Stickneys Ferry was a settlement established in what became

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. The ferry proper was where the Stockton -

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Stagecoach Road crossed the White River. The settlement was on Telegraph Flat, just below the confluence of the White River and Tyler Gulch, about 4.66 miles west of Tailholt. It would have been established after Robert S. Williamson's 1853-4 report of his expedition for the

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, which does not mention it, and before the 1857 production of Britton and Rey's Map of

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, which does.Britton & Rey's Map Of The State Of California. Compiled from the U.S. Land & Coast Surveys, the several Military, Scientific & Rail Road Explorations, the State & County Boundary Surveys made under the Order of the Surveyor General of California, & from Private Surveys. By George H. Goddard, C.E.. From David Rumsey Historical Map Collection website accessed, February 7, 2013.
/ref> The ferry transported passengers and cargo travelling on what became the

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across the White River. This crossing was on the

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route, south of Fountain Springs and north of Mountain House at Willow Springs in

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and was probably founded sometime between 1854 and 1856 to ferry supplies to prospectors involved in the Kern River Gold Rush.

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Former settlements in Tulare County, California Ghost towns in California Butterfield Overland Mail in California {{TulareCountyCA-geo-stub

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