Mojave Road - Mojave Desert, California
Posted by: Metro2
N 35° 01.906 W 116° 28.220
11S E 548314 N 3876694
This California Historic Landmark is located in the desert at a rest stop along I-15 North on the way to Las Vegas...and marks the Indian trails which eventually were used as wagon roads...and now an Insterstate Highway.
Waymark Code: WM7Q21
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2009
Views: 18
The plaque tells much of the story:
"MOJAVE ROAD
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 WORKED INTO A
MILITARY WAGON ROAD IN 1859. THIS MOJAVE ROAD
REMAINED A MAJOR LINK BETWEEN LOS ANGELES
AND POINTS EAST UNTIL A RAILROAD CROSSED THE
DESERT IN 1883.
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED
HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 963
PLAGUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
AND FRECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH BILLY HOLCOMB CHAPTER
OF E CLAMPUS VITUS, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND
MOJAVE RIVER VALLEY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OCT. 9, 1988"
For more information about the road, see the Wikipedia article at
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