Historical Marker · No. 741
Bealville
Caliente, Kern County · California
Erected by the Kern County Historical Society, the Kern County Museum, and El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W., 1962
The railroad named a siding after the man who owned the ground it crossed. Bealville opened in 1876 as a depot and telegraph office when the Southern Pacific came over the mountain, and Edward Beale had nothing to do with building it. He had bought Rancho La Liebre in 1855 and kept buying until four Mexican grants made one holding of about 270,000 acres. The depot's service ended long ago. The land is still there, still that size, and still called Tejon.
What the plaque says
BEALVILLE NAMED FOR EDWARD F. BEALE THIS STATION ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAIL LINE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1876 AS A DEPOT AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE. SERVICE WAS DISCONTINUED. BEALE WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF CALIFORNIA INDIAN AFFAIRS DURING THE 1850'S. IN 1865 HE BECAME OWNER OF THE ADJACENT RANCHO EL TEJON. DEDICATED JULY 15, 1962 MARKER PLACED BY KERN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY KERN COUNTY MUSEUM EL TEJON PARLOR NO. 239 N.D.G.W. STATE REGISTERED LANDMARK NO. 741
Where it stands
35.27192, -118.62622 · Directions
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