Guidebook
NO. 137 GORDON'S FERRY ON THE KERN RIVER - Gordon's Ferry was an overhead cable-type of ferry operated during the 1850s by Major Gordon. An adobe station house was located on the south bank of the Kern River, just a few yards to the west of this marker, which also served as a station on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route from 1856 to 1860.
Location
SW side of Kern River bridge, on China Loop, 1,000 ft S of Round Mountain Rd, Bakersfield
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Notes
Old style state plaque
NO. 137 GORDON'S FERRY ON THE KERN RIVER, Marker
NO. 137 GORDON'S FERRY ON THE KERN RIVER, Marker
NO. 137 GORDON'S FERRY ON THE KERN RIVER, The Kern River
NO. 137 GORDON'S FERRY ON THE KERN RIVER, Old State Plaque