Lavers Crossing
In 1854 John C. Reid filed a squatter's claim on this spot; the same year Kern County's first school class was held here. In 1859 David Lavers, with his father and brother, John, built a hotel and stage barn on the old Bull Road. The crossing was the principal community in Linn's Valley until about 1870.
1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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