Resting Springs
Resting Springs (often “Resting Spring”) is a historic water source east of Tecopa in Inyo County, California, at the south end of the Resting Spring Range in Chicago Valley. It sits around 1,762 feet in elevation and functions as an oasis node in an otherwise dry basin-and-range crossing.
On the Old Spanish Trail, Resting Springs mattered for the oldest reason routes exist in the Mojave: it provided dependable water and a place to pause before the next long leg. Modern summaries of the trail’s California–Nevada segment place Resting Spring in the chain of named water points used by traders and travelers moving between the Amargosa/Tecopa side and the Las Vegas country.
Resting Springs also belongs to the overlap story with the later Salt Lake Road (often called the Mormon Road / Los Angeles–Salt Lake Road). After Frémont’s 1844 traverse, the line linking Resting Spring to Stump Spring and onward toward Mountain Springs and Las Vegas became a practical route for wagon-era immigration and freight, building on earlier corridor knowledge while adapting for wagons.
In the security-and-station phase, Camp Resting Springs (1859–1860) was intermittently occupied by troops to protect this “precious waterhole,” underscoring the spring’s value beyond simple convenience.
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Philander (Phi) Lee - Resting Spring - c.1890
Resting Springs Range Wilderness
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Camp Resting Springs. Located five miles east of present Tecopa, San Bernardino County, this desert outpost was intermittently occupied during 1859- 60 by ...Old Spanish Trail
En route, Manuelita Renaga gave birth at Resting Springs on the Old Spanish Trail. These eight individuals became the first settlers in the San Bernardino area.Pahrump, Nevada
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