Sheepherder's Cabin
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 35° 23.549 W 119° 01.219
11S E 316514 N 3918443
This is one of many historical interpretive signs on the grounds of the Pioneer Village at the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield.
Waymark Code: WMJDWF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member MrsMcFly
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Sheepherder's Cabin

Spanish missionaries brought the first domesticated sheep to California. During the Gold Rush, sheep provided food and textiles to the influx of people seeking their fortune in California.

In 1906, Thomas Quinn built this cabin to provide housing for shepherds tending flocks of sheep on the Quinn Ranch. Named for his father, Harry, the Quinn Ranch once spanned 20,000 acres of grassland with 10,000 sheep roaming Kern’s foothills northeast of Delano.

Designed to be pulled by horses, this building is equipped with skids to make transporting the cabin from pasture to pasture easier.

Thomas W. Quinn donated this portable structure in 1960.

Group that erected the marker: Kern County Museum

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Kern County Museum ~ Pioneer Village
3801 Chester Avenue
Bakersfield, California
93301

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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