1 1200 49 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/1c502fdb7c27d97849dedd6712f3b3e7.JPG a36cf70ff4175b292f48240789665aba http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/b0cf78dff64549ccbded34dc6886ba39.JPG 6d159d22a61487452adc190c137ec7e0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0097 Oak Creek Pass</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Tehachapi-Willow Springs Rd, 4.2 mi S of the 58<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B003'40.0%22N+118%C2%B023'19.1%22W/@35.061108,-118.388628,1050m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.061108,-118.388628</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Oak Creek Pass<br /><br />Father Francisco Garcés used the Oak Creek Pass in 1776 to return to the Mojave after exploring the San Joaquin Valley, as did Frémont in 1844-1845. Until the building of the railroad through the Tehachapi Pass in 1876, Oak Creek Pass was the only route used through the Tehachapi Mountains.<br /><br />Dedicated June 8, 1937. Bakersfield Parlor No. 42 N.S.G.W., Bakersfield Parlor No. 239, N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Chamber of Commerce, Department of Natural Resources <p></p> Registered 3/29/1933 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e5441c8f079af36a6a30f6798e565968.JPG 985e7cac6b0271cb5cd624a8cb172342 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/24a336dc7e6b7eaf9b55b6f00246ffbb.JPG 8ead22382ba5ed0ba701abe704f96b92 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0098 Keysville</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Black Gulch Rd, at end of Keysville Rd, 2.0 mi SW of State Hwy 155<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B037'34.6%22N+118%C2%B030'38.5%22W/@35.626278,-118.510683,1042m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.626278,-118.510683</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Keysville<br /><br />From 1853 until 1870, Keysville was a center of both placer and quartz gold mining. On the knoll just below the townsite may still be seen the outlines of an earthworks fort, built to meet a possible Indian attack in 1863. The original Keyes mine is still active.<br /><br />Dedicated April 25, 1937. Bakersfield Parlor No 42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No 239 N.D.G.W., Kern County Chamber of Commerce. Department of Natural Resources. <p></p> Registered 3/29/1933 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d3711af90518a41442fa92f4f5d96289.jpg f90a8bdddca2b25f52b729ea392c5896 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0099 Walker's Pass</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> At summit on State Hwy 178, 8.4 mi NW of Freeman Jct (State Hwy 14)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B039'46.1%22N+118%C2%B001'36.7%22W/@35.662795,-118.026858,1042m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.662795,-118.026858</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Walker's Pass<br /><br />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 Frémont expedition of 1845. After 1860 it became a mining freight route to Owens Valley.<br /><br />Dedicated April 25, 1937. Marker placed by Bakersfield Parlor No 42, N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No 239 N.S.G.W., Kern County Chamber of Commerce. <p></p> Registered 3/29/1933 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/752a8204d1af042e99126c183f591789.jpg 3276aebec9a8b24eb8bdddc7d8ef6baa http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/8c2017fba88cbfbf62decfa9ec1c54be.JPG 051281dd923506fbbb3baf151efd5ef2 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/5cf081229dae95e51d33666d17ff108a.JPG dfc255e96f7cc97b75eb94cfc9bdbe74 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0100 Havilah</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Caliente-Bodfish Rd (P.M. 27.9), Havilah<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B031'06.0%22N+118%C2%B030'57.7%22W/@35.518347,-118.516027,1051m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.518347,-118.516027</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque at site, S side of 1866 county courthouse.<br /><br />State plaque in front of Bodfish post office, NE corner of Miller St and Kern River Canyon Rd, Bodfish.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B035'25.0%22N+118%C2%B029'45.6%22W/@35.590284,-118.495991,1050m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.590284,-118.495991</a> <p></p> <h4>Private plaque text:</h4> Havilah<br /><br />Gold deposits at Havilah were discovered in 1864. After Kern County was organized in 1866, Havilah was the county seat until 1872, when the government was moved to Bakersfield. Havilah was an active mining center for more than 20 years. There are still some operating mines in this vicinity.<br /><br />Dedicated June 12, 1938. Bakersfield Parlor No 42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Chamber of Commerce.<br /> <h4>State plaque text:</h4> Havilah<br /><br />Founded in 1863 by Aleck Harpending, who named it from verse in Genesis as "a place rich in gold". Made Kern County seat, 1866. A station on stage lines running between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Declined after county seat moved to Bakersfield, 1872.<br /><br />Department of Public Works - Division of Highways <p></p> Registered 3/29/1933 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/dcb84024f53ac798a6c2f538452d3387.JPG 731730e459cc5c6549e8c3ffbda5dbcc http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/ad5e51fd72e9cf3257b45052d8073c16.JPG ff8e18616eda17064dff1f7f4de3f919 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/42126e43a20170b25875d23f05c700bf.JPG 2e4dfe692b815a236e2b7bdc4913fc34 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/1a88cb4f2d00d4f0fc6150007f0aeca6.JPG 775447fa76f10f1aa163e1618d712a0f http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/7b27b82e8f8360fb2caaf81ca3b077b3.JPG 6c3aad1904a971863bf126b23bd1ac65 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e0211c511f576da670be11e6890ac6aa.jpg 8d9e1f28b8a429ca164c4911ac847e10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0129 Fort Tejon</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Fort Tejón State Historic Park, on Lebec Rd, 2.8 mi N of Lebec<br /><br />Access to the site is restricted to operating hours. Plaque is accessible at any time.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B052'28.6%22N+118%C2%B053'34.8%22W/@34.874613,-118.892986,1052m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">34.874613,-118.892986</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Fort Tejon<br /><br />This military post was established by the United States Army on June 24, 1854, to suppress stock rustling and for the protection of Indians in the San Joaquin Valley. As regimental headquarters of the First Dragoons, Fort Tejon was an important military, social, and political center. Camels for transportation were introduced here in 1858. The fort was abandoned September 11, 1864<br /><br />Marker placed by California State Parks Commission in cooperation with Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No. 289 N.D.G.W., Bakersfield Parlor No. 42 N.S.G.W. and Kern County Museum. Dedicated October 10, 1954 <p></p> Registered 1/31/1934 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/6a06fb06bbff5621b34df72837ba9e25.JPG 83f611037db5cfe098caa1bfbc4eb113 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/023f95e7803bc23a47e31aedea0b8cd9.JPG a82df20aedef15af771bad1f364edbf8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0130 Willow Springs</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On Manly Rd, north of Truman Rd, Willow Springs<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B052'38.3%22N+118%C2%B017'51.2%22W/@34.87731,-118.29755,1052m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">34.877310,-118.297550</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Willow Springs<br /><br />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 to the South Fork of the Kern; hence to the Kern mines.