Sometimes referred to as "the father of San Bernardino County." Jefferson Hunt was an officer in the Mormon Battalion, which had been formed in order to help the U.S. fight the Mexican-American War. After the war, he, and a detachment of soldiers were stationed in the Cajon Pass in order to guard settlers against marauding Indians.
After being discharged from the Army, Hunt led caravans of wagons between Utah and San Bernardino, and, at the urging of his church, formed a Mormon colony in San Bernardino.
This spot is where a group of Mormons were supposed to have camped, while en route to San Bernardino in 1851.
Mormon Rocks, at sunset.
Photo taken on 7/29/18.
The road on the left is Hwy. 138.
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