5/6/2009
5/6/2009
Landmark information
- Location:
At summit of Hwy 178 (PM 79.8), 8.4 mi NW of Freeman Junction (Hwy 14) - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/22/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/6/2009 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 39.769, W 118 1.609 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Walker's Pass
Discovered by Joseph R. Walker, American trail-blazer who left the San Joaquin Valley through this pass in 1834. This area was traversed by topographer Edward M. Kern, after whom the Kern River was named, while accompanying the Fremont expedition of 1845. After 1860 it became a mining freight route to Owens Valley.