Kern River Slough Station was a stagecoach stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail 1st Division route from 1858 to 1861.[1] The Butterfield Overland Mail (1857-1861) site is now registered California Historical Landmark #588.[2] The site is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Lamont.[1]
Kern River Slough Station | |
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Former settlement | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Kern County |
| Reference no. | 588 |
The California Historical Landmark reads:
- NO. 588 KERN RIVER SLOUGH STATION - Just south of this point stood the Kern River Slough Station on the Butterfield Overland Stage route. 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.[2]
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edit- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1059. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ a b "Kern River Slough". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
35°15′35″N 118°58′3″W / 35.25972°N 118.96750°W
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