41°50′33″N 123°59′33″W / 41.84250°N 123.99250°W
Adams Station was a stagecoach stop and hotel in Del Norte County, California. It was located on the Smith River just west of Gasquet,[2] at an elevation of 338 feet (103 m).
The place is named for Mary Adams Peacock, who established Adams Station in 1898.[3] Mrs. Peacock was a stagecoach driver and proprietress of a tavern here during the stagecoach days.[2][3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adams Station, California
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 7. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ a b Cantelow, Ella Dales (January 1957). "BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON PERSONS IN WHOSE HONOR ALICE EASTWOOD NAMED NATIVE PLANTS". Leaflets of western botany. 8: 83–101 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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