Beale's Cut Stagecoach Pass
Historical landmark in Santa Clarita, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beale's Cut Stagecoach Pass (also known as the Fremont Pass, San Fernando Pass, and the Newhall Cut) is a stagecoach pass built in 1859 in what is now Santa Clarita, California. The Pass was designated a California Historical Landmark (No. 1006) on May 11, 1992. The cut provided a route in the pass between the San Gabriel Mountains and the Santa Susana Mountains ranges. It is located near the current interchange of the Interstate 5 and California State Route 14.[1]
Beale's Cut Stagecoach Pass | |
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Location | Sierra Hwy and Clampitt Rd Santa Clarita, CA 91321 |
Coordinates | 34.3448°N 118.5084°W / 34.3448; -118.5084 |
Built | 1862 |
Designated | May 11, 1992 |
Reference no. | 1006 |
The steep pass was made easier to cross with a deep slot-like road cut by Charles H. Brindley, Andrés Pico, and James R. Vineyard, to whom the State of California awarded a twenty-year contract to maintain the turnpike and collect tolls.[2][3] Thus, the "San Fernando Mountain," the most daunting obstacle along the Fort Tejon Road, the main inland route from Los Angeles to the north, was cut through. Butterfield Overland Mail, a stagecoach that operated mail between St. Louis, Missouri, and San Francisco, began using it directly.