David K
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The 1958 Shell Oil Baja Map (surprisingly detailed)
Thanks to map guru, 'geoffff' who stiched together my scans of this great little folding map I was given by Nomad 'Mexray'... click to open first link
and again to enlarge and zoom in:
https://octopup.org/img/media/maps/baja/1958--Baja-Californi...
A non-zoom look:
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AKgringo
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South of Bahia de Concepcion, what we now know as highway 1 took a whole different course through the Comondus.
Even what was then called highway 7 cut over the mountains through San Javier, rather than the route we follow now.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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David K
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Yes, the main road to La Paz went via Comondu (I was a passenger on that road in 1966).
The road to Loreto was a dead end until the mid-1950s when they made the auto road to San Javier (and then on to Santo Domingo).
1959 Auto Club Map (notice the Hwy. #1 symbol between ComondĂș and Canipole):
1962 Howard Gulick Map:
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StuckSucks
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Always fun/sad to look at old maps. Thanks!
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David K
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Why sad?
Because it was before we could drive those roads?
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geoffff
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If I were to dwell on this, I might be sad about the loss of adventure exploring places that with pavement become too easy. And developed. And
signposted/fenced. Like I've seen on the La Paz to Cabo strip over the last 20 years, and Highway 5 in the next 10.
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