Mountain House, Kern County, California Explained

Mountain House Station
Location:	7977 Highway 155, Woody, California, in Kern County, California
Designation1:	California
Designation1 Offname:	Mountain House Station
Designation1 Date:	May 22, 1957
Designation1 Number:	589

Mountain House or Willow Springs Station, in what is now Kern County, California, was a stage station of the Butterfield Overland Mail, located south of Fountain Spring Station, and northeast of Posey Creek Station at Willow Springs on Willow Springs Creek.^[1]

Mountain House is a California Historical Landmark. On October 13, 1957, the California State Park Commission erected marker number 589 NaNmiles south of it.^{[2] [3]} Mountain House Station California Historical Landmark, signed May 22, 1957, reads:

See also

• Butterfield Overland Mail in California
• Woody, California

External links

• Exterior view of the Willow Springs Gold Mine and Stage Station, Kern County, ca.1900, #1 from USC Digital Library
• Exterior view of the Willow Springs Mine and Stage Station, Kern County, ca.1900, #2 from USC Digital Library
• Exterior view of the Willow Springs Mine and Stage Station, Kern County, ca.1900, #3 from USC Digital Library

35.6919°N -118.9176°W

Notes and References

1. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1858/10/14/78877651.pdf List of Stations from the New York Times, October 14 1858, Itinerary of the Route
2. Web site: Kern . California Office of Historical Preservation . May 10, 2023.
3. Web site: Mountain House historical marker . Historical Marker Database . May 10, 2023.