5/21/1997

5/6/2009

Landmark information

  • Location:
    Old Kernville Cemetery, Wofford Rd, 2.7 mi SW of Kernville
  • Plaque:
    Other Plaque
  • Site:
    Existing
  • Date First Visited:
    5/21/1997
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    5/6/2009
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 35 43.215, W 118 26.152

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Kernville
Kernville, called Whiskey Flat until 1864, was founded in 1860 when Adam Hamilton, whiskey dealer, moved shop here from more temperate Quartsburg, founded earlier that year. Both camps resulted from the discovery of the Big Blue Ledge by "Lovely" Rogers while tracking a stray mule from the earlier camp of Keyesville.