El Paso Mountains, CA - The Return Trip May 2008 We enjoyed the El Paso Mountains so much that we decided to return here after only a month’s time. During our last visit we hardly scratched the surface of old historic sites that litter the mountain ranges. In this area almost every tattered trail, every natural spring and prospecting hole overflows with rich stories and history. On this excursion I was joined by my wife and daughter who were very excited to cruise the trails in my wife’s new ... more NELL MURBARGER - The Original Ghost Town Explorer  Nell Murbarger was born in South Dakota in 1909. Raised by her outdoors loving parents, she was intrigued by the lore and history of frontier notables such as Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Nell was home schooled through 8th grade before embarking on an educational spree that took her in to Oregon, California and Washington States. Continuing with her family tradition as an outdoors person, she enjoyed horses, camping, photography and most of all, exploring the .... more Altamont Alviso Banta Benton Bickel Camp Big Oak Flat Bodie Burro Schmidts Carnegie Chemung Mine Chinese Camp Colorado Camp Conway Ranch Copperopolis Coyote Cudahy Camp Dachambeau Ranch Diecus Ranch Dog Town Farmington Feridell Ranch Filosena Ranch Goat Ranch Groveland Halfway Camp Hatfields Camp Hector Stage Station Holy City Jamestown Jolon Jordan Lundy Masonic Mercey Hot Springs Millersville Mission San Antonio De Padua Monoville Mossdale New Almaden New Idria Orphan Anne Mine Owens Camp Patchen Perrini Mine Philatro Ranch San Juan Bautista Sunol Telegraph City Tres Pinos Valley Wells Williams Stage Station Aurora Belleville Mine Black Hawk Mine China Camp Chinese Camp Conway Ranch & Stage Del Monte Mill Douglas Camp Eddyville Elbow Stage Station Five Mile House Fletcher Stage Station Gold Hill Gun Metal Mine Homestead / Hefler Mine Lucky Boy Pass Marietta Mina Mine Moho Pine Grove Nine Mile Ranch Rawhide Red Wash Creek Mines Rhodes Rockland Silver City Sodaville Sonoma Upper Summit Springs Washington Black Bart Grizzly Adams Mountain Charlie Nell Murbarger Joaquin Murrieta Rawhide Annie Tiburcio Vasquez CA/NV Border Trip 2007 CA/NV Border Trip Photos El Paso Mtns Trip 2008 El Paso Mtns Photos El Paso Mnts Return Trip 2008 El Paso Mnts Return Trip Photos Mina Nevada Trip 2006 Mina Trip Photos Mission San Antonio De Padua Mono Basin Sand Mountain Trip 2007 Sand Mountain Trip Photos Prisoner and the Drifter (Poem) Sands Revisited (Poem) Vestiges (Poem)         Powered by WebRing.

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