Kern County’s oldest residence. Built before Civil War by Thomas Fitzgerald as trading post at junction of two Indian trails. Present Greenhorn Road follows east – west trail (later McFarlane Toll Road) to Kern River mining districts. Town named in 1857 after James Madison Glenn, an early settler.

State Registered Landmark No.495

Building and land donated to Kern County by

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Duval

Marker placed by California State Division of Beaches and Parks in cooperation with Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No.239 N.D.G.W., Kern County Museum

Dedicated March 23, 1952

Marker is on Evans Road (State Highway 155), on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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