Desert Spring, California
Desert Spring is a former settlement in Kern County, California in the Fremont Valley, south of Red Rock Canyon State Park.[1] It was located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Cantil.[1] About .8 miles norht of California State Route 58 on Bellville Road at the railroad tracks.
Desert Spring | |
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Former settlement | |
  Desert Spring Location in California  Desert Spring Desert Spring (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°16′20″N 118°37′34″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Kern County |
| Reference no. | 476 |
The place, with natural springs, was important as a source of freshwater to the Native Americans, explorers, prospectors, and others in the Mojave Desert.[1] The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #476.[2]
California Historical Landmark reads:
- NO. 476 DESERT SPRING - This spring was on an old Indian horse thief trail and later (1834) Joe Walker Trail. The famished Manly-Jayhawk Death Valley parties (1849-50) were revived here after coming from Indian Wells through Last Chance Canyon. This was also a station on the Nadeau Borax Freight Road.[3][4]
References
- Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1012. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- "Desert Spring". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- californiahistoricallandmarks.com Landmark chl-476
- Cal California parks Historical Landmarks
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