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LaPazGringo
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bajaric, I was just at the San Diego History Center last week while visiting Balboa Park. If I'm not mistaken, it's in the lower level of the building
that houses the model train museum. I'm not sure what is involved in arranging to see something like his collection, but it would certainly be
fascinating no doubt. Wow, what a time that must have been and what a character "Juan Colorado" must have been. A simpler time with a different set of
problems!
I wish I had known about your book when I was in California as I certainly would have ordered one. I'll be sure to have one waiting for me when I get
back home to visit family next time!
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bajaric
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To see the book on amazon.mx I selected "translate" then checked "books" and entered search keywords "baja gold" and viola!
https://www.amazon.com.mx/Gold-Northern-Baja-History-Travel/...
550 pesos
Kindle direct publishing, a subsidiary of Amazon, makes their books available anywhere in the world. They print and ship each book as they are
ordered. Each book has the location where it is printed on the last page. I got one author's copy that was printed in Texas, and another printed in
Monee Illinois, both shipped to California. If someone ordered one in Mexico I do not know where it would be printed. Only one way to find out,
someone buy one!
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David K
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Very cool, Ric!
I just checked to confirm mine was also there, in Mexico: https://www.amazon.com.mx/Baja-California-Land-Missions-Davi...
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hiker_dave
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Hi Ric, really excited to hear about your book! I just ordered a copy a few minutes ago! I'm a prospector and mostly prospect in the mother lode
area. I also spend a lot of time in Loreto and am interested to know if you have any information on that area. I'm planning a road trip to El Arco
next week, any tips?
Thanks!!
Dave
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bajaric
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Hi Hiker Dave, check your U2. Thanks for buying a book.
The California mother lode was pretty amazing; the gold in Baja was just peanuts in comparison. It is a quirk of history that the "Californios",
Spanish and then Mexican cattle ranchers that colonized the mission towns in the coastal areas of Alta California in the early 1800's never made it
east across the San Joquin Valley to prospect the Sierra Nevada. If the Mexicans had found the gold there before the Mexican American war we might
all be speaking Spanish.
LaPazGringo, yes, the History Center is in Balboa Park. In the basement. They used to let people browse the collections for free but now there is a
fee except for a very small window of time so not as user friendly as they once were.
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wilderone
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I was lucky to get Ric's book at the last Travel South Baja event. Just finished it -- with the fascinating historical background of mining and
realistic travel insight, this book is a treasure if you're interested in prospecting for gold in Baja.
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David K
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Fun to visit with you at the Crossing South Festival on August 24! I had totally forgotten about our Kier connection... so that's why I was confused
(getting old sucks)! Sorry Cuz
The Cali-Baja Cuisine book author Mike Gardner and his wife, and Jens Tobias (aka Ric Rust or ‘bajaric’), author of The Gold of Northern Baja sat
on either side of me.
https://vivabaja.com/2024-crossing-south-festival/
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