Historical Marker
California Crossing
Historical marker location:
Dallas, Texas
( in California Crossing Parkon California Crossing Road 2.5 miles west of Stemmons, off SH 114, Dallas)
Marker installed: 1967
CALIFORNIA CROSSING
(Some Five Hundred Feet North)
Here thousands of 49'ers crossed Trinity River in heroic trek west--following California Gold discovery.
Crossing was in shallow part of stream on Southern Transcontinental route to Pacific. Later used by stage lines, railroad; route passed through Dallas and Cedar Springs on to El Paso.