Mountain Springs Station Site - Jacumba, CA
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bluesnote
N 32° 39.549 W 116° 05.978
11S E 584431 N 3613859
This is one of two state markers located here.
Waymark Code: WMGE2X
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2013
Views: 10
The plaque "From 1862-70, Peter Larkin and Joe Stancliff used a stone house about a mile north of here as a store from which ox teams pulled wagons up a 30% grade. The San Diego and Fort Yuma Turnpike Co. used the site as a toll road station until 1876. The crumbling house was replaced in 1917 by another still visible to its east. But road changes, beginning in 1878 and culminating in today's highway, have left the older stone house ruins inaccessible."
Marker Number: 124.00
Marker Name: Mountain Springs Station Site
County: Imperial
Has Official CA Plaque: yes
Marker Dedication Date: 04/27/1991
Location:
If you are standing in the parking area, facing the tower (roughly northwest), the plaque is located 50 feet to the right (see photo)
Website: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
Feel free to post a picture of you at the landmark site, but a photo is not required to log a visit.