5/21/1997
Landmark information
- Location:
On Bakersfield-Glennville Rd (County Rd 363AZ, PM 19.1), 6.3 mi SW of Woody - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
5/21/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/21/1997 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 39.867, W 118 54.959
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Mountain House
One and one-half miles north of this point stood the site of the Butterfield Stage station known as Mountain House. 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.