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[*] posted on 5-5-2022 at 03:52 PM


Quote: Originally posted by bajaric  
You are right DK! After taking a closer look I see that Eisen's map does not show a trail from Santa Rosalillita (then called Santa Rosalia) to the area of Punta Prieta (the town). It shows a more coastal route, passing Rancho San Andreas near the Pacific Ocean and proceeding north along the coast. This may have been a trail that went to Rancho Cordonices?

Thus another wrinkle is added to the mystery north / south route that ran to the west of El Camino Real. around 1900-1920. It should be noted that at the time steamships provided regular passenger service to landings all along both coastlines, providing a much easier way to get to central Baja than by burro trail; a ticket to Bahia Asuncion was $20US, meals included, which would have been preferrable to riding a burro for 250 miles in the desert!

The few that rode those trails back in the day were tough!


[Edited on 5-5-2022 by bajaric]


Indeed they were!
Let us keep searching for views into the past... :light:




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