<br /><br />Dedicated June 6, 1937 Bakersfield Parlor No. 42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Chamber of Commerce, Department of Natural Resources Reg. No 130, State of California <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> Willow Springs was visited by Padre Garcés in 1776 while following the old Horse Thief Trail (later known as Joe Walker Trail) - Frémont stopped here in 1844, and the famished Jayhawk Party of 1850 found water here while struggling from Death Valley to Los Angeles. Still later, Willow Springs was a stage station of the Los Angeles-Havilah and Inyo Stage Lines. <p></p> Registered 1/31/1934 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/10937364b337f9ba09797043c2b9565d.jpg 912ca98d752e1d34708db1c19550c0a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0132 Kernville</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Old Kernville Cemetery, end of Wofford Heights Blvd<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B043'12.9%22N+118%C2%B026'09.2%22W/@35.720256,-118.4359,1041m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.720256,-118.4359</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Kernville<br /><br />Kernville, called Whiskey Flat until 1864, was founded in 1860 when Adam Hamilton, whiskey dealer, moved shop here from more temperate Quartzburg, founded earlier that year. Both camps resulted from the discovery of the Big Blue Ledge by "Lovely" Rogers while tracking a stray mule from the earlier camp of Keyesville.<br /><br />Dedicated April 18, 1937, Kern River Chamber of Commerce, Department of Natural Resources Reg. No 132, State of California<br /> <p></p> Registered 1/31/1934 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0fbd9eabba6bae9c32cd39765e5f191e.JPG 1f8ef65908d277157b5f89b52845434c http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f7ff8b6c9443ba1ea32d85693a176d72.JPG f9ac25df4193d9221d3d77d3574b1c94 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e0c5f17e4164d1c24fdd667d3c4ad6fc.JPG c1de4eace8d0a4cc53e4295ce8ad1d43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0133 Sebastian Indian Reservation</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> E of Grapevine Rd and Rose Station St, Grapevine<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B056'28.5%22N+118%C2%B055'57.1%22W/@34.941262,-118.932541,1051m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">34.941262,-118.932541</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Sebastian Indian Reservation<br /><br />The Sebastian or Tejon Indian Reservation (headquarters 10 miles east of here) was established in 1853 by Gen. Edward Fitzgerald Beale as one of several California Reservations. The number of Indians quartered here varied from 500 to 2000. General Beale acquired title to this area under Mexican Land Grant of 1843. In 1864 the U.S. Government transferred the Indians to other reservations.<br /><br />Dedicated Nov. 12, 1937 Bakersfield Parlor Number 42, N.S.G.W., El Tajon Parlor Number 239, N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Chamber of Commerce, Kern County Museum Registered 1/31/1934 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/447fd226e211071d05df22a44209cef5.jpg e198675e867a1b5a92177f162610678b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0137 Gordon's Ferry on the Kern River</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> S side of Kern River bridge, on China Grade Loop, Bakersfield<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B025'28.8%22N+118%C2%B058'04.3%22W/@35.424653,-118.967869,1045m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.424653,-118.967869</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Gordons Ferry<br /><br />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 Overland mail stage route from 1858 to 1860.<br /><br />Dedicated January 17, 1937. Bakersfield Parlor No. 42, N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No. 239, N.D.G.W., Kern County Chamber of Commerce. Department of Natural Resources Reg. No 167. State of California. <p></p> Registered 1934 butterfield http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f3e3d12ba8c49a58631d75d35b5389e5.jpg e60fb61dea2ccb8d80f898d40b8ace6d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0277 Garces Circle</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> S side of roundabout, intersection of Chester Ave and 30th St, Bakersfield<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B023'11.8%22N+119%C2%B001'07.6%22W/@35.386615,-119.01877,1046m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.386615,-119.01877</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Francisco Garces 1738 - 1781 Spanish Franciscan<br /><br />Padre Garces seeking a new route between Sonora, Mexico and Monterey crossed Rio de San Felipe (Kern River May 7, 1776) at Rancheria San Miguel now Bakersfield. First recorded white man in this locality, he brought Christianity to the Indian and on Rio Colorado his brave life was crowned with martyrdom. "Greater love hath no man than this - That a man lay down his life for his friends." <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> This is the approximate site of the Indian rancheria visited by Franciscan friar Padre Francisco Garcés on May 7, 1776. Padre Garcés named this spot San Miguel de los Noches por el Santa Príncipe. <p></p> Registered 10/21/1937 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/adc333a7885da699f2f8915dbfc1eb9d.JPG fa1a863c6e0b306ea76f676e09693788 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/54af56cf0d52d4e01c4169c9bd1110dd.JPG ac05e2568cd119c430706d88d66be557 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0278 Place Where Francisco Garces Crossed the Kern River</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> State Hwy 178 at Rancheria Rd, 11.0 mi E of Bakersfield <br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B024'58.5%22N+118%C2%B049'59.5%22W/@35.416255,-118.833193,1045m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.416255,-118.833193</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Rio de San Felipe<br /><br />One mile north of here on May 1, 1776, Francisco Garces of the Franciscan Order, crossed Kern River in his search for a shorter route from Sonora, Mexico to Monterey, California. He was the first known explorer to describe this river, which he named Rio de San Felipe.<br /><br />Dedicated May 1, 1938 Bakersfield Parlor No.42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No.239 N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Chamber of Commerce. Department of Natural Resources Reg. No 278. State of California. <p></p> http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/538039c2664dba4451674b5c52daac44.jpg f3a52ded0157440912746df7b58494e8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0283 Top of the Grapevine Pass, Where Don Pedro Fages Passed in 1772</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Lebec Rd, just S of Lebec Rd on/off ramp to the 5<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B050'02.7%22N+118%C2%B051'56.4%22W/@34.834088,-118.865667,1053m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">34.834088,-118.865667</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Don Pedro Fages<br /><br />In 1772, Don Pedro Fages, leaving the first written record of explorations in the south San Joaquin Valley, passed this site, traveling from San Diego to San Luis Obispo via Cajon Pass, Mojave Desert, Hughes Lake, Antelope Valley, Tejon Pass, Canada de los Uvas (Grapevine Canyon), and Buena Vista Lake.<br /><br />Dedicated October 9, 1938 Bakersfield Parlor No.42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No.39, N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Chamber of Commerce, Department of Natural Resources Reg. No.283, State of California<br /> <p></p> Registered 1/8/1938 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d319b09dcfdb2f349eb0e16e69e79979.JPG 28b4a8cfadaea5c1b30727bca38122ee http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/1b8e787a2cfc78fe9d15827d4424461a.JPG 031bafd01fc1e70cac8a13ced921f5c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0290 Discovery Well of Kern River Oilfield</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 50 ft SE of Round Mountain Rd, 0.7 mi E of China Grade Loop, 7 mi NE of Bakersfield<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B025'41.6%22N+118%C2%B057'17.4%22W/@35.428214,-118.954839,1045m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.428214,-118.954839</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque.