Historical Marker · No. 672
Lavers Crossing
Glennville, Kern County · California
Erected by the Kern County Historical Society, El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W., and the Kern County Museum, 1959
Everything the bronze dates here happened before there was a Kern County. In 1854 this ground lay in Tulare County, and the county that claims the first school class would not be created until 1866. John C. Reid's squatter's claim was the other half of the same condition, a claim on land no one could yet sell him. David Lavers, with his father and brother, added a hotel and stage barn on the Old Bull Road in 1859, and the crossing carried Linn's Valley until about 1870.
What the plaque says
LAVERS CROSSING IN 1854 JOHN C. REID FILED A SQUATTER'S CLAIM ON THIS SPOT. THE SAME YEAR KERN COUNTY'S FIRST SCHOOL CLASS WAS HELD HERE. IN 1859 DAVID LAVERS, WITH HIS FATHER AND BROTHER, JOHN, BUILT A HOTEL AND STAGE BARN ON THE OLD BULL ROAD. THE CROSSING WAS THE PRINCIPAL COMMUNITY IN LINN'S VALLEY UNTIL ABOUT 1870. DEDICATED DEC. 13, 1959 MARKER PLACED BY KERN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY EL TEJON PARLOR NO. 239 N.D.G.W. KERN COUNTY MUSEUM STATE REGISTERED LANDMARK NO. 672
Where it stands
35.73605, -118.72019 · Directions
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