Historical Marker · No. 300
Rose Station
Grapevine, Kern County · California
Erected by Bakersfield Parlor No. 42 N.S.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W., the Kern County Historical Society, and the Kern County Chamber of Commerce, 1941
The stage station here was built seventeen years after the stages stopped. William B. Rose put up his adobe in 1875, on ground where an Overland Mail way station had stood since 1858, and what he ran was a stockmen's headquarters with a post office and a polling place attached. Before either, the site was a vaquero camp and then Rancho Canoa, named for a watering trough. Rose held a one-year partnership with José Jesús López, Beale's foreman at Tejon, then gave it up and homesteaded at Castaic.
What the plaque says
California Historical Landmark Rose Station Wm. B. Rose, in 1875, a mile east, built an adobe stage station on the site of the Overland Mail way station established 1858. From 1853 to 1875 site was known as Rancho Canoa (trough). Originally vaquero camp of Sebastian Indian Reservation. Rose Station was a stockmen's headquarters, post office and polling place. Dedicated November 16, 1941 Bakersfield Parlor No. 42 N.S.G.W. El Tejon Parlor No. 239 N.D.G.W. Kern County Historical Society Kern County Chamber of Commerce Department of Natural Resources Reg. No 300 State of California
Where it stands
34.94138, -118.93258 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Sebastian Indian Reservation — steps away
- Fort Tejón — 5.1 mi
- Top of Grapevine Pass — 8.3 mi
- Sinks of the Tejón — 11 mi