&nbsp; <br /><br />The plaque is on private, gated property and inaccessible, but the plaque is visible from the road.&nbsp; in 2020 a sign was installed on the fence so the information can be read by visitors. <br /> <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Discovery Well Kern River Field<br /><br />Oil was discovered at 70 feet in 1899, when Tom Means persuaded Roe Elwood and Frank Wiseman, aided by Jonathan, Bert, Jed, and Ken Elwood, George Wiseman, and John Marlowe, to dig here for oil. On June 1, 1899, 400 feet to the north, Horace and Milton McWhorter drilled this region's first commercial well.<br /><br />Dedicated April 7, 1940 Bakersfield Parlor No.43 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No.239 N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Chamber of Commerce. Department of Natural Resources Reg. No. 290. State of California.<br /> <p></p> Registered 6/27/1938 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/7798d3d81bde1045f6edafe1cfa45f43.jpg 9bcbe1f0cf132e6cf49f16e5eb60ddc4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0291 Fages-Zalvidea Crossing</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> State Hwy 166, 3.7 mi W of the 5<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B003'33.2%22N+119%C2%B003'59.7%22W/@35.059235,-119.066576,1050m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.059235,-119.066576</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> <p>Private plaque</p> <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Fages-Zalvidea Trails<br /><br />In 1772, Don Pedro Fages, first recorded non-Indian to visit the southern San Joaquin Valley, crossed this spot on his way from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. Near this point crossed Father Jose Maria de Zalvidea in 1806, while accompanying the Ruiz expedition in search of mission sites.<br /><br />Dedicated April 6, 1941. Bakersfield Parlor No. 42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No239 N.S.G.W., Kern Country Historical Society, Kern Country Chamber of Commerce, Department of Natural Resources Reg. No. 291, State of California. <p></p> Registered 6/27/1938 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/9935ae5d3e2015fef0fe645d1272d19d.JPG 3b754400767adf6b1d85d0f8762abc92 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/805bae3fce15c8615af7d0674a3d1fc0.JPG f9ac25df4193d9221d3d77d3574b1c94 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/1778cfe2572e108922cc9af46a4eeda1.JPG c1de4eace8d0a4cc53e4295ce8ad1d43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0300 Rose Station</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> E of Grapevine Rd and Rose Station St, Grapevine<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B056'28.5%22N+118%C2%B055'57.1%22W/@34.941262,-118.932541,1051m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">34.941262,-118.932541</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Rose Station<br /><br />Wm. B. Rose, in 1875, a mile east; built an adobe stage station on the site of the Overland Mail Way Station established 1858. From 1853 to 1875 site was known as Rancho Canoa (trough). Originally vaquero camp of the Sebastian Indian Reservation. Rose Station was a stockmen's headquarters, post office, and polling place.<br /><br />Dedicated November 16, 1941 Bakersfield Parlor No.42, N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No.239, N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Chamber of Commerce, Department of Natural Resources Reg. No.300, State of California<br /> <p></p> Registered 5/1/1939 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/71c47ba6bfdcc4276d8efb8b6fe6caea.jpg 3691e9095e95cb1501cb8d024a40f6d0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0371 Outermost Point in the South San Joaquin Valley (Visited by Padre Garces in 1776)</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Courtyard of Saint Thomas Catholic Church, 350 E Bear Mountain Blvd, Arvin<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B012'31.1%22N+118%C2%B049'16.7%22W/@35.208639,-118.821312,1055m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.208639,-118.821312</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Francisco Garces O.F.M.<br /><br />Padre Garcés, first recorded non-Indian to visit this locality, came in April of 1776, seeking a new route from Mexico to California. His epic journey covered more than two thousand miles of uncharted wilderness, opening trails that later became highways and railroads.<br /><br />Sponsored by Kern County Chamber of Commerce, Kern County Historical Society, Bakersfield El Tajon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W, Bakersfield Parlor No.42 N.S.G.W. <p></p> Registered 9/4/1940 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/c3faa99511850f99a3e08a86fb1bfcc2.jpg c7c33d5934bf5d499ec44032b98ffbfe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0374 Tulamniu Indian Site</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 300 ft SE of Block House #BV4, 1.1 mi N of Buena Vista pumping station, 8 mi E of Taft<br /><br />The location description above is given by OHP, and while likely accurate, is not entirely helpful.&nbsp; If using the dirt roads from the south, use caution as they are rough.&nbsp; Many years ago, we drove along the aquaduct for the 1.1 miles to get to the site, probably on private property, but nobody stopped us.<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B010'32.6%22N+119%C2%B020'31.9%22W/@35.175718,-119.342199,1055m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.175718,-119.342199</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Tulamniu Indian Site<br /><br />Old Yoklts village of Tulamniu, named Buena Vista by Spanish commander Fages 1772. (One of first place names in south San Joaquin Valley)&nbsp; Fr. Zalvidea again recorded site, 1806.&nbsp; This village was occupied for several centuris.&nbsp;&nbsp; 1933-34 site excavated by Smithsonian Institution.<br /><br />Dedicated June 25, 1950.&nbsp; Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society, Miocene Parlor No. 228 N.D.G.W., Kern County Chamber of Commerce, Kern County Museum.<br /> <p></p> Registered 9/6/1941 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0971571d07598356b25c00512e498be3.JPG 665535b067599c09d7b2c63dd9015cf8 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d9bb7383a4dbe63cb36c8abc2043d1a9.JPG 156354156cabd3bd073d1aa6c86d9bdd http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/707eb1a891747473554ecc5678991a78.JPG 82cf98be2abdccab0b87756a117da74f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0376 California Standard Oil Well No. 1</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> McKittrick Field, 400 ft N of Well #CS-54, 0.4 mi N of State Hwy 58 (P.M.. 15.1), 1 mi S of McKittrick<br /><br />The photos I took are approximate. I took them from a spot .4 miles N of highway 58, in the middle of the oil field. I couldn't find Well CS-54, but I have heard that it still exists. The field is private land, so even though there is no fence or gate, driving through it probably isn't encouraged. The GPS coordinates are for CS-54 - the landmark is ~400 feet north of that well.