Lyons Station Stagecoach StopThis site was the location of a combination store, post office, telegraph office, tavern, and stage depot accommodating travelers during the Kern Rive... [click for more]
MentryvilleNamed after pioneer oil developer Charles Alexander Mentry, who in 1876 drilled the first successful oil well in California. His restored home and bar... [click for more]
Oak of the Golden DreamFrancisco López made California's first authenticated gold discovery on March 9, 1842. While gathering wild onions near an oak tree in Placerita Canyo... [click for more]
Pioneer Oil RefineryIn 1875 the Star Oil Company, one of the predecessors of the Standard Oil Company of California, drilled its first Pico Canyon well, which yielded abo... [click for more]
Well, CSO 4 (Pico 4)On this site stands CSO-4 (Pico 4), California's first commercially productive well. It was spudded in early 1876 under direction of Demetrious G. Sco... [click for more]