Lavers Crossing
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elrojo14
N 35° 44.164 W 118° 43.217
11S E 344431 N 3956038
In 1854, John C. Reid filed a squatter's claim on this spot - the same year Kern County's first school class was held here. In 1859, David Lavers, with his father and brother, John, built a hotel and stage barn on the old Bull Road.
Waymark Code: WMPCWG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2015
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In the early 1850s—during the California Gold Rush—Lavers Crossing was the trading and community center for settlers of the surrounding Linn’s Valley. Miners and emigrants would stop here on their way across the Greenhorn Mountains, many of them heading for the then popular gold strike at Keysville. In 1854, pioneer John C. Reid filed a squatter’s claim on this spot. Later that year, Kern County’s first school class was held there.
In 1859, David Lavers—after whom the crossing was named—came to Linn’s Valley and erected a three story hotel and stage barn. David Lavers had initially emigrated from Nova Scotia to Massachusetts; then to California by sailing around the Horn to San Francisco. By 1855 he became a pioneer settler in Linns Valley. David Lavers was the Postmaster of the area until the post office at Lavers Crossing closed in 1872, moved about a mile east of the previous location and was re-established in 1874 as Glennville. By 1895, Glennville—the new community center—had a population of 85.
Lavers Ranch, Lavers Crossing and its commemorative plaque are located at the intersection of Jacks Valley Road and White River Road, on the right when traveling west on Jacks Valley Road (1.1 miles west of Glennville).