Bell Station - Hollister, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 02.209 W 121° 18.652
10S E 650226 N 4100290
The plaque for Bell Station by Hollister, CA.
Waymark Code: WMV603
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2017
Views: 1
"A toll road was built over Pacheco Pass in 1857 by Andrew D. Firebaugh. Later in that same year he built a tavern near this site, which became a Butterfield transcontinental stage stop. In 1859 the Pacific and Atlantic Company built a telegraph line over the pass and a telegraph station was established here.
Lafayette F. Bell purchased the toll road, stage stop, tavern, and telegraph office for $4,000 in 1863. When a post office was added in 1873, the tavern and stage stop became known as Bell Station.
Bell Station may be the sole remaining name on the California map in which "Station" refers not to a railroad station, but a stage coach station."
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