Posey Station

This marker is two and a half miles from what it commemorates. The station sat on a small flat south of Poso Creek; the bronze stands at the Round Mountain road junction. The plaque counts itself: one of six Butterfield stations in Kern County, on a southern route of 2,795 miles. Butterfield's own lists call the stop Poso Creek Station, fifteen miles southwest of Mountain House and ten north of the Kern River crossing. The plaque was recast and rededicated in 2021.

What the plaque says

Posey Station of Butterfield Overland Mail Lines Two and one half miles east of this point, on a small flat south of Poso Creek, is the site of one of six stagecoach stations in Kern County belonging to the Butterfield Overland Mail Company. The Butterfield Company operated along a southern route totaling 2,795 miles between St. Louis, Missouri, and San Francisco, California. The stage operated from 1858 until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. State Registered Historical Landmark No. 539 Kern County Historical Society In cooperation with California State Parks Dedicated 1952 Re-dedicated 2021

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Discovery Well of Kern River Oilfield — 7.1 mi
• Gordon's Ferry on the Kern River — 7.3 mi
• Home of Elisha Stevens — 9.5 mi
• Mountain House — 9.6 mi