Mojave Runners

Mojave Runners (HMY44)

Location: Barstow, CA 92311 San Bernardino County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 53.935', W 117° 1.514'

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The Mojave Indian Runners helped get messages and information to far flung villages. They could run up to 100 miles a day barefoot and only donned sandals on very rocky or spiney [sic] areas. A group of them met Capt. John Fremont in 1844 near where Hinkley is now. These six Mojave told Fremont they had once lived in the area and raised vegetables. Because of these Indians, Fremont named the river and surrounding desert "Mohahve". The later use of "Mojave" was a corruption of Fremont's spelling, probably trying to use the Spanish spelling.
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HM NumberHMY44
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Placed ByBarstow's Main Street Mural Project
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Date Added Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 4:25pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 497694 N 3861833
Decimal Degrees34.89891667, -117.02523333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 53.935', W 117° 1.514'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 53' 56.10" N, 117° 1' 30.84" W
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Area Code(s)760
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 229 E Main St, Barstow CA 92311, US
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