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1969 AAA map

geoffff - 9-27-2021 at 11:25 AM

For DavidK and other map enthusiasts --

Here is a scan of the 1967 [edit:1969] AAA map of Baja California (I found on Ebay).

I find it funny that they found Bahia Tortugas and the tip of the Vizcaino peninsula so unimportant that they used that area for the map index (not shown).

1969--Baja-California--AAA-Map--North.jpg
1969--Baja-California--AAA-Map--South.jpg









[Edited on 9-27-2021 by geoffff]

David K - 9-27-2021 at 12:04 PM

Many thanks, this is great!!
That is the August 1969 map... look closely at the cover below the logo.

Another key is the pavement reaching San José del Cabo. In 1967 it was closer to La Paz. The year before (1966), it ended 10 miles south of La Paz.

geoffff - 9-27-2021 at 12:21 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
That is the August 1969 map... look closely at the cover below the logo


Thank you! I'll correct...

David K - 9-27-2021 at 12:56 PM

If you can find the 1970 and 1972 editions, that would be awesome... They will show the progress of the Transpeninsular Highway construction, which was a huge deal for the auto club and us old Baja travelers. I have the 1971, 1973, and 1974 maps (thanks to Baja Nomads).

PS, I noticed the gap in my scans of the 1955 map... I can fill that in for your page.

geoffff - 9-27-2021 at 01:42 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Another key is the pavement reaching San José del Cabo. In 1967 it was closer to La Paz. The year before (1966), it ended 10 miles south of La Paz.


That's just about all that changed apart from the removal of the fishing & game notes and the out-of-style coastline vignettes. Notice "de" typo, too :)




geoffff - 9-27-2021 at 01:52 PM

And I re-stitched your 1962 map scan, if you want to re-download it. I had some errors in the Cabo area.

And, while we are fixing gaps, your 1975 Senterfitt map has a scanning gap near the top too.

[Edited on 9-27-2021 by geoffff]

geoffff - 9-27-2021 at 02:13 PM

Oh, and while we are at it, here's a stitch of your 1930 AAA map scans:

1930--Baja-California--AAA.jpg



David K - 9-27-2021 at 03:05 PM

Quote: Originally posted by geoffff  
And I re-stitched your 1962 map scan, if you want to re-download it. I had some errors in the Cabo area.

And, while we are fixing gaps, your 1975 Senterfitt map has a scanning gap near the top too.

[Edited on 9-27-2021 by geoffff]


OK I scanned the 1975 Senterfitt map, unfolded in that area south of San Felipe. Check your email. Thanks for al you do!!

geoffff - 9-27-2021 at 04:05 PM

It's totally fun for me.

I'm amused that Cabo San Lucas has a "Store"


David K - 9-27-2021 at 09:42 PM

In 1955 it was a fishing village and a cannery.

BajaTed - 9-28-2021 at 06:34 AM

Quote: Originally posted by geoffff  
Oh, and while we are at it, here's a stitch of your 1930 AAA map scans:

1930--Baja-California--AAA.jpg





One of the last maps that shows Port Isabel

David K - 9-28-2021 at 07:24 AM

Good eye!:light:

It is also on the 1934 AAA map: https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/69977%20/%5BBaja+Pen...

[Edited on 9-28-2021 by David K]

geoffff - 9-28-2021 at 05:54 PM

I had to look it up!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Isabel,_Sonora



I'm not sure I can see any remains in Google Earth.

David K - 9-29-2021 at 07:55 AM

Somebody located it on Wikimapia (just west of the shrimp farm): http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=31.789041&lon=-114...

More on Port Isabel:

http://the-wanderling.com/colorado.html

Here is an 1864 map showing Port Isabel: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1...

another map: https://mojavedesert.net/steamboats/800-colorado-river-ports...

History:

Port Isabel was a seaport established on Port Isabel Slough in 1865 during the American Civil War in Sonora, Mexico in the mouth of the Colorado River on the Gulf of California. It was founded to support the increased river traffic caused by the gold rush that began in 1862 on the Colorado River and the Yuma Quartermaster Depot newly established in 1864 to support the Army posts in the Arizona Military District. The slough was discovered in 1865 by the Captain W. H. Pierson of the schooner Isabel, that first used the slough to transfer its cargo to steamboats safe from the tidal bore of the Colorado River. Shortly afterward Port Isabel was established 3 miles up the slough and replaced Robinson's Landing as the place where cargo was unloaded in the river from seagoing craft on to flat bottomed steamboats of the Colorado River and carried up to Fort Yuma and points further north on the river.

