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3 Bish LoneP Badwtr
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080326-4857SofKeoughSprMoon Heading back south, south of Keough Springs.
https://specialk.slickpic.com/albums/3BishLonePBadwtr/photo/#3980059
080326-4859LonePineTreeSign Just coming into Lone Pine is this tree and info sign. The tree is a pendunculate oak tree from Sherwood forest, England, and was planted as a sprout about 1900, here on the old Harvey Ranch.
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080326-4860LonePineRoadSign
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080326-4861LonePineErthqkCemSign
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080326-4862LonePineCemMrkr
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080326-4863LonePineErthqkCem This is a little cemetery honoring the 27 victims of a major earthquake in the area on March 26,1872
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080326-4866LonePineCem Diagonally across the street is this 'normal' cemetery.
https://specialk.slickpic.com/albums/3BishLonePBadwtr/photo/#3980066
080326-4868DolomiteMines Now headed toward Death Valley on Hwy 136 on the east side of Owens Lake. Actually, I'm on Dolomite Loop which runs mostly parallel to Hwy 136 through the town of Dolomite (now gone?).
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080326-4871DolomiteMrkr This marker says the dolomitic limestone mines are still in operation and in fact are the largest in the US. Found in 1862, the remote location delayed actual mining operations until 1885.
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080326-4872DolomiteMrkr
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080326-4873KeelerRdSign Keeler.
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080326-4875KeelerIntersection Hwy 136 seems old enough. Apparently there is another, older one.
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080326-4876KeelerWall What looks like a building in the previous shot is just a wall now.
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080326-4877KeelerBeach As the slightly sarcastic, though accurate, note on the surfboard says, 'the beautiful setting is provided by the LA water district' which diverted most of the water to the Los Angeles region.
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080326-4879KeelerBldg Keeler stamp mill.
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080326-4881CerroGordoPlaque
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080326-4883ElectricRepair Working on the power lines near Keeler.
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080326-4885DarwinMrkr
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080326-4890PadreCrowleyPlaque
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080326-4893CrowleyPtShadow Me and my shadow looking toward Rainbow Canyon at Crowley Point.
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080326-4895CrowleyPtPeople I think these are the German tourists who asked me to take a picture of them with their camera.
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080326-4897CrowleyPtView Crowley Pt view.
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080326-4898PanamintSprSign This is about 1/4 of Panamint Springs.
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080326-4899PanamintSprCafe This is the main/only restaurant. Just down the road, the only gas station was selling gas for $5.39 a gallon.
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080326-4900StovepipeWellsCtr Stovepipe Wells is one of the large, touristy areas of Death Valley.
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080326-4901BurnedwgnsPtMrkr
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080326-4902BurnedWagonsPt Not sure if the firetruck is part of it, but this is 'Burned Wagons Point', across the street from the Stovepipe Wells center. In 1849, some of the Jayhawk group burned their wagons, killed some oxen for food, and continued on foot out of the valley.
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080326-4903StovepipeWellsRngrStn This is the ranger station at Stovepipe Wells, where I paid my $20 entrance fee.
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080326-4906StovepipeWellsDunes Two miles down the road are the Stovepipe Wells dunes.
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080326-4909DevilsCornfield Near the same location are these plants in an area known as 'The Devil's Cornfield'.
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080326-4913SofWell On a road to the actual Stovepipe Wells is this bit of history. The tracks parallel the edge of the lighter-colored sand.
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080326-4916StovepipeWell It should be 'Stovepipe Well' as there is only one. When the shifting sands started to obliterate the well, a length of stovepipe was jammed into it as a marker.
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080326-4918StovepipeWellMrkr
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080326-4919StovepipeWell Boarded up now. The skull is a nice bit of tourist attraction.
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080326-4920StovepipeWell The fitting comes from Indiana.
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080326-4923SofSaltCrkFlowers South of Salt Creek was this sign of life.
https://specialk.slickpic.com/albums/3BishLonePBadwtr/photo/#3980105
080326-4924BoraxWorksPlaque
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080326-4925BoraxWorks This is the Harmony borax works.
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080326-4927BoraxWorks More of the borax works.
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080326-4928BoraxWorksPlaque One of the info plaques has this photo of how it was when it was.
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080326-4929BoraxWorksPlaque
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080326-4930BoraxWorks
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080326-4931BoraxWorksPlaque
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080326-4932BoraxWorks
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080326-4934BoraxWorksPlaque
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080326-4935BoraxWorksPlaque
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080326-4936BoraxWorksWagons Visitors read the info about the wagons.
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080326-4937BoraxWorksPlaque
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080326-4938FurnaceCrWagons
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080326-4940GoldenCynEntr This is the entrance to Golden Canyon.
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