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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSS_roads-end_Kernville-CA.html
In 1910 this was Camp 8 - the end of the road. From this uppermost camp a rough wagon track pushed one and one half miles up the river to where Southern California Edison Company constructed the intake for Kern River No. 3 Power Plant.
In 1922, E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H3J_traver_Traver-CA.html
Traver
Traver townsite was laid out by the 16 Land and Water company. An auction of lots was held on April 8, 1884. Within sixty days a small town was in existence
It prospered for a few years and was probably the largest grain shipping point in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZKL_stephen-tyng-mather_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come to an end to the good that he has done.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ06_california-hot-springs_California-Hot-Springs-CA.html
The first people to use the hot springs were the Bokninuwad Yokuts also called "Hoeynche" who called it "Kahtililkau" hot water. In the late 1870's T.J. and N.B. Witt filed claim to Upper Deer Creek "Hoyen Idik" which included the several hots spr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ05_el-cojo_Porterville-CA.html
While trapping in the Rocky Mountains in 1827 Thomas L. Smith was shot in the lower left leg by Indians. Escaping he took his knife and cut off the useless part, surviving this, he carved a peg of oak, strapped it on and was thereafter called, "Pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ03_old-stage-road_Porterville-CA.html
Running north and south, following an older Indian Trail is the route taken by many Spanish expeditions, American trappers, traders and parties of exploration. It was the major inland route of gold seekers to the northern and southern Mines and wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ00_fountain-springs_Porterville-CA.html
One and one-half miles northwest of this point the settlement of Fountain Springs was established before 1855. It was at the junction of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road and the road to the Kern River gold mines. From 1858 to 1861, Fountain Springs w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSU_tulare-county-election-tree_Visalia-CA.html
Under a nearby tree a party commanded by Major James D. Savage, on July 10, 1852, conducted an election by which Tulare County was organized. Woodsville, Site of Wood's Cabin, the first small town settled by white men in Tulare County, and first c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTS7_middle-fork-canyon_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
An earlier road to Giant Forest, completed in 1903, quickly proved inadequate for increasing motor car use. Completion of a new road providing wider turns and less grade became a high priority, so a road survey of the Middle Fork Canyon was ordere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTRZ_cattle-cabin_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
This cabin was built by cattlemen who had acquired much of the Giant Forest land for grazing purposes prior to the establishment of Sequoia National Park in 1890. After the park's establishment, the land was leased to men who supplied meat and mil…