On the Wind Wolves Preserve access road 1.5 miles south of Maricopa Highway (California Route 166), on the left when traveling south.
The first settlement in the southern San Joaquin Valley, inhabited by Mexicans, Spaniards and Native Americans, existed here between the late 1700s and 1895. At its height, there were 25 to 30 adobe homes, two general stores, a school, a church, . . . — — Map (db m258475) HM
On Petroleum Club Road 0.5 miles north of Kerto Road, on the left when traveling north.
America's most spectacular gusher blew in here on March 14, 1910. Initially 18,000 barrels per day, the flow later reached an uncontrolled peak of 100,000 barrels per day, completely destroying the derrick. This Union Oil Company well produced nine . . . — — Map (db m54267) HM
Near California Street (California Route 33) north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
This original iron structure served as the City of Maricopa's jail for 50 to 60 yrs. (from the teens to the 1960's). It primarily functioned as a "Drunk Tank." — — Map (db m54788) HM
Near San Emigdio Canyon Trail 10 miles south of Maricopa Highway ( Route 166), on the left when traveling south.
This seasonal pond, the adjacent
Native American site, and surrounding
valley had been approved for a 500 acre
toxic waste dump. As a result of The
Wildlands Conservancy's 1996 acquistion
the dump will never be built.
A toxic . . . — — Map (db m280832) HM
Near San Emigdio Road 6 miles south of Maricopa Highway ( Route 166), on the right when traveling south.
Tule elk are one of three subspecies of elk found in California,
and are the smallest of all elk species in North America. They are
related to deer, but are much larger. Tule elk are endemic to
California, meaning they are only found in . . . — — Map (db m280827) HM
On the Wind Wolves Preserve access road 3 miles south of Maricopa Highway ( Route 166), on the right when traveling south.
"Wind Wolves" are the undulating
grasses that resemble running animals.
They embrace the spirit of extinct
wolves and grizzly bears that dominated
this land in the 1800s.
The Wildland Conservancy purchased
the initial 85,445 acres in . . . — — Map (db m258483) HM
