice of transportation, Fred Harvey had set up a string of dining rooms and boarding houses for Santa Fe passengers.
In 1911, Mr. Harvey opened million dollar “Casa Del . . . — — Map (db m50535) HM
On North First Street at East Main Street on North First Street.
The Southern Route of the Mormon Trail followed paths explored by Father Garces and Jedediah Smith. In 1848, Mormon Battalion Captain Jefferson Hunt trailed cattle to Utah on this trail. The Daniel Davis family, also of the Mormon Battalion, . . . — — Map (db m50580) HM
Near East Main Street (Business Interstate 15), on the right when traveling west.
[Text from the bottom panels, left to right]
The first explorers kept detailed journals of their expeditions detailing the route taken and the friendly and hostile encounters with Indians along the way. Journals assisted those who followed . . . — — Map (db m50615) HM
On East Main Street (Business Interstate 15) at Barstow Road on East Main Street.
In 1885, the California Southern R.R. Co. connected with the Atlantic and Pacific R.R. line on the Mojave River creating Waterman Junction.
Being named for Governor Waterman, owner of Waterman Mine and a mill nearby.
A post office was . . . — — Map (db m107132) HM
Near Greenway Drive, 0.3 miles north of Big Bear Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
The stamp mill was an early machine
used to crush gold bearing ore.
Many miners were employed at the
large scale mines and Big Bear
was one of the many mining towns.
Gold Mountain and Rose mines were
the largest, having 40 stamps each
on . . . — — Map (db m197824) HM
Near Greenway Drive, 0.3 miles north of Big Bear Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Southern California's largest gold rush followed the discovery of rich placer deposits by William F. Holcomb and Ben Choteau on May 4, 1860. Miners rushed to the valley and established boom towns. Belleville, the largest, rivaled San Bernardino in . . . — — Map (db m50702) HM
On Greenway Drive, 0.3 miles north of Big Bear Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
This building was built by Guy Maltby of
Big Bear Valley Milling & Lumber Company in 1927-1928.
It was the original community market in
Big Bear City, & was sold to Frank & Freda Jakobi
who lived upstairs. It was replaced in 1936
with todays . . . — — Map (db m236792) HM
Near Greenway Drive, 0.3 miles north of Big Bear Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Originally located in Bear City Park, this
miniature Maltby building was once the golf
shack of the Peter Pan Woodland Club. The
club was known for its beautiful golf course,
pools, and equestrian trails. Builder Guy
Maltby was known for . . . — — Map (db m197826) HM
On Holcomb Valley Road (Road 3N16) east of Van Dusen Canyon Road (Road 3N09), on the left when traveling east.
Founded in late 1859. Bellevill was named after Belle Van Dusen, the first child born in Holcomb Valley, she was the daughter of Ted Van Dusen, the town blacksmith and early pioneer. — — Map (db m78590) HM
On North Shore Lane near North Shore Drive, on the left when traveling west.
BBSO is home to the world's largest aperture,
and highest resolution solar telescope. The 1.6
meter primary mirror of the New Solar
Telescope (NST) is housed in the first facility-class solar telescope made in the USA in a
generation. The . . . — — Map (db m197808) HM
On North Shore Drive, 0.7 miles west of Stanfield Cutoff, on the left when traveling west.
Big Bear Lake, as you see it now, is a hub for recreation and outdoor activities.
Did you know if you stood on this spot in the 1880's you wouldn't see a lake at all?
Until 1885, the lake in front of you was a sprawling wet meadow laced by a . . . — — Map (db m197780) HM
Near Road 2N11, 1 mile west of Road 2N10, on the right when traveling west.
Over 400 years ago, as the Spanish adventurer Cabrillo was
exploring what is now Southern California, the mighty pine
above you had just peeked through the soil. By the time
Benjamin Davis Wilson discovered our valley in 1845, this tree
had . . . — — Map (db m197487) HM
In January 1996: A family of "Three Strikes" Grizzly Bears were captured outside of
Yellowstone National Park. US Fish and Wildlife Bear Management guidelines directed the
rangers to either find them a permanent home in a zoological facility . . . — — Map (db m197752) HM
Near Holcomb Valley Road (Road 3N16) 0.5 miles east of Van Dusen Canyon Road (Road 3N09), on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
Named for William Francis "Bill" Holcomb, pioneer prospector who, in this valley discovered Southern California's richest gold field - May 5, 1860. — — Map (db m50610) HM
On Big Bear Boulevard (Route 18) 0.1 miles east of North Shore Drive (Route 38).
