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By Karen Key, October 6, 2006
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Pony Express Trail east of Exit 57 (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling east. |
| | California’s only Home Station where riders changed on the Pony Express trail. Here, at 8:01 A.M. on April 4, 1860, Sam Hamilton, first eastbound rider, was relieved by Warren Upson who carried the initial mail over the then storm swept Sierras.
. . . — — Map (db m613) HM |
| On Pony Express Trail east of Exit 57 (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling east. |
| | This was the site of Sportsman’s Hall, also known as Twelve-Mile House. The hotel operated in the late 1850’s and 1860’s by John and James Blair, a stopping place for stages and teams of the comstock. It became a relay station of the Central . . . — — Map (db m609) HM |
| On Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway) at Forebay Road, on the right when traveling east on Pony Express Trail (Lincoln Highway). |
| | Shortly after James W Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, his Mormon laborers were re-called to the Great Salt Lake Valley, Utah. On April, 9, 1848, a plan was devised to cut a wagon trail through the uncharted Sierra Nevada frontier. The . . . — — Map (db m94636) HM |
| On Green Valley Road at Deer Valley Road, on the left when traveling east on Green Valley Road. |
| | With the discovery of gold on January 24, 1848, Coloma Road became one of the primary routes to the gold fields of El Dorado County. The road started at Sutter’s Fort (New Helvitia), then proceeded to Willow Springs (near Folsom), Mormon Island, . . . — — Map (db m11282) HM |
| On Green Valley Road at Deer Valley Road, on the right when traveling east on Green Valley Road. |
| | Past this point on the Old Coloma Road, running between Sutter’s Fort and his sawmill on the American River, James W. Marshall rode with the first gold discovered at Coloma on Jan. 24, 1848. Traveled by thousands to and from the diggings, this road . . . — — Map (db m11268) HM |
| Near Lake Tahoe Blvd (U.S. 50) north of Lyons Avenue. |
| | Oldest Standing Structure at Lake Tahoe
In 1859, silver was discovered in Nevada and the road past Lake Tahoe became a busy highway for treasure seekers and for the goods they needed to survive. To keep roads in repair, stations were set up . . . — — Map (db m113203) HM |
| Near Emerald Bay Road (State Highway 89), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Imagine what an adventure it must have been for Tahoe’s early motorists. Traveling in open-air Model Ts and Oldsmobiles, vacationers began driving as roads connected the Lake’s recreation spots. Completed in 1913, a rough road around Emerald Bay . . . — — Map (db m35112) HM |
| On Highway 50 (U.S. 50) west of Strawberry Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This popular resort and stopping place for stages and teams of the Comstock, established by Swift and Watson in 1856, became a remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express on April 4, 1860. Here on that date division superintendent Bolivar . . . — — Map (db m436) HM |
| On Tollhouse Road (State Highway 168) 0.5 miles east of North Madsen Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | One Quarter mile NW of here in a grove of oak tress on the south bank of Dog Creek was established "The Academy" in 1872. It was the first secondary school in Fresno County. J.D. Collins, later Sheriff was the first teacher. Just easterly of The . . . — — Map (db m28014) HM |
| On Dorris Avenue (State Highway 198) 0.1 miles east of State Highway 33, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Headquarters of notorious bandit, Joaquin Murieta. Killed here July 25, 1853, by posse of State Rangers, led by Captain Harry Love. Terrorized mining camps and stage operations during his career. — — Map (db m148471) HM |
| On California Route 33 0.1 miles south of Dorris Road (California Route 198), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Headquarters of notorious bandit Joaquin Murieta. Killed here July 25, 1853 by posse of state rangers led by Captain Harry Love. Terrorized mining camps and stage operations during his career. — — Map (db m151585) HM |
| On East Elm Street at North 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west on East Elm Street. |
| | Mr. Robert “Bob” Schatt purchased a lot at this location in 1938. The lot was bought from a Mr. Tom Glenchur for the purpose of building a “Union Oil” service station. Bob opened the station in 1939. During World War II, Bob . . . — — Map (db m64161) HM |
| On Van Ness Street at Sunset Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Van Ness Street. |
| |
Vince Motte was born at home in Coalinga on the 6th of August, 1913. He is the youngest son of Westside pioneers Baptiste and Josephine Motte. Baptiste homesteaded, what is now Motte Canyon in the Jacalitos Hills south of Coalinga. Later he . . . — — Map (db m64022) HM |
| On West Elm Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Elm Street. |
| | R.C. Baker
Memorial Museum
Richfield
Service Station
Built in Coalinga
On the corner of
Fifth and Glenn St.