By 1867, Port Isabel, was situated on Port Isabel Slough whose mouth lay to the east of the main channel of the Colorado River on its channel east of Montague Island about 2 1⁄2 miles from its entrance, at the first good landing place, the shores below being of very soft mud. Port Isabel, served as a location for repairing the river steamers and barges at a location about 2 miles above Port Isabel on what was called Shipyard Slough that became the site called Ship Yard, which had a few frame buildings, a dry dock and a ship way where steamboats could be constructed or repaired.

The arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Yuma in 1877 signaled the end of Port Isabel. Trade by sea was replaced with cargo carried by rail. In 1877, George Alonzo Johnson sold his Colorado Steam Navigation Company to the Southern Pacific Railroad. Yuma then became the head of navigation for steamboats operating on the river. Port Isabel was abandoned by 1879, its shipyard being moved to Yuma, Arizona.

4x4abc - 9-29-2021 at 07:59 AM

can anyone pinpoint Puerto Isabel on today's Google Earth?

4x4abc - 9-29-2021 at 08:27 AM

I think, I found it
31°52'14.42"N, 114°52'4.56"W

geoffff - 9-29-2021 at 09:10 AM

Nice! I keep forgetting Wikimapia sometimes has some good stuff.

I will let go of my hopes for something visible of Port Isabel in Google Earth. It looks like the mouth of the Colorado River wanders about quite a lot over the years, removing any evidence.

mtgoat666 - 9-29-2021 at 09:22 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Somebody located it on Wikimapia (just west of the shrimp farm): http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=31.789041&lon=-114...

More on Port Isabel:

http://the-wanderling.com/colorado.html

Here is an 1864 map showing Port Isabel: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1...

another map: https://mojavedesert.net/steamboats/800-colorado-river-ports...

.


Port Isabel was located northwestish of Golfo de Santa Clara, basicly the accessible coast south of shrimp farm, north of golfo de santa clara.

The "shipyard slough" is the slough immediately southwest of the old shrimp farm.

[Edited on 9-29-2021 by mtgoat666]

David K - 9-29-2021 at 09:23 AM

Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  
I think, I found it
31°52'14.42"N, 114°52'4.56"W


You are perhaps too far north... It was at the fork in this river side canal (per the Wiki map): 31.7886656,-114.6841088 (just west of the shrimp farm) or using the other format: 31° 47' 24.8" N 114° 41' 9.6" W


This is closer to the 2.5 miles up the river mentioned in history links.

[Edited on 9-29-2021 by David K]

David K - 9-29-2021 at 09:26 AM

Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  
Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Somebody located it on Wikimapia (just west of the shrimp farm): http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=31.789041&lon=-114...

More on Port Isabel:

http://the-wanderling.com/colorado.html

Here is an 1864 map showing Port Isabel: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1...

another map: https://mojavedesert.net/steamboats/800-colorado-river-ports...

.


Port Isabel was located at what is today the town named Golfo de Santa Clara.

The "shipyard slough" is the slough immediately southwest of the old shrimp farm.


The Shrimp Farm and Port Isabel were off the Colorado River on a side channel. El Golfo de Santa Clara is below the river, on the gulf coast. It is close but not the same place: https://davidrumsey.georeferencer.com/maps/73ecc48e-abff-564...

[Edited on 9-29-2021 by David K]

mtgoat666 - 9-29-2021 at 09:34 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  
Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Somebody located it on Wikimapia (just west of the shrimp farm): http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=31.789041&lon=-114...

More on Port Isabel:

http://the-wanderling.com/colorado.html

Here is an 1864 map showing Port Isabel: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1...

another map: https://mojavedesert.net/steamboats/800-colorado-river-ports...

.


Port Isabel was located northwestish of Golfo de Santa Clara, basicly the accessible coast south of shrimp farm, north of golfo de santa clara.

The "shipyard slough" is the slough immediately southwest of the old shrimp farm.

[Edited on 9-29-2021 by mtgoat666]


The Shrimp Farm and Port Isabel was along the Colorado River on a side channel. El Golfo de Santa Clara is below the river, on the gulf coast. It is close but not the same place: https://davidrumsey.georeferencer.com/maps/73ecc48e-abff-564...


dude,
the port is the whole coast line between golfo de santa clara and the shrimp farm.
the port and shipyard was a chithole of temporary huts and dirt bags. the remnants were scavennged or washed away long ago.

[Edited on 9-29-2021 by mtgoat666]

David K - 9-29-2021 at 09:34 AM

See Port Isabel and Shipyard at the right edge of the 1930 map:

Goat:

David K - 9-29-2021 at 09:49 AM

More of the 1930 map, showing the village of El Golfo (on the gulf) and Port Isabel (on the Colorado side channel) and the shipyard nearby.

You are correct, there is nothing to see today. Harald will not find any buildings or piers, just the fork in the canal or channel where Isabel once was.

4x4abc - 9-29-2021 at 10:42 AM

looks about right