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B017'50.3%22N+119%C2%B038'02.1%22W/@35.2973164,-119.6361017,1037m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.297312, -119.633913 </a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> No plaque <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> This well was one of the early wells that in 1899 started a new oil field called the McKittrick Field. The well pumped about 150 barrels of oil per day for the first six months - its last production was in April 1929. <p></p> Registered 11/7/1941 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/265de3b0806b5661603130c23c35af2f.JPG f93b7122979a6e14ba1b90088d51a100 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/a63524244ba38cd6fbceb2525cc4988e.JPG d0ff3199acc871da3c681453119aa25f http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/deecc3be0ada58c465b39ef9f0019633.jpg 8908bd89688469fcab24e8b80293298a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0382 Colonel Thomas Baker Memorial</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> City Hall, SW corner of Truxtun and Chester Aves, Bakersfield<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B022'23.2%22N+119%C2%B001'09.9%22W/@35.373123,-119.019409,1053m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.373123,-119.019409</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Colonel Thomas Baker <br />Civil Engineer - Lawyer <br />Farmer - Soldier <br />1810 - 1872 <br /><br />In 1863 Colonel Baker came to this location. A friend to all travelers. His settlement became known as "Baker's Field." This civic center is his dream come true. His motto - "Time will justify a man who means to do right"<br /><br />Dedicated October 18, 1942 Kern County Historical Society, Bakersfield City Council, El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W., Bakersfied Parlor No.42 N.S.G.W., Kern County Board of Supervisors, Kern County Chamber of Commerce Public Donations <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> In 1863 Colonel Baker, friend to all travelers, came here to found 'Bakers Field.' His motto was, 'Time will justify a man who means to do right.' This civic center is his dream come true. <p></p> Registered 1/3/1944 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/a9ef872656753a4a0fe848138b54c807.JPG 2d08c6c0f20fbaac7bc7e25aa6f2bf6b http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d1276d4da97d1a6a2781797162cc5fb6.JPG d632c987b2e971fb4fbf89ba47f01f9d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0457 Indian Wells</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 4.9 mi N of Freeman Jct (Hwys 14 and 178 W) on Hwy 14<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B040'04.3%22N+117%C2%B052'20.4%22W/@35.667858,-117.872329,1049m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.667858,-117.872329</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Indian Wells<br /><br />Indian water hole on Joseph R. Walker trail of 1834 where Manly-Jayhawker parties of 1849 found their first water after five days of travel from Argus Range. During 1860's was site of stage and freight station from Los Angeles to Coso and Cerro Gordo mines.<br /><br />Marker placed by California Centennials Commission in cooperation with Kern County Historical Sociery. Dedicated July 9, 1950. <p></p> Registered 1/11/1950 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/7dc39ef8bef92b4892caf320a9a03163.jpg 213e713291b9eaa18238323d183c3c01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0476 Desert Spring</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 1/4 mi W of Pappas Rd in trees, 0.5 mi S of Valley Rd<br /><br />Considering the location of the plaque, it seems the spring is at this spot, but it's not obvious.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B018'06.4%22N+117%C2%B057'15.2%22W/@35.301778,-117.954229,1053m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.301778,-117.954229</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Desert Spring<br /><br />This spring was on an old Indian horse thief trail and later (1834) Joe Walker Trail. The famished Manly-Jayhawk Death Valley parties (1849-50) were revived here after coming from Indian Wells through Last Chance Canyon. This was also a station on the Nadeau Borax Freight Road.<br /><br />Marker placed by California Centennials Commission in cooperation with Kern County Historical Society and Kern County Museum. Dedicated December 2, 1950.<br /> <p></p> Registered 11/30/1950 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/7bcdff12ffa70e169937edbf2e0d59a7.jpg a6fa9c11082bf600233b314ab57ca68e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0485 Lakeview Gusher No. 1</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Petroleum Club Rd, between Kerto and Cadet Rds, 1.5 mi N of Maricopa via Hwy 33 <br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B005'29.2%22N+119%C2%B024'04.1%22W/@35.091453,-119.401132,1056m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.091453,-119.401132</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Lakeview Gusher No. 1<br /><br />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 million barrels of oil in 18 months.<br /><br />Dedicated Feb. 3 1952. Marker placed by Moicene Parlor No. 228 N.D.G.W., Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Museum. <p></p> Registered 8/7/1951 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d5717426b58e2705cfc3dcb373208678.jpg 2f1c2ef4413c6f03d1bea6ea0591e436 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0492 Buttonwillow Tree</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Buttonwillow Dr, 0.5 mi N of State Hwy 58, Buttonwillow<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B024'24.8%22N+119%C2%B028'27.4%22W/@35.406878,-119.474286,1052m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.406878,-119.474286</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Buttonwillow Tree<br /><br />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 name from this old tree and rodeo grounds.<br /><br />Dedicated February 24, 1952. Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Museum. <p></p> Registered 10/8/1951 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/64fd3d46afe8fdc6bd03e611ca91a8b0.JPG cfed7a2d01761c9aac1c388b5a94a655 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/c88e097c513844178f9b6f163d3f0ae0.JPG c95848b82e5382ec87e230c2d9aaf161 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f53bd47e4dd7d82271b0cccc206a8d7a.JPG 9652641d9d2f846382b80f8c559541ff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0495 Glennville Adobe</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On State Hwy 155 (P.M. 40.2), S of Pascoe Rd, Glennville<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B043'35.7%22N+118%C2%B042'02.4%22W/@35.726573,-118.700679,1048m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.726573,-118.700679</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Glennville Adobe<br /><br />Kern County's oldest residence. Built before Civil War by Thomas Fitzgerald as trading post at junction of two Indian trails. Present Greenhorn Road follows east - west trail (later McFarlane Toll Road) to Kern River mining districts. Town named in 1857 after James Madison Glenn, an early settler.<br /><br />Building and land donated to Kern County by Mr. and Mrs. Hal Duval Marker placed by California State Division of Beaches and Parks in cooperation with Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No.239 N.D.G.W., Kern County Museum Dedicated March 23, 1952 <p></p> Registered 10/17/1951 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d4ef32f893934218f06ba8e2df5f27f0.jpg 0b80decef7b024bf3e95059d86bdae65 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/4b950a26b8901e1195d7d8570b486044.jpg e82e5a837c48da52f980840029053bcb http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/1802be81b7a50f0bcff558f48ea11cb7.JPG 0ac99dea2f6df10c48adf2160246b75a http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f96cb0a8be6a34b30cef72a5c5600778.JPG 5e51a04b8229ca8354e95441dd8d21b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0498 McKittrick Brea Pit</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> SW corner of intersection of State Hwy 33 and State Hwy 58, 0.5 mi S of McKittrick <br /><br />Plaque states the site is to the west of here, though it's unclear exactly where, or what of it still exists.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B017'46.7%22N+119%C2%B037'33.6%22W/@35.296298,-119.625995,1054m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.296298,-119.625995</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> A new state plaque was installed in March 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp; The older, less attractive plaque can be seen in photos 3 &amp; 4.<br /> <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> McKittrick Brea Pit<br /><br />Located one-eighth mile west of here is an ancient asphaltum seepage in which hundreds of Pleistocene Age (15,000-50,000 years ago) birds, insects, and animals were trapped. The skeletal remains found in the pit include giant condors, giant long-horned bison, Harlan's ground sloth, western camel, dire wolf, and saber-toothed cats; just some of the extinct animals that once called Kern County home.