1934
Restored in 2003
Moved to this location 2004
Restored by
Wayne James
and
The R.C. Baker Museum . . . — — Map (db m63890) HM |
| Near Sans Baker Road 0.2 miles north of Sand Creek Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Arriving in Fresno County in 1870, Sands Baker purchased a quarter section of land at the base of what became Baker's Mountain. Baker continually added to this tract until he had about 2000 acres.
Baker was prominent in the mountain community. . . . — — Map (db m147608) HM |
| On Q Street at 15th Street, on the left when traveling south on Q Street. |
| | Andrew Davidson Firebaugh was born in Virginia in 1823. He served with the Texas Mounted Riflemen in the Mexican War. Coming to Californian in 1849, he fought in the Mariposa Indian War under Major James D. Savage on the expedition that discovered . . . — — Map (db m28015) HM |
| On M Street 0.2 miles west of Ventura Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This Monument is dedicated May 30, 1956, by the citizens of Fresno to the memory of Fresno's own Billy Vukovich, who met his death while leading the Indianapolis 500 Mile race May 30, 1955.
Billy Vukovich, who lived all his life in Fresno, won . . . — — Map (db m47249) HM |
| On Tollhouse Road at Pittman Hill Road, on the right when traveling east on Tollhouse Road. |
| | This site was originally called Mechanicsville, gradually changing to Humphrey Station after Miles Humphreys' store. Miles Humphreys came to California to join his brother John after the Civil War and saw an opportunity by opening his store at this . . . — — Map (db m28272) HM |
| On Reed Avenue at Olson Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Reed Avenue. |
| |
Side A - North
Poole's Ferry
Most important of Kings River's earliest crossings, it was operated from 1851 - 1857 by William Campbell and John Poole 3 miles above this point. The ferry and its trading post served travelers and . . . — — Map (db m28844) HM |
| On Kings River Road 0.1 miles south of Manning Avenue when traveling east. |
| | In the early 1850's, before it became a town, Reedley was in Mariposa County. The only way to cross the Kings River was doing so at your own risk or to find a ferry and pay a fee to cross. The Reedley area could claim two operating ferries. . . . — — Map (db m77752) HM |
| On Tollhouse Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the early 60's Elijah Sarvers, a solitary goatherd, was the first non-Indian here. In 1866 the Woods Bros. began making shakes on Pine Ridge, hiring Indians to carry them down the mountain. In 1867 the county granted them a franchise to build a . . . — — Map (db m28016) HM |
| Near Highway 101 at S Broadway Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Hal, a native of San Diego, was graduated from San Diego State College with a degree in Civil Engineering, and subsequently started work with the California Division of Highways in that area.
