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December 2009 road trip, part two; Harry Wade and Death Valley

2,400 views · Published 26 January 2010 · 3:32 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: Desertphile · 2010 · Travel & Events

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Guest stars include, once again: MobilTec, NotSoOldHippy, and Tabby. Also a demonstration of Scientology crime syndicate harassment tech, space aliens, anal probing, and discourse upon exploding bowling balls.

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In the year 1849 107 wagons gathered in Salt lake City too late to cross Donner Pass before winter set in. Believing they could pass to the south and by-pass Donner Pass, they made for the gold fields in California over the Old Spanish Trail, starting in October in the year 1849. At Misery Lake, the train broke up into two groups: 100 wagons took what they wrongfully believed to be a short cut to the gold fields in California by way of Walker Pass, while the remaining 7 stayed on the known trail. Later the group of 100 wagons disintergrated into many smaller groups, each group finding itself struggling for their lives in the harsh Amargosa Desert and late in Death Valley.

One group, by the way, stopped at Indian Springs where I used to live. Here is an image I took in the year 1974 over-looking the route the family wagons took to get to Indian Springs.

The Harry Wade wagon wandered into Death Valley and eventually found its way out again, alone, probably through Wingate Wash and not through the Harry Wade Exit Route, which we can see here. They rejoined the Old Spanish Trail and continued on into San Bernardino.

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