California Historical Landmark

Located one-eigth mile west of here is ancient asphaltum seepage in which hundreds of Pleistocene (15,000 - 50,000 years ago) birds and animals were trapped. Site first explored in 1925 by the University of California, with excavation completed in 1949 by Los Angeles and Kern County Museums.

State Registered Historical Landmark No. 498

Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society, Miocene Parlor No. 228 N.D.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No. 238 N.D.G.W., and Kern County Museum.

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 58 and State Highway 33, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 58.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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