San Bernardino Courthouse/Mormon Stockade (site)

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San Bernardino Courthouse
351 N. Arrowhead Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92415

www.sbcounty.gov/courts/flash.asp

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California Historical Landmark #44: Mormon Stockade

"On this site in 1839 was built the first house in San Bernardino, the home of José del Carmen Lugo, one of the grantees of the San Bernardino Rancho. In 1851 a stockade of logs was built here as a protection against the Indians, in it more than a hundred families lived for over a year."

ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21476

Detailed history here: www.militarymuseum.org/SanBernardino.html
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Coordinates:   34°6'19"N   117°17'19"W
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