CHL 99 - Walker's Pass
N 35° 39.767 W 118° 01.610
11S E 407059 N 3947032
Pass along CA Hwy 178 between Bakersfield and Ridgecrest
Waymark Code: WM624X
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2009
Views: 11
Discovered by Joseph R. Walker, American trailblazer, who left the San Joaquin Valley through this pass in 1834. This area was traversed by topographer Edward M. Kern, after whom the Kern River was named, while accompanying the Frémont expedition of 1845. After 1860 it became a mining freight route to Owens Valley.
Marker Number: 99.00
Marker Name: WALKER'S PASS
County: Kern
Has Official CA Plaque: no
Marker Dedication Date: 04/25/1937
Location:
At summit on State Hwy 178 (P.M. 79.8), 8.4 mi NW of Freeman Jct (State Hwy 14)
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