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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4W_kit-carson_Barstow-CA.html
At 19, he was hired for an expedition to California. They traveled south of the Grand Canyon, crossed the Colorado, then followed the dry bed of the Mojave River and crossed the mountains at Cajon Pass to arrive at San Gabriel Mission in early 183…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4V_john-charles-fremont_Barstow-CA.html
Called "Pathfinder", he was known as the west's greatest adventurer, noted for bravery and his meticulously recorded notes on vegetation and geography. On his 3rd expedition across California in 1845 he, along with Kit Carson, led the California p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4U_jedediah-smith_Barstow-CA.html
In 1826 he led a party of 17 men through the territory of the Mojave Indians, then west across our Great desert. During the trek, the heat became so intense that it forced him and his men to bury themselves in the sand to keep cool. They were the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4N_father-garces_Barstow-CA.html
In early 1776, he set out northward from Yuma Villages on the Colorado River on a journey that took him across the Mojave Desert to the Mission of San Gabriel. He was a master of finding guides who would escort him through their own lands.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4M_general-beale-uses-camels_Barstow-CA.html
In 1857, under orders to survey a wagon road from New Mexico to California, General Edward Beale followed the 35th parallel to paths opened by Francis Aubry and Lt. A.W. Whipple. Beale's orders required importation of camels and drivers to experim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4J_the-california-gold-rush_Barstow-CA.html
With the discovery of gold in California in 1848, it's statehood in 1850, and the resulting emigration to the west, the interest of the government in exploring a rail link to the Pacific became serious in the early 1850's. Not only would a Pacific…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY44_mojave-runners_Barstow-CA.html
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 whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY42_calico-mountain-mines_Barstow-CA.html
April 6, 1881, S.C. Warden, Hues Thomas and John C. King located claims on Calico Mountain and named it the Silver King Mine. Below there, the tow of Calico grew from 100 people in the spring of 1882 to over 1,200 at the peak of the rush.
There…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY41_christiansen-memorial-plaza_Barstow-CA.html
Dedicated in honor ofBarstow-Kennedy High School student,Eugene F. Christiansen - US ArmyBorn February 16, 1949M.I.A. February 6, 1969Republic of Viet NamBarstow, California - 1990
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY3Y_the-harvey-house_Barstow-CA.html
In the late 1800's to 1930's, rail travel was considered the choice of transportation, Fred Harvey had set up a string of dining rooms and boarding housed for Santa Fe passengers.In 1911, Mr. Harvey opened million dollar "Casa Del Desierto". It wa…