Desert Spring is a former settlement in Kern County, California in the Fremont Valley, south of Red Rock Canyon State Park.[1] It was located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Cantil.[1] About .8 miles north of California State Route 58 on Bellville Road at the railroad tracks.

Desert Spring
Former settlement
The California Historic Landmark plaque for Desert Spring
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Coordinates: 35°16′20″N 118°37′34″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Kern County
California Historical Landmark
Reference no.	476

The place, with natural springs, was important as a source of freshwater to the Native Americans, explorers, prospectors, and others in the Mojave Desert.[1] The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #476.[2]

California Historical Landmark reads:

NO. 476 DESERT SPRING - This spring was on an old Indian horse thief trail and later (1834) Joe Walker Trail. The famished Manly-Jayhawk Death Valley parties (1849-50) were revived here after coming from Indian Wells through Last Chance Canyon. This was also a station on the Nadeau Borax Freight Road.[3][4]

See also

• California Historical Landmarks in Kern County
• California Historical Landmark

References

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