&nbsp; The site was first explored in 1928 by the University of California, and again in 1933 by the Smithsonian Institute, which employed 200 workers from the Civilian Works Administration. A final excavation was completed in 1949 by the Los Angeles and Kern County museums.<br /><br />Kern County Historical Society in cooperation with California State Parks. Dedicated 1952, Re-Dedicated 2021 <p></p> Registered 12/4/1951 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/028363ba4c5e625b7df7c6cd30d659b9.JPG 654d51d7494e30269bf4627d20399ed5 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/5d3d1efeb78745fd2d6fac38d43118e7.JPG 70b544bcf4dd2564ef34e02b5a36d81b http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/95c3a6009e924600491b8343ad630525.JPG e6f655e21cfa4bed910dca1b623d4eff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0504 Buena Vista Refinery</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> NE corner of Hwy 33 and LoKern Rd., 10 mi N of McKittrick<br /><br />Plaque says the site is 8 miles west of the plaque.&nbsp; Nothing remains of the site, as far as I know, and I'm not certain of the exact location. <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B023'52.3%22N+119%C2%B039'54.0%22W/@35.397868,-119.665003,1052m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.397868,-119.665003</a> <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Buena Vista Refinery<br /><br />Eight miles due west of this marker stood one of California's first commercial oil refineries. Between August 1864 and April 1867, approximately 4,000 gallons of illuminating oil produced there was shipped to San Francisco by the Buena Vista Petroleum Company. Refining operations terminated due to excessive transportation rates.<br /><br />Dedicated May 23, 1954. Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society, Miocene Parlor No.228 N.D.G.W., The Petroleum Production Pioneers, and Kern County Museum. <p></p> Registered 7/31/1953 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/c5686954bc6b23ccf725888468d0c16e.JPG 44115c1054a758a4e56e63b6b1778bfc http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e2227d5ed62647c6a4391b377d0dff6c.JPG 052602114f8830faee59410ba2d39ac4 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/9e961eecaf2cebe37a807698d34284f2.JPG 2dfe8167183ccd8b6a1fcfbec291381d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0508 Tehachapi Loop</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Woodford-Tehachapi Rd, 3.2 mi E of Keene exit, 6.5 mi W of Tehachapi <br /><br />The actual site is at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B012'04.1%22N+118%C2%B032'10.7%22W/@35.2011304,-118.5385057,945m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d35.201126!4d-118.536317?hl=en&amp;authuser=1"><span jstcache="817">35.201126, -118.536317</span></a> but you can't really visit that.&nbsp; The viewpoint is at the plaque location below. <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B011'42.2%22N+118%C2%B032'05.4%22W/@35.195052,-118.534836,1055m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.195052,-118.534836</a></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Tehachapi Loop<br /><br />From this spot may be seen a portion of the world-renowned Loop completed in 1876 under the direction of William Hood, Southern Pacific railroad engineer. In gaining elevation around the central hill of the Loop, a 4,000-foot train will cross 77 feet above its rear cars in the tunnel below.<br /><br />Dedicated October 25, 1953. Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society, Bakersfield Parlor No.42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor N.D.G.W., Kern County Museum, Southern Pacific Railroad. <p></p> Registered 8/26/1953 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e9602bbe650bca0e2bd6b8abe514bee4.JPG 6f19aae291159b4503c18afd7c445185 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/03aef20c90a4bd34b3f47613bc9355b4.JPG 28853668079ff7048280cf48b9d2364d http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/6bdfd03b2d823eaf4a3f1edc5d1db888.JPG a1caaa7f422c3dab14ed51e6d5a974bf http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/409b164fdf37b02720fc7ab06625bec5.JPG d3201746e2f47ecdc7efa673eda88461 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e09de85059e2f242a245de5109d24b90.jpg 4ec1092ff2afab2204a6eb529371add7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0539 Posey Station of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Plaque located at NE corner of Granite Rd and Round Mountain Rd, 11 mi NE of Bakersfield <br /><br />The plaque gives a vague description of where the station was, and I attempted to photograph that general location (photos 3 &amp; 4).&nbsp; Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B031'48.9%22N+118%C2%B057'43.0%22W/@35.530244,-118.961935,1050m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.530244,-118.961935</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque was missing when I first visited (last photo).&nbsp; A new plaque was installed in March 2021.<br /> <p><strong>Plaque text:</strong><br /><br />Two and one-half miles east of this point, on a small flat south of Poso Creek, is the site of one of six stagecoach stations in Kern County belonging to the Butterfield Overland Mail Company. &nbsp; The Butterfield Company operated along a southern route totaling 2,795 miles between St. Louis, Missouri, and San Francisco, California.&nbsp; The stage operated from 1858 until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.<br /><br />Kern County Historical Society, in cooperation with California State Parks. Dedicated 1952&nbsp; Re-Dedicated 2021</p> Registered 9/14/1955 butterfield http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/a77e43fbb6ef6391a7ca9326f585559b.jpg c91cb5fd4b54d1595e9bc8cbad6a761e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0540 Sinks of the Tejon, Also Known as Alamo, Station of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> SW corner of intersection of David and Wheeler Ridge Rds, 6.0 mi NE of Mettler <br /><br />Site was 6 miles east of this plaque location.&nbsp; Nothing remains of the site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B005'34.1%22N+118%C2%B054'54.6%22W/@35.092797,-118.91516,1056m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.092797,-118.91516</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Sinks of the Tejon<br /><br />Six miles east of this point was the site of the Butterfield Stage Line station Sinks of Tejon. 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.<br /><br />Marker placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with Kern County Historical Society El Tejon Parlor No. 239, Native Daughers of the Golden West, and Kern County Museum. Dedicated May 13, 1956.<br /><br /> <p></p> Registered 9/14/1955 butterfield http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d9e7142e3e26ecdd2020ebf3c62bd657.JPG 4d83bdca78748130e4dbb087d7552f9a http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/b9dd325d286fcb8766f8ed0dfa122dff.JPG 280a9bd95374dc535ca1615d16e69019 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0581 Well "2-6"</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On Mocal Rd, near Fellows Park, Fellows<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B010'47.0%22N+119%C2%B032'56.1%22W/@35.179721,-119.548921,1055m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.179721,-119.548921</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> First Gusher. Midway Field - Well No. 2-6. The well which made the Midway Oil Field famous<br /><br />Near an area of small 40 and 50 barrel wells, it blew in over the derrick top November 27th, 1909, with a production of 2,000 bbl. a day and started one of the greatest oil booms California ever experienced. For a long time it held the rank of the best producer in the whole west side, and before its glory began to wane other celebrities in the gusher line began to crowd the north Midway stage, Morning echo, Bakersfield, February 28th, 1911. Well 2-6 was located as a wildcat, on June 1, 1909 by Fred C. Ripley, then assistant manager of oil properties, Santa Fe Railway coast lines, later manager of its successor, the Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Company, with which he was associated 1904 to 1947.