Those are really interesting maps David. Are those maps your personal collection? Thanks for posting.David K - 9-10-2009 at 07:41 PM
Yes... I scanned them to my PC, uploaded to Photobucket to share here at a size big enough to see detail, but not distort the Nomad page.
I am happy to share my collection of maps and books to my Baja amigos! Let me know if you have an area of interest and I will show you what I have for
that part of Baja California.wessongroup - 9-10-2009 at 10:07 PM
Thanks for sharing... nice maps.
Pretty cool to be able to see back in time..
Mexitron - 9-11-2009 at 05:14 AM
Didn't see the old wheat farms/ train on the maps---what years were those happening with the French and English?bajalou - 9-11-2009 at 07:49 AM
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Didn't see the old wheat farms/ train on the maps---what years were those happening with the French and English?
The 1927 So Cal Auto Club map shows it.BajaGringo - 9-11-2009 at 08:00 AM
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Didn't see the old wheat farms/ train on the maps---what years were those happening with the French and English?
That era predated the Mexican Revolution, going back into the 1800's...David K - 9-11-2009 at 08:01 AM
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Didn't see the old wheat farms/ train on the maps---what years were those happening with the French and English?
Look close at the 1927 map... It shows a section of the train tracks at San Quintin and the flour mill. The 1905 map shows the mill.
Here's some of the history, from the Lower California Guidebook:
Here's a photo of the flour mill (El Molino/ today's 'Old Mill') at San Quintin from a report published in 1918:
BajaGringo - 9-11-2009 at 08:09 AM
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Didn't see the old wheat farms/ train on the maps---what years were those happening with the French and English?
That era predated the Mexican Revolution, going back into the 1800's...David K - 9-11-2009 at 08:13 AM
The old English cemetery is now in the center of the huge Mexican cemetery, overlooking the bay:
The Old English Cemetary and the newer additions at N30°27.56' W115°56.15' (NAD27).Mexitron - 9-11-2009 at 09:51 AM
Oops....didn't look at that 1927 map close enough! Thanks for the additional info.Vince - 9-11-2009 at 10:29 AM
Those are interesting maps, David. I see on the 1927 map are some lagoons (Santa Maria) that could be the fresh water lakes we used to fish in. I went
down there in the late '40's and early '50's with my family. We stopped at Hamilton ranch on the way and camped on those lakes in San Quintin. We
caught many fresh water bass and used the local frogs for live bait. They loved those frogs. We pulled a small house trailer which was just about
destroyed on the rough dirt road that began right after San Vicente where the pavement ended. The road was graded and was heavily washboarded. At San
Quintin the graded road ended and it became a sandy, narrow rough road. We did not proceed beyond that. Great memories, thanks.David K - 9-11-2009 at 04:01 PM
Great story Vince! I would love to hear more from your 'early days in Baja'!
I am a bit younger and the pavement when we first went down that side ended just a couple miles north of Colonet & Bradley's Rancho Grande Service
(Fying Sams Hospital behind).... in the 1960's.
