Mountain House or Willow Springs Station, in what is now
Kern County, California
Kern County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield.
Kern County compris ...
, was a
stage station
A stage station or relay station, also known as a staging post, a posting station, or a stage stop, is a facility along a main road or trade route where a traveller can rest and/or replace exhausted working animals (mostly horse riding, riding h ...
of the
Butterfield Overland Mail
Butterfield Overland Mail (officially Overland Mail Company)Waterman L. Ormsby, edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum, "The Butterfield Overland Mail", The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1991. was a stagecoach service in ...
, located south of
Fountain Spring Station, and northeast of
Posey Creek Station at
Willow Springs on Willow Springs Creek.
Mountain House is a
California Historical Landmark
A California Historical Landmark (CHL) is a building, structure, site, or place in the U.S. state of California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance.
Criteria
Historical significance is determined by meetin ...
. On October 13, 1957, the
California State Park Commission erected marker number 589 south of it.
Mountain House Station California Historical Landmark, signed May 22, 1957, reads:
See also
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Butterfield Overland Mail in California
The Butterfield Overland Mail in California was created by the United States Congress on March 3, 1857, and operated until June 30, 1861. Subsequently, other stage lines operated along the Butterfield Overland Mail in route in Alta California un ...
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Woody, California
References
External links
Exterior view of the Willow Springs Gold Mine and Stage Station, Kern County, ca.1900, #1from USC Digital Library
Exterior view of the Willow Springs Mine and Stage Station, Kern County, ca.1900, #2from USC Digital Library
Exterior view of the Willow Springs Mine and Stage Station, Kern County, ca.1900, #3from USC Digital Library
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Former settlements in Kern County, California
Former populated places in California
Populated places established in 1858
Butterfield Overland Mail in California
1858 establishments in California
Stagecoach stops in the United States