First Road to Southern California
Here crossed the first road to Southern California opened for wagons by Capt. Cooke, who passed here in command of the Mormon Battalion, Nov. 1846 – later it became the California Emigrant Road – from 1858-1861, the route of the Butterfield Overland Mail, St. Louis to San Francisco, the longest land mail route ever attempted-
Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 180 at milepost 145 and Butterfield Trail, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 180.
Courtesy hmdb.org
