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Cary Ranch Pictographs

Cary Ranch Pictographs

I've been invited by Dick Cary to visit his historic Cary Ranch and examine some of the pictographs there a few times. The Mountain Cahuilla Indians first inhabited the ranch area. The site is near a natural pass and an old Indian trail that connects inland Southern California

Catalonia Mine

Catalonia Mine

Old Yard Cabin

Old Yard Cabin

Winnekta Mill

Winnekta Mill

DE Mine and Cave

DE Mine and Cave

Misty Mountain Mine

Misty Mountain Mine

Chalcedony Cabin

Chalcedony Cabin

On a scorching late spring day in 2015, we journeyed out to a lonely cabin in the central heart of the Mojave Desert. This is a barren landscape of sand and lava. Any roads that once traversed this wasteland were wiped out by monsoonal thunderstorms long ago.