Mormon Road

San Bernardino County · Waterman Canyon, west of Crestline · location approximate

When the Mormons came to the San Bernardino valley in 1851 they needed suitable lumber to construct their homes and their stockade. As a result a wagon road to the top of the mountains was built which required about one thousand days' labor to complete and was 11 miles long.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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