Only known image of Elijah Stephens. Taken in San Jose. (ca. 1860)
Born
c. 1804
South Carolina
Died
September 9, 1887 (age 84)
Kern County Hospital
Resting place
Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, California
Other names
Elisha Stephens
Occupation(s)
American pioneer, Blacksmith, and trapper
Elijah Stephens also spelled Elisha Stevens was a blacksmith and trapper who was born in South Carolina. In 1844, he left Council Bluffs, Iowa as the captain of the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party, the first wagon train to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains into Alta California. He then moved to Cupertino, California, in 1848. Stevens Creek (then called Cupertino Creek) is named after him.[1]
In 1862, Stephens left the area, heading to Kern County in central California. A state historic plaque in that city marks the approximate site of his homestead. Stephens died in Bakersfield, California in 1887. He was buried in Union Cemetery. His gravesite was discovered in 2009 by members of the Kern County Genealogical Society.[2] On May 1, 2010, the Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) California/Nevada Chapter in cooperation with the Kern County Historical Society (KCHS) installed a historical plaque at the gravesite of Elijah Stephens.
^History of the Rengstorff House from "Stevens Creek". Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
^Bakersfield.com "The Search for Elisha Stephens". Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
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