1/5/2017
1/5/2017
1/5/2017
Landmark information
- Location:
Vallecito Creek Rd, 1.6 mi E of County Rd S2 (pm 43.1), 6.3 mi SE of Agua Caliente Springs, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
1/5/2017 - Date Most Recently Visited:
1/5/2017 - GPS Coordinates:
N 32 55.176, W 116 13.115
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Palm Spring
Here was a palm-studded desert resting place, 1826-1866, for Mexican pioneers. mountain men, the Army of the West, Mormon Battalion, Boundary Commission, forty-niners, railway survey, Butterfield Overland Mail stages. and California Legion. It was the site of the Butterfield Stage station built in 1858 by Warren F. Hall.