Pieta | |
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Coordinates: 38°55′36″N 123°03′19″W / 38.92667°N 123.05528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Mendocino County |
Elevation | 476 ft (145 m) |
Pieta is an archaic placename, former crossroads, and former railroad depot in Mendocino County, California. [1] It is located near the mouth of Pieta Creek 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Hopland, [2] at an elevation of 476 feet (145 m). [1]
A post office, located on the east side of the San Francisco and North Pacific railroad tracks, [3] operated at Pieta from 1891 to 1897. [2] The name allegedly honors a local Native American chief. [2] In 1891 a toll road was built at Pieta that led to Lake County. [4] In 1896 the California Camera Club planned an outing to Pieta to photograph the "picturesque" scenery. [5] In the 1900s, Hopland and Pieta were rivals for the traffic that came with mail delivery and stage service. [6] Pieta was the rail stop for travelers to Bartlett Springs spa, which offered "medicinal soda magnesia baths". [7] Stages connected from Pieta to Bartlett Springs, Highland Springs, Kelseyville, Soda Bay, and Lakeport. [8] At least one proposed-but-never-built railroad through Lake County intended to use the Pieta stage stop as a terminus and then follow the old stage route along Pieta Creek. [9]
Pieta | |
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Coordinates: 38°55′36″N 123°03′19″W / 38.92667°N 123.05528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Mendocino County |
Elevation | 476 ft (145 m) |
Pieta is an archaic placename, former crossroads, and former railroad depot in Mendocino County, California. [1] It is located near the mouth of Pieta Creek 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Hopland, [2] at an elevation of 476 feet (145 m). [1]
A post office, located on the east side of the San Francisco and North Pacific railroad tracks, [3] operated at Pieta from 1891 to 1897. [2] The name allegedly honors a local Native American chief. [2] In 1891 a toll road was built at Pieta that led to Lake County. [4] In 1896 the California Camera Club planned an outing to Pieta to photograph the "picturesque" scenery. [5] In the 1900s, Hopland and Pieta were rivals for the traffic that came with mail delivery and stage service. [6] Pieta was the rail stop for travelers to Bartlett Springs spa, which offered "medicinal soda magnesia baths". [7] Stages connected from Pieta to Bartlett Springs, Highland Springs, Kelseyville, Soda Bay, and Lakeport. [8] At least one proposed-but-never-built railroad through Lake County intended to use the Pieta stage stop as a terminus and then follow the old stage route along Pieta Creek. [9]