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Indian Wells

Kern County · 4 miles north of Freeman · location approximate

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Indian waterhole on Joseph R. Walker trail of 1843 where Manly-Jayhawker parties of 1849 found their first water after five days' travel from Argus Range. During 1860's was site of stage and freight station from Los Angeles to Coso and Cerro Gordo Mines.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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