5/6/2009
5/6/2009
5/6/2009
5/6/2009
5/6/2009
5/6/2009
5/6/2009
Landmark information
- Location:
S side of 1866 county courthouse, Caliente-Bodfish Rd (pm 27.9), havilah; second plaque at Bodfish Post Office, NE corner of Miller St & Kern River Canyon Rd, Bodfish - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/6/2009 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/6/2009 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 31.096, W 118 30.975
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Havilah
Founded 1863 by Aleck Harpending, who named it from verse in Genesis as "a place rich in gold". Made Kern County seat, 1866. A station on stage lines running between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Declined after county seat moved to Bakersfield, 1872.