What made Freeman S. Raymond pick "Coyote Holes" as the site for his stage-coach station?
Coyote Holes was once the site of a spring (the water is now underground), where Native Americans would occasionally camp. When Freeman arrived in 1873, two major roads intersected at the spot. One of them ran from the Kern River area, and the other linked the Owens Valley, and the Panamint, Darwin, and Cerro Gordo mining areas with the city of Los Angeles.
A former stage-coach driver himself, Freeman thought that a stage station at this intersection would be ideal for serving the needs of travelers and freight-carriers.
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