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| Landmark #656 | Los Angeles County | Visited: April 30, 2011 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque marking the site of the hotel where the first Butterfield Overland Stage arrived from St. Louis in 1858! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: Near this spot stood the Bella Union Hotel, long a social and political center. Here, on October 7, 1858, the first Butterfield Overland Mail stage from the east arrived 21 days after leaving St. Louis. Warren Hall was the driver, and Waterman Ormsby, a reporter, the only through passenger.
OTHER TIDBITS: That pretty well sums it up! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Fletcher Bowron Square 300 block of N Main, between Temple and Aliso Sts Los Angeles, CA 90012 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~0mi (0km) — 0hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
