Adobe Station, California Explained

Adobe Station was a stop on the Telegraph Stage line in Kern County, California, southeast of Greenfield, during the early 1870s. It was situated from Bakersfield on the Fort Tejon road.[1] with the earliest mention being of a murder, attempted murder and attempted robbery committed by a man who met his victims at the station in 1873.[2] A more sensational event occurred when the proprietor of the Station, Charles A. Hyde, was murdered by hatchet and his silver watch and money stolen.[3] A hotel was operated by Peter P. Roquette in 1880.[4] Roquette was also noted in a newspaper as a sheep shearer and Adobe Station referred to as a popular sheep shearing station. [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: November 13, 1875 . Agricultural Notes. Kern. . February 24, 2024 . Pacific Rural Press . Page 309, right-hand column, top..
  2. News: October 25, 1873 . A Fiendish Attempt to Murder Three Men . February 24, 2024 . Inyo Independent . At page 1, right-hand column . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  3. News: May 13, 1876 . Brutal Murder of Charles A. Hyde . February 24, 2024 . The Sacramento Daily Union . At page 8, column 3..
  4. Curtis Darling, Kern County Place Names, second edition (2003), page 1, citing earlier sources
  5. News: June 21, 1881 . Kern County . February 24, 2024 . The Stockton Independent . At page 2, column 4..

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