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David K
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A 1958 Guide Book
Here is a little gem, paper back, 72 pages, maps and photos. Very similar to an auto club type Baja guide. It was even published by AAA Publishing of
San Bernardino, CA.
It is more of a travel adventure book, but he fills the chapters with details on the places along the way.
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David K
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I may scan some pages of the inside, it is interesting!
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BooJumMan
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Love the cover!
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David K
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Yes indeed... Very Dr. Seuss'ish (I think Dr. Seuss traveled in Baja and got the ideas for his weird trees with ball moss on them, from boojums). Dr.
Seuss lived in La Jolla (San Diego).
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BooJumMan
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Yeah I know! He was my grandparents neighbor in the 60s up there on Mt Soledad!
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bajajeffrey
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Nice find!!!
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Please scan the "How to Keep Out of Trouble" pages, and share first...priorities.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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David K
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In reviewing this thread, I want to respond to Whale-ista. It seems that line item on the book's cover was just the author's plug to market the book.
There is no chapter or section 'How to Keep Out of Trouble'
This page, in the front of the book, is actually a contents page. An 'index' is a list of selected words and what pages they may be found, in
the back of a book.
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Never saw that book, good find!
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David K
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I have another printing of it with just a plain cover and white paper inside. No different date or publisher name... no copyright. Just
self-published, like my first guidebook (in 1973).
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Skips right by Loreto. Must have been a pretty small town in 1958.
Living Large in Loreto. Off-grid and happy.
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No bay there, so probably not that interesting w/o a bigger town.
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The main road went either through La Purisima or Comondu in 1958 then south bypassing Loreto according to my guide book from that era.
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The main road to La Paz did not go through Loreto until 1971 with the grading of the new road from Insurgentes to Ligüí, which was paved the next
year to Santa Rosalia.
The main road, south of Concepcion Bay went to Comondú then on to Poza Grande and Insurgentes. Some went via La Purísima to Poza Grande, just a few
miles longer.
It was possible to go from Loreto to Insurgentes via San Javier, but that was a very steep, rough drive.
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Very cool!
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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David K
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Baja Roads near Loreto in 1955 & 1962
Here is the AAA Baja Map and the Lower California Guidebook map of the area near Loreto:
1955 (note the solid line is NOT a paved road on the 1955 map):
1958 Shell Oild Map:
1962 (pavement began south of Comstitución):
Guilck's 1962 map:
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Very interesting, I had not driven the road that far down until 1979 so didn't realize the old road did not go through Loreto. Somehow it got to be
the Capital city for a while.
Living Large in Loreto. Off-grid and happy.
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Quote: Originally posted by ncampion  | | Very interesting, I had not driven the road that far down until 1979 so didn't realize the old road did not go through Loreto. Somehow it got to be
the Capital city for a while. |
It was the FIRST mission and colony (successful mission colony) in California, beginning in 1697 and thus capital of California until that title was
moved to Monterey, in 1777.
In 1804, Spain divided California into two political provinces (Baja & Alta) so once again, Loreto would become a capital. That ended when a 1829
hurricane damaged the town so badly, the capital was moved to La Paz (with a brief period at San Antonio).
[Edited on 9-18-2017 by David K]
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Gulick's 1962 map interestingly puts a "Santa Rosalillita" at the bottom of Bahia Concepcion.
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There is more than one Santa Rosalillita in Baja...
Same thing for places named Rosarito (see one just below Santa Rosalillita), La Bocana, and Agua Caliente!
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