Glennville Adobe
Kern County's oldest residence, built before Civil War by Thomas Fitzgerald as trading post at junction of two Indian trails. Present Greenhorn Road follows east-west trail (later McFarland Toll Road) to Kern River mining districts. Town named in 1857 after James Madison Glenn, an early settler.
1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗
USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection
Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)
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