5/21/1997
Landmark information
- Location:
SW corner of County Rds J22 and M109, Fountain Springs - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
5/21/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/21/1997 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 53.559, W 118 55.097
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Fountain Springs
One and one-half miles northwest of this point the settlement of Fountain Springs was established before 1855. It was at the junction of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road and the one to the Kern River gold mines. From 1858 to 1861 Fountain Springs was a station on the Butterfield Overland Mail route.