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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8K_forks-of-the-road_Daggett-CA.html
Three miles north lies the Mojave River and the site of Forks of the Road. This was the junction of two major travel routes: The Old Spanish or Salt Lake Trail and The Ancient Mojave River Trail. In the 1830s and 1840s the Old Spanish Trail saw re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8H_amboy-crater_Daggett-CA.html
Amboy Crater, formed of ash and cinders, is 250 feet high and 1500 feet in diameter. The crater is in one of the youngest volcanic fields in the United States. Six distinct periods of eruptions created the resulting nested group of volcanic cinder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8G_daggett_Daggett-CA.html
This community long served as a supply point and railhead for the mines of Death Valley and Calico. In the early 1880's the first borax produced in Death Valley was hauled by mule team to the Atlantic & Pacific R.R. (later the Santa Fe) at Daggett…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8F_wyatt-earp_Big-River-CA.html
Wyatt Earp was born in Illinois March 19, 1848. In 1864 he came west with his family, settling near San Bernardino. He later served as lawman in Wichita and Dodge City, then came to Tombstone in 1879. After the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY87_camp-cady-1860-1871_Newberry-Springs-CA.html
Camp Cady was located on the Mojave Road which connected Los Angeles to Albuquerque. Non-Indian travel on this and the nearby Salt Lake Road was beset by Paiutes, Mohaves, and Chemehuevis defending their homeland. To protect both roads, Camp Cady …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY86_fontana-farms-company_Fontana-CA.html
Joe McKamie alerted Fontana Historical Society about Camp. Ora Scott provided interest free loan of $10,000 and City of Fontana gave down payment of $3,000 to save house. Society acquired ownership title to house on November 22, 1978. Restoration …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY83_old-route-66_Amboy-CA.html
Perhaps no other highway in the U.S. is as fabled as old Route 66. It has been immortalized in song, literature, and even a T.V. series as the main street of America. Automobiles came early to the desert, following the railroad with its reliable w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY80_goffs-schoolhouse_San-Jacinto-CA.html
The first school in Goffs opened its doors for the fall term in 1911 serving the needs of cattle ranches, mining districts, homesteaders, the railroad, and, most of all, the people supporting expanding travel on the National Old Trails Road - Late…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7X_pah-ute-creek_Big-Bear-CA.html
Pah-Ute Creek, which runs year around, attracted many Indian tribes, who used several Indian trails through this area. The first white man to visit Pah-Ute Creek was Fr. Francisco Garces in May of 1776. It was given it's name by Lt. A.W. Whipple d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7W_holcomb-valley_Big-Bear-CA.html
Southern California's largest gold rush followed the discovery of rich placer deposits by William F. Holcomb and Ben Choteau on May 4, 1860. Miners rushed to the valley and established boom towns. Belleville, the largest, rivaled San Bernardino in…