<br /><br />Dedicated September 15, 1951. The Petroleum Production Pioneers. <p></p> Registered 5/1/1957 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/642718d7594bdb55c41da3f850900bfc.jpg c787cb05fefac5febc7f221ee158f47b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0588 Kern River Slough Station</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Panama Rd, 3.1 mi W of Lamont <br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B016'00.5%22N+118%C2%B058'07.4%22W/@35.266812,-118.968731,1054m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.266812,-118.968731</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Kern River Slough<br /><br />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 the Civil War.<br /><br />Dedicated June 30, 1957 Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W. Kern County Museum State Registered Historical Landmark No. 588 Re-dedicated Oct. 6, 1996 <p></p> Registered 5/22/1957 butterfield http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0e5ab1ab463afbc0d8ab28fbfdd5fd17.jpg 4c1d93ba297fe75554b0794a121a64df Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0589 Mountain House</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On Bakersfield-Glenville Rd, 6.3 mi SW of Woody<br /><br />Site was N of the plaque location.&nbsp; Nothing remains of the site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B039'52.1%22N+118%C2%B054'57.7%22W/@35.664464,-118.916019,1049m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.664464,-118.916019</a><br /> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Mountain House<br /><br />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 outbreak of the Civil War.<br /><br />Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W., and the Kern County Museum. October 13, 1957 <p></p> Registered 5/22/1957 butterfield http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/414b5c9d113ef23c65859029891cf3c7.jpg 6074d3184cde8fca732a4c9590470797 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/ce1e093df4c1eba92a97ff4c4f89ec7d.jpg d2e98a404fb637909900a72eafffba7b http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/da7622919575e089766c160930c5a7a7.JPG cae8da0a1baf3c43373788293cfa0163 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0631 Garces Baptismal Site</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> State Hwy 155 (P.M. 18.8), 7.7 mi W of Woody<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B044'48.2%22N+118%C2%B055'34.1%22W/@35.746723,-118.926141,1048m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.746723,-118.926141</a><br /><br />Site is 3 mi N of plaque location, according to OHP description, approximately here: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B047'41.7%22N+118%C2%B054'09.6%22W/@35.7949143,-118.9048427,938m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d35.79491!4d-118.902654?hl=en&amp;authuser=1"><span jstcache="817">35.794910, -118.902654</span></a>.&nbsp; Nothing remains of the site, as far as I know. <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque was missing when I first visited (photo 3).&nbsp; A new plaque was installed in March 2021.<br /> <p><strong>Plaque text:<br /></strong><br />On May 23, 1776, three miles north of this point at a Yokut village site in Grizzly Gulch; Father Francisco Garces performed the first recorded baptism in the San Joaquin Valley.&nbsp; The service was held for a dying Yokut boy he called Muchachito (young boy).&nbsp; Garces was a missionary and explorer in New Spain, making five journeys during the 13 years he lived at San Javier Del Bac (near present day Tuscon, Arizona).&nbsp; Garces was martyred five years later on July 19, 1781, in California, west of Yuma, Arizona.&nbsp; <br /><br />Kern County Historical Society in cooperation with California State Parks.&nbsp; Dedicated 1952, Re-Dedicated 2021</p> http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/9be1465130e4a6d65addd2cdd6c1a985.jpg 53e686682abbe5250bf0e12679dce5fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0643 Old Town (Tehachapi)</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> NE of Old Town Rd and Woodford-Tehachapi Rd, 1.3 mi N of State Hwy 202, 2.5 mi W of Tehachapi<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B008'34.7%22N+118%C2%B029'40.4%22W/@35.142962,-118.49456,1056m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en"></a><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B008'34.7%22N+118%C2%B029'40.4%22W/@35.142962,-118.49456,1056m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.142962,-118.49456</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Old Town<br /><br />The oldest settlement in Tehachapi Valley, known as 'Old Town,' was established here during the 1860s. Long an important station on the road between Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley, the community began to decline when residents gradually moved to nearby Greenwich, later renamed Tehachapi, after completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1876.<br /><br />Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No.239, Native Daughters of the Golden West, and Kern County Museum, July 27, 1958. <p></p> Registered 4/28/1958 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/7af1c03ca758eb197678c21318db0cac.jpg aec5c2e00efb96445bec1a4e80ad0edb http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/589899095233ec3dee27e54e60c13315.JPG c71bd0e93b84cd2c69dbfa70ec37a4c2 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/5997b152ab0e60bb85e604bd0d398a4d.JPG 14c60e1d3b6823a29e81b34866805cef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0652 20-Mule-Team Borax Terminus</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 16246 Sierra Hwy (Hwy 14), Mojave<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B003'25.0%22N+118%C2%B010'29.8%22W/@35.056944,-118.174938,1057m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.056944,-118.174938</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Mojave 20-Mule-Team Borax Terminus<br /><br />Just west of this point was the Southern Pacific terminus for the 20-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 Coast Borax Company, to the railroad loading dock in Mojave over 165 miles of mountain and desert trail. A round trip required 20 days. The ore wagons, which hauled a payload of 24 tons, were designed by J. W. S. Perry, Borax Company superintendent in Death Valley, and built in Mojave at a cost of $900 each. New borax discoveries near Barstow ended the Mojave shipments in 1889.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No.239, Native Daughters of the Golden West and Kern County Museum. October 19, 1958. <p></p> Registered 7/1/1958 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f9ad9b27afabd8ba646641f2f8cf1aaa.JPG 3f0a60ea3d97a150c731f4c07ab7ae0a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0660 Point on the Jedediah Smith Trail</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> SE corner of Bena and Tower Line Rds, 3.6 mi E of Edison <br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B019'55.6%22N+118%C2%B048'23.3%22W/@35.332118,-118.806469,1053m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.332118,-118.806469</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State (?) plaque was missing when I visited <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> 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 of Beaver.' Smith and his men were trailblazers whose exploits soon led to the American conquest of California. <p></p> Registered 9/26/1958 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/45f283dd706f2b51d7f814ab82cb315b.JPG ac2b0a3e022e10dc52cb359e86d649bc http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/c35c535c53663a08f0c984b7b1f42cc7.JPG d0ac7c6af21545b044d07bd2b252e2d2 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/179eba4112b7eb8dc79397a6ed9d58bb.JPG 67b49892d72dd8191933ca7227e1a95d http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/73f725ce97a8e96c61c3026c0b52fb6f.JPG 7cffbf47c093d638b0a6c0e7a418be3b http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/ce78868d7de9a73e9cf4662ac13982b0.JPG 35b7690357ce4eb208b757ed20ff6a00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0671 Site of the Town of Garlock</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 7.4 mi W of State Hwy 395 on Garlock Rd<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B024'08.7%22N+117%C2%B047'25.8%22W/@35.402416,-117.790485,1052m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.402416,-117.790485</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Garlock<br /><br />In 1896, Eugene Garlock constructed a stamp mill near this spot to crush gold ore from the Yellow Aster Mine on Rand Mountain. Known originally as Cow Wells by prospectors and freighters during the 1880s and early 1890s, the town of Garlock continued to thrive until 1898, when water was piped from here to Randsburg and the Kramer-Randsburg rail line was completed.