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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12B1_jamison-city-eureka-mine-and-mill-johnstown_Charleston-CA.html
Along the Pioneer Trail lies Jamison City and Mine. Large producer, famous for its 52-pound nugget; Eureka Mill and Mine yielding $17 millions to Cornish miners and others. Johnstown, now Johnsville, well preserved '49 town.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12B0_p-linthiouh_Charleston-CA.html
O.H.Copied from tree,carved by comrade, 1852.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYLO_fort-pah-ute_Charleston-CA.html
As many as eighteen enlisted men of Company "D," 9th U.S. Infantry once served duty here within the now crumbling walls of "Fort Pah-Ute." Although never established as an official fort, "Pah-Ute Creek," as it was commonly called, did house a smal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7N_young-divisional-camp_Charleston-CA.html
Camp Young, named after Lt. Gen. S.B.M. Young, the 1st Army Chief of Staff, was established at this site in the Spring of 1942. It was one of twelve such camps built in the southwestern deserts to harden and train United States Troops for service …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7M_death-valley-junction_Charleston-CA.html
This historic crossroad has been used by Indians, Clampers, Death Valley 49ers, ranchers, farmers, settlers and tourists. The town was originally called Amargosa. In 1907, the name was changed to Death Valley Junction. At this junction, the Tonopa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY7L_mojave-road_Charleston-CA.html
Long ago, Mohave Indians used a network of pathways to cross the Mojave Desert. In 1826, American trapper Jedediah Smith used their paths and became the first non-Indian to reach the California coast overland from mid-America. The paths were worke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXX0_searles-lake-borax-discovery_Charleston-CA.html
Borax was discovered on the nearby surface of Searles Lake by John Searles in 1862. With his bother, Dennis he formed the San Bernardino Borax Mining Company in 1873 and operated it until 1897. These chemicals in Searles Lake which include borax, …