In 1884 Frank Brown built an unusual dam here to supply irrigation water for the Redlands area. The single-arch granite dam formed Big Bear Lake, then the world’s largest man-made lake. Engineers claimed the dam would not hold, and declared it “The . . . — — Map (db m128510) HM
First human being to reach and exceed Mach 3 - 2094 mph.
Perished near this site on September 27th 1956
while returning to base on the first manned Mach Three mission in history.
The Bell X-2, AFSN# 46-674, crashed at this location . . . — — Map (db m125805) HM
On National Trails Highway (U.S. 66), on the right when traveling east.
From Chicago to Santa Monica Route 66 was dotted with roadside cafes and gas stations. These stops provided a respite for those traveling The Mother Road offering a refreshing soft drink, a burger and fries, or an eye-popping cup of coffee as well . . . — — Map (db m242749) HM
On Kelso Cima Road at Cedar Canyon Road, on the right when traveling south on Kelso Cima Road.
Long ago Mohave Indians used a network of pathways to cross the Mojave Desert to reach the Pacific Coast from their homes along the Colorado River. In 1776, the Spanish Missionary Francisco Garces became the first non-Indian to trek these . . . — — Map (db m78586) HM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force effort to obtain a fully capable Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter for analysis. The operation focused on encouraging a Communist pilot from the Soviet Union, China, or North Korea to defect with a MiG . . . — — Map (db m242374) HM WM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
The Korean War ravaged up and down the peninsula.
Family members and relatives, separated only by geography, fund themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. For them, the Korean War became brother versus brother, father versus son, cousin . . . — — Map (db m242378) HM WM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
Throughout the conflict, doctors and nurses performed vital and heroic functions to save lives. Whether on-board hospital ships, conducting airborne medical evacuations, or serving with frontline Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units, days were . . . — — Map (db m242380) HM WM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
On June 25, 1950, at the encouragement of the Soviet Union, military forces of the North Korean People’s Army invaded South Korea in an attempt to unify the peninsula under communist rule.
In November 1950, again at the urging of the Soviet . . . — — Map (db m242376) HM WM
On Pomona Rincon Road north of Euclid (California Route 83).
This reservoir, now demolished, was built for Fenton Mercer Slaughter in 1894. It was located about one-quarter mile north of this adobe. — — Map (db m249) HM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
John Walmsley, Jr.
Captain – U.S. Air Force
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Recognition: Medal of Honor – Posthumous
Early in the Korean War, John Walmsley volunteered to fly nighttime bombing missions against the communist truck and . . . — — Map (db m242413) HM WM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
During the three years of the Korean War, nearly 100 men, flying for either the United Nations or Communist forces, achieved ace status – a pilot who successfully shot down five or more aircraft.
For the Soviet Union, which claimed at least . . . — — Map (db m242379) HM WM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
The objective of the Korean War for both sides was unification of the Korean peninsula under their particular form of government. Neither side achieved their goal.
After the Armistice, with Soviet and Chinese help, North Korean rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m242373) HM WM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
This sign, a reproduction of one positioned at Kimpo Air Base in South Korea, represents the role that aviation played in the Korean War.
From airfields throughout South Korea and Japan, United Nations forces flew a constant steam of missions . . . — — Map (db m242368) HM WM
On Eucalyptus Avenue near Pipeline Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Near this site, Isaac Williams in 1841 built a large adobe home, located on the 22,000-acre Rancho Chino which he acquired from his father-in-law Antonio Lugo. The "Battle of Chino" occurred at the adobe on September 26-27, 1846, during which 24 . . . — — Map (db m50665) HM
On Eucalyptus Avenue near Pipeline Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Near this spot once stood the home of Isaac Williams, first American settler in this valley, about which on September 26-27 1846, was fought the first important engagement in California of the war with Mexico.
This was also the site of the Chino . . . — — Map (db m379) HM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
They came from remote villages, small towns, and large cities.
From all levels of society – farmers, workers, merchants, professionals.