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No. 239, Native Daughters of the Golden West and the Kern County Museum, May 22, 1960. <p></p> Registered 12/1/1958 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/7331d828ce6da73e12db7eaf01eaf722.JPG 45c389796e384815fcb9610652c021d2 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/a2aeb4801d64bf56d5ac594e8088d65e.JPG 35683e0e3c5608e73fd862f1f5c44d8f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0672 Lavers Crossing</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> NE corner of White River and Jack Ranch Rds, 1.1 mi W of Glennville <br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B044'09.8%22N+118%C2%B043'13.1%22W/@35.736054,-118.720292,1048m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.736054,-118.720292</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Lavers Crossing<br /><br />In 1854, John C. Reid filed a squatter's claim on this spot - the same year Kern County's first school class was held here. In 1859, David Lavers, with his father and brother, John, built a hotel and stage barn on the old Bull Road. The crossing was the principal community in Linn's Valley until about 1870.<br /><br />Dedicated Dec. 13, 1959. Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No.239 N.D.G.W., and Kern County Museum. <p></p> Registered 2/16/1959 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/9a09d17a1f57c47fd4349fae54b776f4.JPG 03ce66fdadad2ab3b93b83ebd00cd8c5 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/583dbcc50a55e573ac4887452d3af64b.JPG 3de6e0633bf19003d4f685744b4b2de2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0690 Site of the Last Home of Alexis Godey</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On 19th St, in Mill Creek Linear Park, E of R St, Bakersfield <br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B022'34.7%22N+119%C2%B000'29.5%22W/@35.376314,-119.008205,1052m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.376314,-119.008205</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Last Home of Alexis Godey<br /><br />Near this site stood the home of Alexis Godey, frontiersman and scout, who lived here from 1883 until his death on January 19, 1889. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1818, he acted as guide for John C. Frémont's expedition through the Kern area in 1843-44, and was honored for his services at the Battle of San Pasqual in 1846. Moving here in 1883, Godey died January 19, 1889.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Kern Country Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No. 239 Native Daughters of the Golden West, and Kern County Museum, October 16, 1960. <p></p> Registered 7/31/1959 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/73e5a329fe91044762cf7fcbde8f95cc.JPG 889b3bb947e9b6fa2b3234e4901c778c http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/a27c749f39c27ba0a4f85152db39a9a0.JPG 33cb00d84b182e1f69015dc745d0db01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0732 Site of the Home of Elisha Stevens</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> NW corner of W Columbus and Isla Verde Sts, Bakersfield <br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B023'50.6%22N+119%C2%B000'22.0%22W/@35.39738,-119.006115,1052m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.39738,-119.006115</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Home of Elisha Stevens<br /><br />Near this spot stood the last home of Elisha Stevens, noted American pathfinder and scout. Born in Georgia April 5, 1804, he learned blacksmithing during his youth. Drifting west he became a trapper on the Upper Missouri for more than two decades. In 1844 he led the 50-member Murphy-Townsend wagon train safely from Council Bluffs to Sutter's Fort. During the Mexican War he served as an ordnance mechanic under Commodore Stockton. For a time he lived in Santa Clara County, then settled here on a 38-acre tract, the first permanent settler in the Bakersfield District. He died September 9, 1887 and is buried in Union Cemetery.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No. 239, N.D.G.W., Bakersfield Parlor No. 42, N.S.G.W. and Kern County Museum, July 12, 1964. <p></p> Registered 4/8/1960 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/938de7a211cd9cc4ae76f131ed073948.jpg acb49d905b107ea6fd189dae8cc97b67 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0741 Bealville</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Bealville Rd, 0.9 mi N of State Hwy 58, 1.3 mi S of Caliente<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B016'18.6%22N+118%C2%B037'34.5%22W/@35.271844,-118.626262,1054m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.271844,-118.626262</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Bealville<br /><br />Named for Edward F. Beale this station on the Southern Pacific rail line was established in 1876 as a depot and telegraph office. Service was discontinued in 1943. Beale was Superintendent of California Indian Affairs during the 1850's. In 1865 he became owner of the adjacent Ranch El Tejon.<br /><br />Dediated July 15, 1962. Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society, Kern County Museum, El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W. <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> Edward Fitzgerald Beale, serving under Commodore Stockton in 1846, established his home here on Rancho le Libre in 1855. He also engaged in mining and became Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada, and Minister to Vienna. <p></p> Registered 7/5/1960 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/fc4500fc23613481bf4ae6e8cf5aa050.jpg 78764a10a77f2f78c3ce95b24b95193f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0742 Campsite of Edward M. Kern</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Entrance to Old Isabella Rd Recreation Area, on State Hwy 178, 2 mi N of the town of Lake Isabella<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B038'57.7%22N+118%C2%B027'29.6%22W/@35.64935,-118.45823,1049m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.64935,-118.45823</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Campsite of Edward M. Kern<br /><br />Near this spot at the confluence of the north and south forks of the Kern River the Theodore Talbot Party of Captain John C. Fremont's third expedition to the West camped for several weeks during December 1845 and January 1846. The river was named by Fremont in honor of Edward M. Kern, Topographer for the expedition. Kern County was established in 1866 and derived its name from that of the river.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No.239 Native Daughters of the Golden West and the Kern County Museum, May 27, 1962.