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Stoddard-Waite Monument

San Bernardino County · 200 yards north of Cajon Station · location approximate

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This monument marks the western extension of the Santa Fe Trail. Sheldon Stoddard and Sydney P. Waite came over this trail in 1849.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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