Posey Station of Butterfield Overland Mail Lines
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N 35° 31.815 W 118° 57.716
11S E 322120 N 3933618
Posey Station of Butterfield Overland Mail Lines California Historical Landmark #539
Waymark Code: WM16J5Y
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2022
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Two and one half miles east of this point, on a small flat south of Poso Creek, is the site of one of six stagecoach stations in Kern County belonging to the Butterfield Company operated along a southern route totaling 2,795 miles between St. Louis, Missouri, and San Francisco, California. The stage operated from 1858 until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.
Stage Registered Historical Landmark No. 539
Kern County Historical Society
In Cooperation with California State Parks
Dedicated 1952 Re-Dedicated 2021
Marker Number: 539.00
Marker Name: POSEY STATION OF BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL LINES
County: Kern
Has Official CA Plaque: yes
Marker Dedication Date: 09/14/1955
Location:
NE corner of Bakersfield-Glennville Rd (Ca Rd 365AY, P.M. 8.3) and Round Mountain Rd, 11 mi NE of Bakersfield
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