Donjulio
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Anyone have any info on the mass gravesite supposedly found S. of Huerfanitos
Just heard this morning that supposedly 12 miles south of Huerfanitos they found a mass grave site and/or village. They found it while digging for the
new road.
Construction on the road has stopped and they are awaiting the federal archaeologists to come down and figure out what it is.
This info came from someone who actually saw this but it is 2nd hand.
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doradodan
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WOW!!! lets see how this plays out. Of course C. Slim wants that road finished, they will just pave over a historical site.
\"The time spent off the water, I\'m thinking of ways to get back in\"
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kaybaj
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where is Huerfanitos?
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by kaybaj
where is Huerfanitos? |
baja....
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kaybaj
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figured that much. where in baja
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Donjulio
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South of San Felipe
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David K
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EL HUERFANITO (~20 miles south of Puertecitos)... the small island (Little Orphan) at the north end of the Enchanted Islands chain, north of Gonzaga
Bay... The tourist camp on the shore shares the same name... also known as 'Nacho's' for many years.
1962 Howard Gulick Map
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Gypsy Jan
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Maybe Something About the Chinese Immigrants?
I have read histories that talk about this.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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BajaVida
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didn't the Chinese immigrants
die between San Felipe and Mexicali?
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaVida
die between San Felipe and Mexicali? |
I posted this here a few years ago...
posted on 5-10-2004 at 07:06 PM
El Chinero, the small desert mountain about 35 miles north of San Felipe, is so named because about 100 years ago a boat off-loaded Chinese laborers
seeking work in the Mexicali farmlands, railroad, or irrigation projects.
160 Chinese walked north (one story claims they were sold a map to water holes along the way, that don't exist). Most died of thirst at the foot of
'El Chinero'.
Chinese who did come to Mexicali from other directions stayed on, and that explains why the city of Mexicali has so many Chinese restaurants!
I knew a Chinese-Mexican who immigrated north from Mexicali to become a school teacher.
Details on pg. 81 of the Lower California Guidebook by Gerhard & Gulick.
Also, pg. 79 of Baja Legends by Greg Niemann.
Also, pg. 109 of Baja Road Log by Walt Wheelock.
Another mention of the first Chinese visitor to Baja California is in Mike McMahan's great reading book: 'There It Is: Baja!' c1973 (later published
in paperback as 'My Adventures in Baja')...
On page 23, McMahan tells of a Chinese monk named Hoei-Sin who in 499 B.C. traveled to a strange land...
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Ken Cooke
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I might go check that out next week...
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DavidE
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Mexicali has some outrageous micro breweries that have been garnering some of the top awards in the mundo de cerveza mundial.
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