Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument

The monument marks the place two Historic trails merged in Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County, California.

[2] Cajon Pass was home to the Serrano Indian, Native Californians that lived in the nearby Atongaibit village, in what is now Hesperia.

The names of the Pioneer Society of San Bernardino members that built the monument in 1917 are on the monument: Sheldon Stoddard, Sydney P. Waite, John Brown Jr., George Miller, George M. Cooley, Silas C. Cox, Richard Weir, and Jasper N. Corbett.

Stoddard-Waite Monument marks the place Sheldon Stoddard and Sydney P. Waite crossed the Cajon Pass in 1851.

Along with the rededication, the group walked to other historical sites, like on the old toll road to bridge piers for Crowder Canyon.

President Steve Shaw opened and gave a slide show “Old Pioneer Society,” Mike Hartless with the San Bernardino County Museum Association shared abouthe Indian village.

Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument
I-15 passing over Cajon Summit in the Cajon Pass
San Bernardino County map