Point of Rocks | landmark

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John C. Fremont recorded a stop here, and as ox teams and wagon trains came through the desert in the 1840s they found this adobe station listed in numerous journals as the Old Grocery. It was a favorite noontime halt for travelers. In 1851 the 150 Mormon wagon train recorded this stop.

This and Lane's stop were the only settled places until Verde Ranch developed in the 1860s. Point of Rocks became a part of Nickerson's (Nicholson's) Ranch.

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Coordinates:   34°45'25"N   117°18'52"W
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