Some fought on the side of communism, others for the idea of self-government, still other for the man next . . . — — Map (db m242369) HM WM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
Joseph Rodriguez
Private First Class – U.S. Army
Hometown: San Bernardino, California
Recognition: Medal of Honor
Joseph Rodriguez was a twenty-two year old private first class (PFC) assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 17th . . . — — Map (db m242417) HM WM
On Cal Aero Drive, on the left when traveling west.
This marker commemorates the World War II Army Air Corps Pilots who were trained between 1940 and 1944, at this airfield that was the home of the Cal-Aero Flight Academy. — — Map (db m242382) HM WM
On Pomona Rincon Road north of Euclid Avenue (California Route 83), on the right when traveling north.
This example of early California architecture was built in 1850-53 by Raimundo Yorba. Purchased in 1868 by Fenton Mercer Slaughter, it was preserved as a memorial to him by his daughter, Julia Slaughter Fuqua. — — Map (db m923) HM
On Agua Mansa Road, 0.2 miles east of Riverside Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
This historic site marks the resting place of the pioneers of the Agua Mansa area which was started about 1840. The preservation of this cemetery began in 1951. — — Map (db m127364) HM
On La Cadena Drive at G Street, on the right when traveling north on La Cadena Drive.
This building, the home of the Colton Area Museum
and the Homework Assistance Center, is the result of
a vision initiated by the Colton Womens Club in 1902.
A charitable trust established by steel magnate and
philanthropist Andrew Carnegie . . . — — Map (db m245887) HM
On South Hunts Lane at East Oliver Holmes Road, on the right when traveling south on South Hunts Lane.
This is the site of an adobe fortification erected about 1856-57 by the "Independent" faction in a dispute with the Mormons over a land title. The fort was maintained for about a year. This also is the site of the Indian village of Jumuba, and . . . — — Map (db m51027) HM
Near Agua Mansa Road, 0.2 miles east of Riverside Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Louis Robidoux was the best known Ranchero in the Inland Empire
of his time. Louis and his wife Guadalupe Garcia Robidoux
had nine children;
Catalina, Louis Jr., Pasquel, Carmalita Adalaid, Marie Benina, Catarina
Abundo and Mariano, who died . . . — — Map (db m248009) HM
Near Rim of the World Highway (California Route 18) 0.3 miles west of Highway 138, on the right when traveling west.
In the spring of 1852, over one hundred Mormon men donated a full thousand man-days of arduous labor, to construct a road up Waterman Canyon, past this spot, and into the prime timber, where some of their enterprising bethren established six . . . — — Map (db m154361) HM
On 2nd Street at King Street, on the right when traveling north on 2nd Street.
This community long served as a supply point and railhead for the mines of Death Valley and Calico. In the early 1880's the first borax produced in Death Valley was hauled by mule team to the Atlantic & Pacific R.R. (later the Santa Fe) at Daggett. . . . — — Map (db m78568) HM
On Santa Fe Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Santa Fe Street.
The Daggett Garage began life in the 1880s at the borax town of Marion, located on the northeast shore of Calico Dry Lake, as a locomotive repair roundhouse for the narrow-gauge Borate and Daggett Railroad. Daggett blacksmith Seymour Alf used a . . . — — Map (db m78541) HM
On National Trails Highway west of Minneola Road, on the right when traveling west.
Three miles north lies the Mojave River and the site of Forks of the Road. This was the junction of two major travel routes: The Old Spanish or Salt Lake Trail and The Ancient Mojave River Trail. In the 1830s and 1840s the Old Spanish Trail saw . . . — — Map (db m159526) HM
On Devore Road south of Glen Helen Road, on the right when traveling north.
This campsite on both the Mojave Trail over the mountains and the Cajon Pass Route was probably first seen by Spanish and American traverlers in the 1770's and was noted by them in 1806, 1849 and 1850. Michael White, grantee in 1843 of the . . . — — Map (db m70606) HM
On Aqueduct Road (California Route 62) 0.1 miles west of Parker Dam Road, on the right when traveling east.
Wyatt Earp was born in Illinois March 19, 1848. In 1864 he came west with his family, settling near San Bernardino. He later served as lawman in Wichita and Dodge City, then came to Tombstone in 1879. After the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881, . . . — — Map (db m78569) HM
On Interstate 40, 6 miles east of the Essex Road Interchange, on the right when traveling east.
