Fountain Springs
One and one-half miles northwest of this point the settlement of Fountain Springs was established before 1855. It was at the junction of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road and the road to the Kern River gold mines. From 1858 to 1861, Fountain Springs was a station on the Butterfield Overland Mail route.
Marker is at the intersection of Avenue 56 (County Route J22) and Old Stage Coach Road, on the right when traveling east on Avenue 56.
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