As a person dedicated to serving the needs of . . . — — Map (db m1556) HM |
| Near Redwood Highway (California Route 101) near County Route 271, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Californians were among the first in the world to build a lifestyle around the automobile. In the early 20th century, mass-produced cars became affordable for almost everyone. In 1907 there were just 300 autos registers in the state. By 1920, more . . . — — Map (db m139844) HM |
| | A native of Plunkett, Saskatchewan, Canada. Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Civil Engineering, began work with the Division of Highways in 1936. He worked in many positions and locations throughout his career, becoming State . . . — — Map (db m1509) HM |
| Near Sam Helwer Memorial Freeway (Highway 101), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Sam Helwer, the son of German-Russian immigrants, began his life on a small dairy farm in Russell, Kansas. In 1936 he began his career with the California Division of Highways as an Engineering Aide. By the 1940's he was Project Engineer for the . . . — — Map (db m1558) HM |
| On Ben Hulse Highway (California Route 78) near Ogilby Road (County Route S34), on the left when traveling west. |
| |
<--------------->
Pre-Columbian Indian Trail
Colorado River to Lake Coachuilla
(Now Imperial Valley) — — Map (db m113760) HM |
| Near In-Ko-Pah Park Road west of Interstate 8. |
| | Bert Vaughn of Jacumba built the stone tower in 1922-23 to commemorate the pioneers and road and railroad builders who opened the area. In the 1930s W.T. Ratcliffe carved the stone animal figures which lurk in the rocks surrounding the tower, . . . — — Map (db m149171) HM |
| Near In-Ko-Pah Park Road near Interstate 8. |
| | From 1862-70, Peter Larkin and Joe Stancliff used a stone house about a mile north of here as a store from which ox teams pulled wagons up a 30% grade. The San Diego and Fort Yuma Turnpike Co. used the site as a toll road station until 1876. The . . . — — Map (db m50232) HM |
| On Ben Hulse Highway (California Route 78) at 1st Street on Ben Hulse Highway. |
| | When Jim Taylor acquired his ferry in 1922, he had just completed his connecting, hand-made highway on both sides of the Colorado River. His plan to attract the Los Angeles to Phoenix traffic had faded with the continued success of the . . . — — Map (db m138179) HM |
| On Ben Hulse Highway (State Highway 78) 38 miles north of Interstate 8, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This highway parallels the old Indian trail, still visible from here, connecting the Imperial and Palo Verde Valleys.
The grateful people of Imperial County honor the memory of our beloved Senator Ben Hulse, who worked untiringly for the people . . . — — Map (db m57702) HM |
| On Grays Well Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This unique plank road seven miles long was the only means early motorists had for crossing the treacherous Imperial Sand Dunes. The eight by twelve foot sections were moved with a team of horses whenever the shifting sands covered portions of the . . . — — Map (db m50682) HM |
| | The Plank Road once provided the only means of crossing the treacherous Imperial Sand Dunes. This historic road spurred settlement of Imperial County and development of San Diego at the start of the automobile age. — — Map (db m50618) HM |
| On Three Flags Highway (State Highway 395) at County Route 168, on the right when traveling north on Three Flags Highway. |
| | Camp Independence soldiers needed a road to Waucoba-Deep Springs. In 1873 J. S. "Scott" Broder completed this road and collected tolls until 1900. In 1913 A. L. Westgaard led an American Automobile Assn. tour across here, seeking a new . . . — — Map (db m54425) HM |
| On U.S. 395 at and an un-named dirt road, on the left when traveling south on U.S. 395. |
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[Upper Main Marker:]
In June 1873 Colonel Sherman Stevens built a sawmill and flume on Cottonwood Creek high in the Sierra’s directly west of this spot. The flume connected with the Los Angeles Bullion Road. The lumber from the flume was . . . — — Map (db m52104) HM |
| On Scotty's Castle Road 1 mile north of Daylight Pass Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Traces of civilization remain for a long time on the face of Death Valley. Here, on both sides of the paved highway, you can see tracks of wagons that rolled between the mining boom towns of Rhyolite, Nevada and Skidoo, California. — — Map (db m159209) HM |
| Near California Route 190, 1 mile north of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Used in hauling borax from Death Valley to
Mojave, 165 miles - 10 days. The borax weighed
24 tons. The entire weight totaled 36½ tons. — — Map (db m159870) HM |
| On California Route 190 near Badwater Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Through this natural gateway the Death Valley Forty-Niners, more than one hundred emigrants from the middle west, seeking a shortcut to gold fields of central California, entered Death Valley in
December, 1849. All suffered from thirst and . . . — — Map (db m137301) HM |
| Near California Route 190, 1 mile north of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Steam tractor and ore wagons introduced
at Old Borate to replace the twenty mule
teams and replaced in turn by the Borate
and Daggett Railroad. The tractor was later
used and abandoned on the Beatty-Keane
Wonder Mine Road in Death Valley. — — Map (db m159872) HM |
| On N Main St, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The pageant weekend in 1937 was created by Father Crowley and locals to celebrate the opening of the much needed new paved road section connecting Owens Valley to Death Valley and points east.
