Historical Markers in Woody, California

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Historical Markers in Woody, California

1 ► California, Kern County, Woody — 631 — Garcés Baptismal Site —

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) —

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 trek . . . — — Map (db m25716) HM

3 ► California, Kern County, Woody — Joseph Weringer, Sr. — Pioneer Businessman, Miner —

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 —

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 —

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

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