On Bealville Rd, 0.9 mi N of State Hwy 58, 1.3 mi S of Caliente, Caliente,
CA ,
USA
California State Historical Marker
Edward Fitzgerald Beale, serving under Commodore Stockton in 1846, established his home here on Rancho le Libre in 1855. He also engaged in mining and became Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada, and Minister to Vienna.