Friday morning a special gourd of water was scooped . . . — — Map (db m77727) HM |
| On California Route 190 at Cottonwood Canyon Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 190. |
| | In 1926 H.W. Eichbaum obtained a franchise for a toll road from Darwin Falls to Stovepipe Wells, the first maintained road into the valley from the west. It changed the area from mining to tourism and brought about the creation of Death Valley . . . — — Map (db m149164) HM |
| | During the 1880s, this wagon was used by a cook as a portable kitchen to prepare meals for field hands employed by the Kern County Land Company.
The wagon is equipped with a pantry for storing vegetables and bread, a sink, a work space . . . — — Map (db m26973) HM |
| On China Grade Loop, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Gordon’s Ferry was an overhead cable type of ferry operated during the 1850’s by Major Gordon. An adobe station house was located on the south bank of Kern River, just a few yards to the west of this marker. It was also a station on the Butterfield . . . — — Map (db m25149) HM |
| On East Panama Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Just south of this point stood the Butterfield Overland Stage site known as Kern River Slough. Operating through present Kern County during 1858 – 1861. This famous line ran from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco until the outbreak of . . . — — Map (db m24946) HM |
| On Bakersfield-Glennville/Granite Road at Round Mountain Road, on the left when traveling south on Bakersfield-Glennville/Granite Road. Reported missing. |
| | Two and one-half miles east of this point stood the Posey Station on the Butterfield Overland Stage route that ran from St. Louis, Missouri through present-day Kern County to San Francisco during 1858-61, until the outbreak of the Civil War. — — Map (db m145071) HM |
| On California Route 58, 2.5 miles east of Twenty Mule Team Road. |
| | In the 1880s, the famous twenty-mule
teams hauled borax from mines in Death
Valley to the railroad junction in Mojave. The
wagon route passed just north of here.
In 1925, a huge deposit of borax ores was
discovered near Boron. By the . . . — — Map (db m155972) HM |
| Near Suckow Road 2.5 miles north of California Route 58. |
| | This is one of the original twenty mule team wagons, built to carry borax out of Death Valley – through 165 miles of desolated mountains and blistering deserts – to the nearest railroad junction in Mojave. It took 20 days to make the . . . — — Map (db m123897) HM |
| On Buttonwillow Drive 0.5 miles north of California Highway 58, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A lone tree landmark on an old trans-valley trail. It was an ancient Yokuts Indian meeting place, later a location for white stock rodeos. Miller and Lux established their headquarters and store here about 1885. The town of Buttonwillow takes its . . . — — Map (db m50251) HM |
| On 20 Mule Team Parkway east of Rudnick Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | From 1883 to 1889, wagons hauled borax along this road 165 miles from Death Valley to Mohave. The route was laid out by J.W.S. Perry. He and a muleskinner named Ed Stiles designed the wagons to carry the heavy loads to the rail depot.
