Guidebook
NO. 742 CAMPSITE OF EDWARD M. KERN - Near this spot at the confluence of the north and south forks of the Kern River, the Theodore Talbot party of Captain John C. Frémont's third expedition to the West camped for several weeks during December 1845 and January 1846. Frémont named the river in honor of Edward M. Kern, topographer for the expedition - Kern County was established in 1866.
Location
Entrance to Old IsabelIa Rd Recreation Area, on State Hwy 178, 2 mi N of the town of Lake IsabelIa
Open Map
NO. 742 CAMPSITE OF EDWARD M. KERN, Marker
NO. 742 CAMPSITE OF EDWARD M. KERN, Marker
NO. 742 CAMPSITE OF EDWARD M. KERN, State Plaque
NO. 742 CAMPSITE OF EDWARD M. KERN, Lake Isabella