Rose Station

Kern County · 3 miles south of Wheeler Ridge · location approximate

Wm. B. Rose, in 1875, a mile east, built an adobe stage station on the site of the Overland Mail way station established 1858. From 1853 to 1875 site was known as Rancho Canoa (trough), originally Vaquero Camp of Sebastian Indian Reservation. Rose Station was a stockmen's headquarters, post office, and polling place.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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