3/25/2009

Landmark information

  • Location:
    20730 Temescal Canyon Rd, 7 mi S of Corona
  • Plaque:
    Other Plaque
  • Site:
    Nothing Remains
  • Date First Visited:
    12/5/1996
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    3/25/2009
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 33 48.976, W 117 30.511

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Site of Butterfield Stage Station
Where mail was delivered, horses changed and passengers given rest and a meal. First stage carrying Overland Mail left Tipton, Missouri, on Sept. 15, 1858 and passing through Temescal arrived in Los Angeles on Oct. 7, 1858.