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Yesteryears of The Baja
El Morro Auto Courts Ensenada Mexico
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David K
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You can almost visualize Erle Stanley Gardner and Walt Hussong chatting away!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
You can almost visualize Erle Stanley Gardner and Walt Hussong chatting away! |
The helicopter guy, right?
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David K
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Erle was the 'Perry Mason' guy (mystery novleist, and TV show writer)... who loved the desert and Baja California greatly. His first Baja travel book
was in 1948 (The Land of Shorter Shadows) and his last was in 1969 (I believe)... The Host with a Big Hat (the only one I don't have).
In the early 1960's he got a helicopter company interested in 'proving' their equipment over the rugged Baja peninsula, in order for Erle to gain
access to the palm canyon, Salsipuedes, north of Bahia de los Angeles ('Hovering Over Baja' c1961). In his fourth Baja book, 'The Hidden Heart of
Baja' c1962, Erle writes about his first views of the giant rock art sites north of San Ignacio and many were discovered by using the helicopter (not
visible from the canyon floor). The giant cave art was little known to the outside world and Erle had archaeologists flown in as well as a Life
Magazine photographer as he was convinced this was a world class site... and he was correct. Erles's contribution to opening the world to the cave art
of Baja and enriching countless lives is unquestionable.
Sure the Arce family and other ranchers had seen many of the cave sites living in the region, but before Highway One, communication to the mountain
ranches was limited. A helicopter was the only quick way to get to San Francisco de la Sierra back then, there was no road until the 1980's... a 3 day
mule ride from San Ignacio was the only way.
A Frenchman working for the Boleo mine company in Santa Rosalia had seen some of the rock art and wrote about them in the 1800's, as well as some
Jesuits a century before, but it was Erle Stanley Gardner, a helicopter, and income from Perry Mason that really got the word out!
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more..........
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Great post . . . TJ hx . . . pretty rich
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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Outstanding photos and commentary. Thanks all, but especially to McFez for sharing these.
Barry
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wow. Must be nice to have ownership of such history! Thanks for sharing
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
wow. Must be nice to have ownership of such history! Thanks for sharing |
A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.
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I am doing some research and I come up with these great pictures......
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awesome pics...Any of the old Fronton Palacio? Or Numero Ocho,the main jail? Spent a day or two there, back in the day...Thanks
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
awesome pics...Any of the old Fronton Palacio? Or Numero Ocho,the main jail? Spent a day or two there, back in the day...Thanks
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I think I did come across the old jail house.....will post it.
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very cool
Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
awesome pics...Any of the old Fronton Palacio? Or Numero Ocho,the main jail? Spent a day or two there, back in the day...Thanks
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Speaking of the Fronton, do they still even play jai alai in TJ? I remember going there and seeing a game
when I was a little kid back in the early 60's.
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Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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My mom and dad and uncle told me about the casinos and Hippodrome in Tijuana and how they were an absolute mecca for people from Hollywood.
There were also gambling ships off the coast and Catalina Island's big building was a casino where lots of famous big bands played.
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