The wagon . . . — — Map (db m123893) HM |
| On Randsburg Mojave Road at 20 Mule Team Parkway, on the right when traveling north on Randsburg Mojave Road. |
| | The Randsburg Mojave Road was built by Rice & Shippee of Mojave to speed stage transportation from the Southern Pacific railroad station at Mojave, to the rich gold mines in the Randsburg area; service commenced on November 22, 1898. The stage left . . . — — Map (db m143407) HM |
| On Edison Highway/Old Bena Road at Tower Line Road, on the right when traveling east on Edison Highway/Old Bena Road. Reported missing. |
| | About February 1, 1827, Jedediah Strong Smith, first American to reach Mexican California overland, passed near this spot with his party of fur trappers. From San Gabriel Mission, the group was en route north to a land reported teeming with 'plenty . . . — — Map (db m51855) HM |
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El Camino Viejo (The Old Highway) began as an inland trail prior to 1800. It was originally a refugee route running between present day San Pedro in Southern California to the East Oakland area in the north. It was used by Indians, trappers, . . . — — Map (db m116500) HM |
| On State Highway 155 at Granite Road, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 155. |
| | William Lynn completed his Bull Road past this site from Linn’s Valley across Greenhorn Mountain to Keyesville in 1856. This freight route was used until the opening of the McFarlane Toll Road through Glennville en route to the Kern River Mines in . . . — — Map (db m25196) HM |
| On Caliente-Bodfish Road (County Route 483), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The last stage coach robbery in Kern County occurred near here on August 26, 1896. The Kernville stage to Caliente was held-up by a lone gunman on horseback who got $1,700 in coin and gold bullion from the Wells Fargo strong box. He did not molest . . . — — Map (db m83415) HM |
| On Isabella Walker Pass Road (State Highway 178 at milepost 88), on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | In 1834 explorer Joseph R. Walker passed this junction of Indian trails after discovering nearby Walker Pass. Death Valley 49er parties here diverged west and south after their escape from Death Valley enroute to the California gold fields. Later . . . — — Map (db m50244) HM |
| On Fort Tejon Road west of Interstate 5. |
| | Jefferson Davis, “Father of National Highways,” as Secretary of War 1853-57 sponsored the importation of 33 camels for transporting military supplies to the west coast. The camel trail survey ran from San Antonio, Texas to Fort Tejon . . . — — Map (db m32823) HM |
| On David Road at North Wheeler Ridge Road, on the right when traveling east on David Road. |
| | Six miles east of this point was the site of the Butterfield Stage Line station Sinks of Tejón. Operating through present Kern County during 1858-61, this famous line ran from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco until the outbreak of the Civil War. — — Map (db m144943) HM |
| On Jawbone Canyon Road at Aerospace Highway (California Highway 14), on the right when traveling north on Jawbone Canyon Road. |
| | "Josie" was born on June 18, 1875 in Silver City, New Mexico to Harvey and Harriet Whitehall. At 19 years old, she taught school in Pinos Altos, New Mexico. She married Herbert Hall Bishop on March 4, 1896, bearing him seven children. The Bishops . . . — — Map (db m78560) HM |
| On California Route 14 north of Nadeau Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Just west of this point was the Southern Pacific terminus for the Twenty-Mule-Team Borax wagons that operated between Death Valley and Mojave from 1884 to 1889. The route ran from the Harmony Borax Mining Company works, later acquired by the Pacific . . . — — Map (db m123891) HM |
| On Isabella Walker Pass Road (State Highway 178 at milepost 79.8), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Discovered by Joseph R. Walker, American trail-blazer who left the San Joaquin Valley through this pass in 1834. This area was traversed by topographer Edward M. Kern, after whom the Kern River was named, while accompanying the Fremont expedition of . . . — — Map (db m159834) HM |
| | Came to territory by
covered wagon in 1865
Settled here in 1876
Owned and operated
Gwynne Gold Mine, store
hotel and stage station
cattle rancher, Indian agent
Postmistress — — Map (db m83310) HM |
| Near Burro Schmidt Tunnel Road. |
| | A Monument to
Determination and Perserverance
William Henry "Burro" Schmidt
Took thirty eight years to hand dig this
half-mile long tunnel--Completed in 1936
Born in Rhode Island, January 30, 1871
