Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument

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Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument
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Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument
Location Cajon Pass, California
Coordinates 34°18′23″N117°28′00″W / 34.3063611111111°N 117.466758333333°W / 34.3063611111111; -117.466758333333
Built1917
ArchitectPioneer Society of San Bernardino
DesignatedMay 17, 1957 [1]
Reference no.576
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Location of Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument in California
Stoddard-Waite Monument
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Stoddard Waite Monument on May 13, 1913
LocationDirt road on private property, Cajon Pass, California
Built1912
DesignatedMay 17, 1957
Reference no.578
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Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument
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I-15 passing over Cajon Summit in the Cajon Pass

The Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.576) on May 17, 1957. Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument marks the place two Historic trail merged in Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County, California. The Old Spanish Trail (trade route) and the Mohave Trail-Mojave Road merged in Cajon Pass. The large white marker is just off the Interstate 15 in Cajon Pass, was U.S. Route 66 in the past. It was built by the Pioneer Society of San Bernardino to remember and honor the pioneers that came west. The marker is 12 feet tall and 7 feet square at the base. [2] Cajon Pass was home to the Serrano Indian, Native Californians that lived in the nearby Atongaibit village, in what is now Hesperia.

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In Summit Valley was the village of Guapiabit, and in Cajon Canyon the village of Amuscopiabit. The pass was used by native in prehistory. [3] The San Andreas Fault runs through and made the 3,777 ft (1,151 m) mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. One side in the Mojave Desert and the other the Los Angeles Basin. [4] The Monument is specially dedicated to those that cross the pass on June 20, 1851, as part of the '49s. Sheldon Stoddard and Sydney P. Waite are two of the pioneers that crossed the pass in 1851. They were part of what is now called the Death Valley '49ers that crossed the pass after surviving a wrong detour though Death Valley in 1949. In addition to building the monument, the Pioneer Society of San Bernardino built a log cabin, picnic tables and benches in the mountains and San Bernardino for the public to use.

Monument builders

The names of the Pioneer Society of San Bernardino members that built the monument in 1917 are on the monument: Sheldon Stoddard, Sydney P. Waite, John Brown Jr., George Miller, George M. Cooley, Silas C. Cox, Richard Weir, and Jasper N. Corbett.

Stoddard-Waite Monument

The Stoddard-Waite Monument was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.578) on May 17, 1957. Stoddard-Waite Monument marks the place Sheldon Stoddard and Sydney P. Waite crossed the Cajon Pass in 1851. Stoddard and Waite built the Monument in 1912. A large dedication ceremony was held on May 18, 1913. The Marker was in the Elsie Arey May Nature Center, south of the I-15, on Cleghorn Road and is 16 miles North of San Bernardino on a dirt road. The Monument is now on private land. Located at: 34.303533 -117.466617. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Dedication May 18, 1913

At the dedication on May 18, 1913: [14]

[15] [16]

Rededication May 18, 2013

Stoddard-Waite monument was rededicated for its 100-year anniversary, by the San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society on May 18, 2013. The Stoddard and Waite families talked about there families past. Along with the rededication, the group walked to other historical sites, like on the old toll road to bridge piers for Crowder Canyon. Also talked about the history of the Inman Ranch. President Steve Shaw opened and gave a slide show “Old Pioneer Society,” Mike Hartless with the San Bernardino County Museum Association shared abouthe Indian village. [17]

Markers

California Historical Landmark Marker #576 at the Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail pass site reads:

The Stoddard-Waite Monument at the Elsie Arey May Nature Center, California Historical Landmark #578, reads:

The California Historical Landmark book reports:

Elsie Arey May Nature Center

San Bernardino County's Elsie Arey May Nature Center was on the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern California's Cajon Pass. Elsie Arey May was teacher in San Bernardino County and helped at the San Bernardino County museum, as a member of the Museum Association. [22] [23] [24]

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