Tule River Stage Station - Porterville, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member fresgo
N 36° 04.788 W 119° 01.188
11S E 318132 N 3994687
In Porterville, CA at the intersection between W. Henderson Avenue and N. Main Street.
Waymark Code: WM9CJM
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Touchstone
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This marker is located in a small park near a larger than life statue of a farmer and plow memorializing the area's farming community. The plaque reads:

HERE PETER GOODHUE OPERATED AN EMIGRANT TRAIL
STOPPING PLACE ON THE BANK OF THE TULE RIVER FROM 1854
UNTIL THE RIVER CHANGED ITS COURSE IN 1862. THIS BECAME
A BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND AND MAIL STAGE STATION, 1858-61.
IT WAS KEPT IN 1860 BY R. PORTER PUTNAM, WHO IN 1864
FOUNDED PORTERVILLE, NAMED FOR HIM.

HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 473
CALIFORNIA STATE PARK COMMISSION

BASE FURNISHED BY TULARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND
GRAND PARLOR, NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
PARK ESTABLISHED BY CITY OF PORTERVILLE
DEDICATED OCTOBER 11, 1953

Marker Number: 473.00

Marker Name: Tule River Stage Station

County: Tulare

Has Official CA Plaque: yes

Marker Dedication Date: 10/11/1953

Location:
Porterville Public Park, SW corner of N Main St and W Henderson Ave

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