Posey Station of Butterfield Overland Mail Lines!

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Posey Station of Butterfield Overland Mail Lines
Landmark #539 Kern County Visited: January 26, 2013 Plaque?  NO. 🙁
What is it? The base of a plundered plaque!
What makes it historical? THE GUIDE SAYS:  Two and one-half miles east of this point stood the Posey Station on the Butterfield Overland Stage route that ran from St. Louis, Missouri through present-day Kern County to San Francisco during 1858-61, until the outbreak of the Civil War.

OTHER TIDBITS: Also known as the Posey Creek Station, this stage stop was ironically built on the site of a depot camp for the 1853 Pacific Railroad Survey! They went with the road, more than the rail!
How can I Help the Helpers? HERE’S HOW:

  • Become a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West!
  • Donate to the Native Daughters of the Golden West!
  • Be a responsible visitor! Please respect the signs and pathways, and treat all structures and artifacts with respect. They’ve endured a lot to survive into the present. They’ll need our help to make it into the future!
Where is this place? LISTED DIRECTIONS:
NE corner of Bakersfield-Glennville Rd (Ca Rd 365AY, P.M. 8.3) and Round Mountain Rd
11 mi NE of Bakersfield, CA 93308

ANNOTATIONS:
Yup! That’s correct!

From Los Angeles: ~123mi (198km) — 2.1hrs
From Sacramento: ~283mi (456km) — 4.8hrs
From San Diego: ~243mi (392km) — 4.1hrs
From San Francisco: ~287mi (462km) — 4.8hrs
When should I go? Whenever the mood strikes you!

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