Died in Ridgecrest, Calif., January . . . — — Map (db m114470) HM |
| On Manly Road 0.4 miles north of Truman Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Visited by Padre Garces (1776) while following Old Horse Thief Trace later known as Joe Walker Trail. Fremont stopped here (1844). The famished Jayhawk Party (1850) found water here while struggling from Death Valley to Los Angeles. Still later was . . . — — Map (db m156684) HM |
| On Manly Road 0.2 miles north of Truman Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Willow Springs was a stage station on the Los Angeles-Havilah Stage Lines, 1864-1874. From here light traffic went through Oak Creek Pass via Tehachapi to Havilah and Kernville; heavy traffic went northwest to the Inyo mines, or via Jawbone Canyon . . . — — Map (db m156685) HM |
| On S Green Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In the early days of the Tehachapi Valley traveling was arduous as there were only trails and wagon tracks, a few toll roads and the stage routes. The road to Bakersfield from Tehachapi followed the current Woodford – Tehachapi Road, curving . . . — — Map (db m135039) HM |
| On Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Father Francisco Garces used the Oak Creek Pass in 1776 to return to the Mojave after exploring the San Joaquin Valley, as did Fremont in 1844-45. Until the building of the railroad through the Tehachapi Pass in 1876, Oak Creek Pass was the only . . . — — Map (db m50250) HM |
| On S Green Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Golden Hills – In early 1960s, the purchase of four ranches in the Old Town area by the Murchison Brothers of Dallas, Texas, became the major development in the Tehachapi area with 5500 acres, first known as Oak Knolls. Boise Cascade . . . — — Map (db m135041) HM |
| On Bakersfield-Glennville Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 m95183) HM |
| On Douglas Avenue 0.3 miles west of 12 3/4 Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Founded in 1856 by L.A. Whitmore who operated first Kings River ferry crossing. After 1858 town became stopping place for Butterfield stages. Toll bridge superseded ferry in 1873. On December 26, 1873, Tiburcio Vasquez and bandit gang made bold raid . . . — — Map (db m158224) HM |
| On State Highway 26 at Hill Street, on the left when traveling north on State Highway 26. |
| | The Old Bull Trail Road ran from Napa Valley to Middletown. It was built by volunteers in the 1850’s. A number of grades were 35 percent. It was an official road in 1861 and abandoned in 1868. St. Helena Toll Road also ran from same points. Was . . . — — Map (db m11989) HM |
| On Main Street at First Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | This was one of three livery stables in Upper Lake in the 1880's. As far back as 1870, Upper Lake was the terminus of both the Cloverdale and Clearlake stage lines, bringing tourists to the famous mineral waters of Witter Springs, Saratoga Springs . . . — — Map (db m48989) HM |
| On Scott Road 2.3 miles south of California Route 70, on the left when traveling south. |
| | "We descended in to the head of a beautiful valley here we found things requisite for camping ... our road led immediately down the valley from camp ... with a good level road all the way." - John C. Thorniley, Aug 16-17, 1852 — — Map (db m148331) HM |
| On State Highway 395, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This route was first used in 1852 by emigrants to Northern California seeking to avoid the hardships of the Lassen Trail. It crossed the desert from the Humbolt River in Nevada, passed this point, and proceeded over the mountains to the town of . . . — — Map (db m10269) HM |
| Near Bridge Creek Springs Road 1 mile from Merrill Flat Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Many hundreds of Overland Trail emigrants died while crossing the continent during the great westward expansion of the mid-Nineteenth Century. Most of these emigrants were buried in unmarked graves beside the trails, and have been lost to history. . . . — — Map (db m148181) HM |
| On Forest Road 32N21 0.5 miles south of California Route 44, on the left when traveling south. |
| | "Day pleasant. Road has been excellent ... Has led us through beautiful glades and plains ... Tonight we camped at 'Butte Creek' a fine little stream with abundance." Benjamin Franklin Ruggles, Aug 15, 1859 — — Map (db m148737) HM |
| Near California Route 44 8.4 miles north of Mooney Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | "Thence northwest winding westward through some timber into a dry valley, some grass near the west end of the valley ... here we camped some grass wood plenty but no water, having water in our keg." J. D. Randall, Aug 24, 1852 — — Map (db m148185) HM |
| | “Peter Lassen was born on October 31, 1800 in Farum, Denmark. At the time Farum was a small village about 15 miles northwest of Copenhagen. Peter was a son of humble parents. His mother was Johanne Sophie Westergaard and his father was Lars . . . — — Map (db m14179) HM |
| On Highway 139 (California Route 139 at milepost 10.3), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Named for John "Coyote Jack" Wright who left here in 1869. By 1880, five wagon roads converged here which resulted in various establishments over the years including a stage station, saloon, sawmill, dance hall, logging camp, and agricultural . . . — — Map (db m87820) HM |
| | “We do not know the exact date on which Peter Lassen arrived in America. Let us suppose that he landed in the early spring of 1831. Most reports say that Lassen arrived in Boston, Massachusetts. Also his passport had Boston written as the . . . — — Map (db m31741) HM |
| Near North Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This meadow, now a city park, was a welcome stopping place on the Noble Emigrant Trail, pioneered by William H. Nobles in 1851 and first used in 1852. Here, emigrants en route to the Northern California mines were able to rest, refresh their stocks, . . . — — Map (db m10268) HM |
| Near California Route 44 4.9 miles north of California Route 36 when traveling north. |
| | "10 ms. from the...head (of) Susan Valley you will find an excellent spring 150 yds. south of the road; but little grass here; grass is scarce on this ridge." J. D. Randall, Aug 23, 1852 — — Map (db m148177) HM |
| Near Bridge Creek Springs Road 1 mile north of Merrill Flat Road. |
| | "This is a fine valley and has the purest and coldest water a man ever drank ... I think this is the most pleasant camping place we have had, fine pine timbers ... Found the grave of Nancy Allen today." Gorham Gates Kimball, Jun 23, 1865 — — Map (db m148179) HM |
| On Bridge Creek Springs Road 2 miles north of California Route 44, on the right when traveling north. |
| | "We have risen to a considerable heighth [sic] today, though our road has been up and down. We are now crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains by 'Nobles Pass' said to be the easiest pass of three" Benjamin Franklin Ruggles, Aug 13, 1859 — — Map (db m148178) HM |
| On Eagle Lake Road 0.2 miles north of California Route 36, on the right when traveling north. |
| | "We commenced the ascent directly on leaving the city...The greater portion of the company took the road to Marysville while the remaining portion & ourselves included have taken the Red Bluff Road." Mary C. Fish, Sep 12, 1860 — — Map (db m148037) HM |
| On North Weatherlow Street near Nevada Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | "This is a village of about 20 houses nearly all of which were built this summer. (It) is situated at the head of the valley... there is a hotel, store, blacksmith shop and... a saw-mill not far away." - Allen J. Tyrrell, Sep 8, 1860 . . . — — Map (db m87785) HM |
| On Highway 36, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Through this draw passed many covered wagons and gold seekers enroute to California over the Lassen Trail during 1848-1851. Approaching this location from the north, the trail passed what is now Bogard Ranger Station. Proceeding southward to Big . . . — — Map (db m22027) HM |
| Near 3rd Street (County Route A21), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The east branch of Lassen’s Trail (1848 & later) passed near here to a campsite “near a small lake fed by springs,” — — Map (db m56709) HM |
| On Rainbow Crest Drive at Reyes Adobe Road, on the left when traveling west on Rainbow Crest Drive. |
| | Daughters of the American Revolution commemorate the significant role the
Reyes Adobe historical site played in the development of California and its
history. The property was a stop along the state's famous El Camino Real. — — Map (db m154344) HM |
| On Santa Rosa Avenue at Alameda Street, on the right when traveling north on Santa Rosa Avenue. |
| | The 135 Deodar Cedar trees were planted in 1885 by the Woodbury Family, the founders of Altadena. First organized by F.C. Nash in 1920, the "Mile of Christmas Trees" has been strung with 10,000 lights each holiday season through the efforts of . . . — — Map (db m143798) HM |
| On Mulholland Highway at Old Topanga Canyon Road, on the right when traveling west on Mulholland Highway. |
| | William C. Masson received a land patent in 1904 for 160
acres during the "Homesteading Days” of the early 1900s.
The Masson House was strategically located on Old Topanga
Canyon Road, the only route to Santa Monica, where the
Port of Los . . . — — Map (db m156885) HM |
| Near Calabasas Peak Motorway near Old Topanga Canyon Road. Reported missing. |
| | Old Topanga Canyon Road was initially a stagecoach trail forged through
the mountains south of Calabasas and terminating at the beach just north
of Pacific Palisades. The trail became an important link between the San
Fernando Valley and Santa . . . — — Map (db m157237) HM |
| On Ridge Route Road 4.8 miles north of Templin Highway, on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable. |
| | The National Forest Inn consisted of neat, white clapboard buildings, one of which was built on stilts to compensate for the steepness of the landscape (note building on left).
The U.S. Forest Service also had a Station here for the . . . — — Map (db m151496) HM |
| On Ridge Route Road 2.7 miles north of Templin Highway, on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable. |
| | Traveling north for the next 17.6 miles, you will see rock and concrete monuments on the roadside. These monuments tell a story of a bygone era. Each one represents a place or business establishment that was on the site. When this twenty foot . . . — — Map (db m151528) HM |
| On Ridge Route Road 7.7 miles north of Templin Highway, on the left when traveling north. Reported unreadable. |
| | This remarkable 110-foot deep cut was excavated by large steam-powered shovels, which were hauled up the ridge by teams of mules. Though not maintained for over 60 years, these cut slopes remain secure today, a testimony to the engineering . . . — — Map (db m151495) HM |
| Near Devonshire Street west of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. |
| | Old Santa Susana Stage Road, 1859-90. Marked March 17 1939, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Topango Parlor 269. — — Map (db m131208) HM |
| On Devonshire Street east of Larwin Avenue, in the median. |
| | The Stagecoach Trail was used from 1861 to 1895. Also known as the Devil's Slide. — — Map (db m145659) HM |
| Near Santa Anita Avenue south of Valley Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | El Monte, on the bank of the San Gabriel River, played a significant part in California's early pioneer history. It was first an encampment on the Old Spanish Trail, an extension of the trail from Missouri to Santa Fe. By the 1850's some began to . . . — — Map (db m155282) HM |
| On Elizabeth Lake Road 0.2 miles east of Ranch Club Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Butterfield Overland Mail and Havilah Coachline used these houses from 1861-1881 — — Map (db m141467) HM |
| On Verdugo Road north of York Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of many distinct districts of Glassell Park, Verdugo Village is a two block commercial corridor in the historic Sagamore Park tract (est. 1920s) situated along the early transportation route that linked the Rancho San Raphael (1784) and the . . . — — Map (db m145372) HM |
| On Ridge Route Road 9 miles south of Highway 138, on the left when traveling south. Reported unreadable. |
| | Congratulations!!! At this stop you were halfway to wherever you were going. Bakersfield is 64 miles to the north and Los Angeles is 62 miles to the south. Weary travelers and truckers took advantage of the garage service and restaurant . . . — — Map (db m152072) HM |
| On Ridge Route Road 5.4 miles south of Highway 138, on the right when traveling south. Reported unreadable. |
| | Primary surveying for the Ridge Route began in 1912, and grading by hand crews and mule-drawn scrapers was completed in 1915. A total of one million cubic yards of earth was removed to complete the Route.
This camp was one of the . . . — — Map (db m152076) HM |
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