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| Landmark #457 | Kern County | Visited: January 2, 2012 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque marking the first water source for the lost 49ers, having just escaped from Death Valley! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: After five days’ travel from the Argus Range, the Manly-Jayhawker parties of 1849 found their first water at this Indian waterhole on the Joseph R. Walker Trail of 1843. During the 1860s, this was the site of a stage and freight station for traffic between Los Angeles and the Coso and Cerro Gordo Mines.
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: Indian Wells Lodge 4.9 mi N of Freeman Jct (Hwys 14 and 178) on Hwy 14 (P.M. 62.6) ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~149mi (240km) — 2.5hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |