Sinks of the Tejon, also Known as Alamo, Station of Butterfield Overland Mail Lines
California State Historic Landmark 540
10/07/96
#540 Sinks of the Tejon
Six miles east of this point was the site of the Butterfield Stage Line station
called Sinks of Tejon. Operating through present Kern County during 1858-1861, this famous line
ran from St. Louis, Missouri, to San Francisco until the outbreak of the Civil War.
Nothing remains of this site.
SW corner of intersection of David and Wheeler Ridge Rds, 6.0 mi NE of Mettler.
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