Fountain Springs, California

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Fountain Springs
Former settlement
Coordinates: 35°53′28″N118°54′56″W / 35.891111°N 118.915556°W / 35.891111; -118.915556 Coordinates: 35°53′28″N118°54′56″W / 35.891111°N 118.915556°W / 35.891111; -118.915556
Country United States
State California
County Tulare County
Reference no.648 [1]

Fountain Spring is a spring in Tulare County used in the 19th century for domestic and garden water supply. [2] Fountain Springs was a settlement established in Tulare before 1855, at the junction of the Stockton - Los Angeles Road and the road to the Kern River gold mines. From 1858 to 1861, Fountain Springs was a station on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, 14 miles southeast of Tule River Station and 12 miles north of Mountain House. [3] The site of the settlement was 1+12 miles northwest of the California Historical Landmark NO. 648 on the southwest corner of County Roads J22 and M 109 (old Springville Stage Route), in Tulare County, California. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Fountain Springs". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  2. Waring 1915, p. 336.
  3. "List of Stations from New York Times, October 14 1858, Itinerary of the Route" (PDF).

Reference bibliography

  • Waring, Gerald Ashley (1915). Springs of California. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper. Vol. 338. U.S. Government Printing Office. doi:10.3133/wsp338.