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| Landmark #495 | Kern County | Visited: January 21, 2013 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | The Glennville Adobe still stands! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: This is Kern County’s oldest residence, built before the Civil War by Thomas Fitzgerald as a trading post at the junction of two Indian trails. The present Greenhorn Road follows the east-west trail (later the McFarland Toll Road) to the Kern River mining districts. The town was named in 1857 after James Madison Glenn, an early settler.
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: Kern Co Fire Dept, Glennville Substation On State Hwy 155 (P.M. 40.2) Glennville, CA 93226 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~150mi (242km) — 2.5hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |