Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station
Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station | |
.jpg) Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station | |
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| Location | Warner Springs area, San Diego County, California |
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| Coordinates | 33°23′23.02″N 116°47′38.75″W / 33.3897278°N 116.7940972°W |
| Built | 1858 |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000222 |
| CHISL No. | 482[1] |
| CHISL No. | 502[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[3] |
| Designated NHL | November 5, 1961[4] |
Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station is located in the western foothills of the Laguna Mountains, in northern San Diego County, California. It is located on State Route 79, 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Warner Springs and Warner's Ranch. The station was built on the site of Camp Wright, an 1860s Civil War outpost.
Camp Wright
During the
At about the same time, the
For a short time in March 1862 Camp Wright was the headquarters of the
The Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station, in operation between 1858 and 1860, is the only surviving station of the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line across the Western United States. The adobe building the stagecoach station used was built in 1858, and on the former site of Camp Wright (1861-1862). It was a stop between Los Angeles and Fort Yuma on the San Francisco to St. Louis route. It is a well-preserved one-story adobe building among California oak woodlands.
Historic Landmarks
The site of Camp Wright was registered as a California Historical Landmark in 1950.[1]
The Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station on its site was registered as a separate California Historical Landmark in 1952.[2] The Oak Grove station was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.[4][9] The location of another nearby station at Warner's Ranch is also a National Historic Landmark.
See also
- Butterfield Overland Mail in California
- Warner's Ranch Butterfield Stage Station
- Pony Express
- San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line
References
- ^ a b "Camp Wright". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- ^ a b "Oak Grove". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2007.
- ^ Warner Spring Ranch Resort.com: History— John Warner Archived June 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Colonel Herbert M. Hart, USMC (retired), Historic California Posts: Camp Wright from Pioneer Forts of the Far West, published in 1965, The California State Military Museum
- ^ Bill Virden, THE AFFAIR AT MINTER'S RANCH, The Journal of San Diego History, SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, April 1961, Volume 7, Number 2 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Records of California men in the war of the rebellion 1861 to 1867, By California. Adjutant General's Office, SACRAMENTO: State Office, J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing. 1890. p.672
- ^ Patricia Heintzelman and Charles Snell (1975) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Oak Grove Butterfield Station, National Park Service and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1954, 1975 and undated.
External links
Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station.
- National Park Service: Oak Grove Butterfield Station
- National Park Service—Discover Our Shared Heritage program: "Early History of the California Coast" — travel Itinerary.
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