Camp Clipper was established at a site that reached
From Essex Road to this location in the spring of
1942. It was one of twelve such camps built in the
Southwestern Desert to harden and train United
States troops for service on the . . . — — Map (db m72258) HM
Near Interstate 40, 3.1 miles west of the Goffs Road Interchange, on the right when traveling west.
As Caltrans Highway Superintendent for the Needles area, John Wilkie sought ways to improve maintenance at this Rest Area. Pursuing this goal, John became a statewide leader in increasing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.
. . . — — Map (db m335) HM
On Pepper Avenue north of Merrill Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Joe McKamie alerted Fontana Historical Society about Camp. Ora Scott provided interest free loan of $10,000 and City of Fontana gave down payment of $3,000 to save house. Society acquired ownership title to house on November 22, 1978. Restoration . . . — — Map (db m135522) HM
On Cypress Avenue at Sierra Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Cypress Avenue.
In March 1928, the Federal Government established the first and only experimental station in the United States devoted solely to research on the breeding and raising of rabbits on a five-acre property donated by A. B. Miller of Fontana. The station . . . — — Map (db m50670) HM
As a communication platform: Supporting space exploration beginning with the Mariner 4 mission to Mars, and through the years providing a vital link to NASA's robot explorers across the solar system, including Voyager, Mars Exploration Rovers, . . . — — Map (db m50371) HM
On Glen Helen Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Erected in memory of the pioneer women of the San Bernardino Valley who dared to travel across the country by ox team and covered wagon to help lay the foundation for the building of this state. — — Map (db m72579) HM
On Lanfair Road, 0.1 miles north of Goffs Road, on the left when traveling north.
The U. S. Army maintained a camp at Goffs 1942-1944. Goffs was an important railhead, supply point, hospital, and for three months in 1942 Headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division. That unit went on to distinguish itself in combat in the Aleutians . . . — — Map (db m78523) HM
On Lanfair Road, 0.1 miles north of Goffs Road (County Route 66), on the left when traveling north.
The Goffs Schoolhouse served this highway, railway, ranching and mining community from 1914 to 1937. It was restored in 1998 and is now listed on the National Historic Register.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program as a . . . — — Map (db m194736) HM
On Lanfair Road, 0.1 miles north of Goffs Road, on the left when traveling north.
The first school in Goffs opened its doors for the fall term in 1911 serving the needs of cattle ranches, mining districts, homesteaders, the railroad, and, most of all, the people supporting expanding travel on the National Old Trails Road – . . . — — Map (db m78575) HM
On Lanfair Road at Goffs Road, on the right when traveling south on Lanfair Road.
Pah-Ute Creek, which runs year around, attracted many Indian tribes, who used several Indian trails through this area. The first white man to visit Pah-Ute Creek was Fr. Francisco Garces in May of 1776. It was given it's name by Lt. A.W. Whipple . . . — — Map (db m78577) HM
On Arrowhead Lake Road, 0.1 miles north of Welsh Road, on the right when traveling north.
A prehistoric Indian village
called Atongai once existed
here. In 1776, famed Padre
Garces visited this settlement,
where in 1819 mission native
converts began building a
place for Christian worship. Their efforts
failed when they were killed . . . — — Map (db m166604) HM
On California Route 138 at Summit Post Office Road, on the left when traveling east on State Route 138.
Elliot Ranch is just south of this
point, in Little Horse Thief Canyon.
It is the thirty acre homestead of
William and Lena Elliot built in 1927. The family with eight children truly lived frontier lives in wilderness
surroundings. . . . — — Map (db m166295) HM
On Spruce Street just west of Hesperia Road, on the right when traveling west.
A three story, world famous
brick hotel stood here for 74
years. It was the region's finest
building for years, and had hot
and cold water on each floor plus a toilet. — — Map (db m166544) HM
On Main Street just east of 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
These three granite stones were part of the foundation of possibly the High Deserts’
greatest landmark. The Hesperia Hotel was built in the late 1880's.
This magnificent Hotel stood as a skyscraper at the corner of Hesperia Road and Spruce
for . . . — — Map (db m166538) HM
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