1/30/2000
Landmark information
- Location:
Waterman Canyon, Hwy 18 PM 17.15), 0.5 mi W of Crestline - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
1/30/2000 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/30/2000 - GPS Coordinates:
N 34 14.008, W 117 17.631
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Mormon Lumber Road
In the spring of 1852, over one hundred Mormon men donated a full thousand man-days of arduous labor, to construct a road up Waterman Canyon, past this spot, and into the prime timber, where some of their enterprising brethren established six sawmills by 1854.
The lumber hauled over this road, thereafter, was used, not only to build San Bernardino, but also throughout Southern California, where the boards were sometimes called, "Mormon Banknotes."