<br /> <p></p> Registered 7/5/1960 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/efe58141f6603f60988d2e22acc10397.jpg 58355b1e5c5cee7d3e98a8b16e5f0c2d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0757 Caliente</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 2.3 mi N of Hwy 58 on Bealville Rd, Caliente<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B017'25.6%22N+118%C2%B037'37.2%22W/@35.290435,-118.627012,1054m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.290435,-118.627012</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Caliente<br /><br />Originally known as Allen's Camp after Gabriel Allen, who in the 1870s had a cabin and stock pasture near here, the settlement was named Caliente when railroad construction reached this point in April 1875. The town became a railroad terminal for about 16 months while a force of up to three thousand men, most of them Chinese, labored on the heavy railroad construction on the mountain.<br /><br />Dedicated July 16, 1965. Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society, Bakersfield Parlor No.42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No.239 N.D.G.W., and Kern County Museum. <p></p> Registered 2/15/1961 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/c62bb81df054ceec7df194aa7df0b5b3.JPG b0b260bb5b47bb6a654fcadf358bee02 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/c23909a3b0f049a8e628d027221d99b8.JPG 3c279dec3b930b8d74f09bda6b8d556c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0766 Freeman Junction</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> State Hwy 178 (P.M. 88.0), 0.2 mi W of junction with State Hwy 14 <br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B036'07.4%22N+117%C2%B054'25.9%22W/@35.602057,-117.907195,1050m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.602057,-117.907195</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Freeman Junction<br /><br />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 this became a junction point where the bandit Tiburcio Vasquez preyed on stages and freighters traveling between the Kern River mines and Los Angeles and the mines of Bodie and the Panamints.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Death Valley 49ers, Inc. and the Kern County Historical Society, November 9, 1961. <p></p> Registered 11/3/1961 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0a88814242edcd44c267d23df12d8d70.jpg 099e2255a832998eeabffdee113dfe50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0923 Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Entrance to Shafter Airport, Lerdo Hwy, 5 mi E of Shafter<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B030'00.4%22N+119%C2%B010'54.0%22W/@35.500117,-119.181658,1051m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.500117,-119.181658</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Site of Gossamer Condor Flight<br /><br />This plaque at Shafter Airport commemorates the world's first man-powered flight to complete the Kremer Circuit, August 23, 1977. The circuit, a figure eight around two pylons one-half mile apart, was completed in six minutes, twenty-two seconds. The plane was designed by Dr. Paul MacCready, Jr. and flown by Bryan Allen. A cash prize of 50,000 pounds was awarded by the Royal Aeronautical Society, London, England.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Kern County Museum, Kern County Department of Airports, and Kern County Historical Society, February 24, 1979. <p></p> Registered 10/15/1978 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/70548a279d3a33ba3e3048c0d05bdee6.jpg 9e6c561d3c464fe2e8666251f0857500 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0938 Rand Mining District</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> In front of Desert Museum, Butte Ave, Randsburg<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B022'04.9%22N+117%C2%B039'19.3%22W/@35.368022,-117.655356,1053m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.368022,-117.655356</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Rand Mining District<br /><br />The Yellow Aster, or Rand mine was discovered in April 1895 by Singleton, Burcham, and Mooers. The town of Randsburg quickly developed, followed by the supply town of Johannesburg in 1896. Both names were adopted from the profusion of minerals resembling those of the ranch mining district in South Africa. In 1907, Churchill discovered tungsten in Atolia, used in steel alloy during World War I. In June 1919, Williams and Nosser discovered the famous California Rand Silver Mine at Red Mountain.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the Kern County Historical Society, The El Tejon Palor No. 239 N.D.G.W, The Bakersfield Parlor No. 42 N.S.G.W. and the Kern County Museum. June 7, 1964<br /> <p></p> Registered 1/15/1981 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/4ac9e06c1a6e9d7379ef7275be2ee89e.jpg 8a68a215cf64a558e4c8407ff417f445 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#1022 Shafter Cotton Research Station</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 17053 Shafter Avenue, Shafter<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B031'56.9%22N+119%C2%B016'41.1%22W/@35.532478,-119.278085,1050m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">35.532478,-119.278085</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Alcala Cotton<br />Shafter Cotton Research Station<br /><br />The Shafter Cotton Research Station, established here in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, developed the "Acala" varieties which were exceptionally well suited to the San Joaquin valley. The quality of the acala cottons and the marketing advantage of the one variety cotton district, created in 1925, resulted in premium cottons with a world-wide demand. Through the continued vision and cooperative efforts of growers and researchers, production of acala cotton became one of California's largest agricultural enterprises.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the California Cotton Growers Association. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kern County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#1054 Tomo-Kahni</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Entrance on Basalt Rd, N of Tehachapi<br /><br />Site is gated and only accessible with a guide.&nbsp; Tours available.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B009'11.7%22N+118%C2%B020'17.2%22W/@35.1532371,-118.3386672,269m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d35.153236!4d-118.33812?hl=en">35.153236, -118.338120</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Tomo-Kanhi<br /><br />In the Kawaiisu language, Tomo-Kahni means winter village. The site's location between the coast and desert allowed the site occupants to hold and important place for trade between these areas and the southern central valley. The sacred rock art found throughout the site contains stylistic elements from the great basin and central valley culture areas. The site has been an area of extensive occupation and contains important information for better understanding Kawaiisu community and village life locally as well as statewide.<br /><br />Registered August 1, 2014. Plaque placed by the Native Sons of the Golden West, the California State Parks Foundation, and California State Parks. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2>#1056 Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> National Chavez Center, <span class="w8qArf"></span><span class="LrzXr">29700</span> Woodford-Tehachapi Rd, Keene<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B013'25.8%22N+118%C2%B033'30.9%22W/@35.2238376,-118.5598805,602m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d35.2238351!4d-118.5585788?hl=en&amp;authuser=0">35.223835,-118.558579</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> There are a number of informational signs, but no plaque that I could find.<br /> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> Also known as La Paz, the 187 acre property is significant for its association with Cesar E. Chavez, considered one of the most important Latino leaders in the United States. The La Paz property was purchased in 1970 to serve as Chavez's residence and the headquarters of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), the agricultural labor union Chavez helped found and lead. Under Chavez's leadership, the UFW secured unprecedented gains, including the passage of the first law in the continental United States recognizing agricultural laborers' collective bargaining rights. La Paz includes the burial site of Cesar Chavez and his wife Helen Fabela Chavez. <p></p>