Landmark information
- Location:
Site of road runs from Drum Barracks in Banning/Wilmington to where old hwy 66 crosses from LA to San Bernardino county, Pomona - Plaque:
No Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/1/1998 - Date Most Recently Visited:
12/1/1998 - GPS Coordinates:
N 33 47.07, W 118 15.444
About this landmark
From the state:
Long ago, Mohave Indians used a network of pathways to cross the Mojave Desert. In 1826, American trapper Jedediah Smith used their paths and became the first non-Indian to reach the California coast overland from mid-America. The paths were worked into a military wagon road in 1859. This "Mojave Road" remained a major link between Los Angeles and points east until a railway crossed the desert in 1885.