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---- (._j•·,,, .. ,1 ,,,,,,, ETERNAL VALLEY MEMORIAL PARK

••• an Historic Landmark

A large bronze plaque in front of Chapel of the Oaks at Eternal Valley
ff-flUD'~"'""'- Memorial Park marks the site of Lyon Station, a stage coach depot, store and
VAN VAUC fN■UR&H
OLD INDIAN VILLAGES IN THE ETERNAL VALLEY REGION post office used by travelers during the gold rush days of the early 1850's.
This settlement was established in 1851 and was the first American settlement
N in the area. The station received its name when taken over by Cyrus and San-
A. ford Lyon, men called Forty-Niners, who came from Maine in 1855.
~ To better understand the origins of the settlement just imagine the area
long before there was a Golden State Freeway, or even a Highway 99. In
RRNCHERIRS - -~ - - - - - - __ £::l those days what is now the southern end of California Highway 14 was part
TRAILS - - - - - - - - -··••• ••
MATERIAL SUPPLIES ! of the route from Los Angeles to Monterey Bay. Just north of present-day
R.RKING MRTCRIRL - - - - - - Ci)
RSPH-RLTUM - - - - - - - - ~ )< Eternal Valley the road turned west down the Santa Clara Valley toward the
SCAPSiTCN£ - - - - - - - - ,,...._(e) ocean. One mile south of Eternal Valley is what is known as Fremont Pass.
MODERN TCWN!5 - - - - - - -
CLO MISSICN& ·· -ETC:. - - --~t More accurately called San Fernando Pass, this ancient route northward from
Southern California was first used by Don Gaspar de Portola in 1769, two
hundred years ago.

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