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Old Baja California Central Route
Hi Lance,
It is good fun to have a another history-map fan here!
I have the Nelson Expedition map linked on Viva Baja, as well as El Camino Real maps.
https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/3...
El Camino Real maps: http://www.vivabaja.com/HGREAL.html
This one from 1954, shows Mission Santa María and Santa Catarina:
[Edited on 9-18-2021 by David K]
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Not that I can recall??
There is a foot trail between the two and that trail has been shown on some maps as a road... LOL!
The bulldozed road from Santa Ynez to Santa María and two miles beyond was the work of Fred Hampe of Rancho Santa Ynez, in the late 1950s and for
the next 10-12 years.
The goal was to connect the ranch with Punta Final on the gulf, as the ranch owned it as well. The mission was a potential major attraction along the
road.
In 1973, the government built the Transpeninsular Highway from San Quintín to San Ignacio, greatly reducing the travel time between Santa Ynez and
Punta Final, but not the distance.
At some point, Fred bulldozed the La Turquesa grade (El Pedregoso to the turquoise mine and on to the route of Hwy. 5). This cut the distance by 20
miles, but the grade was steep and the arroyo was subject to flash floods.
It took some great effort, but with the help of Nomads including TW, Roy 'The Squarecircle' was able to get his LR3 Land Rover across arroyo and up
the grade, in 2008. It will appear on the Benchmark Atlas map (not my addition).
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Great link... I will add to VivaBaja.com!
Thanks, Lance!!
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1922 Cataviña area +
Thanks to Lance for the link!
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MAPS!!
Currently, I have several maps of Baja California linked at www.VivaBaja.com with 'zoom- in' ability to show maximum detail:
Baja California, Mexico 'Zoom-In' Topo & Satellite Map
1747 Padre Fernando Consag 'Zoom-In' Map
1757 Jesuit Mission 'Zoom-In' Map
1768 Baja and Mexico 'Zoom-In' Map
1823 Baja & Alta California 'Zoom-In' Map
1904 Postal Route 'Zoom-in' Map
1905-1906 E.W. Nelson Expedition 'Zoom-In' Map (printed in 1919)
1918 Goldbaum Baja Norte 'Zoom-In' Map (printed in 1925)
1922 Baja California 'Zoom-In' Map
1934 Auto Club 'Zoom-In' Map
1962 Baja road maps by Howard Gulick (thanks to Doug Eernisse)
1971 Reconnaissance Geologic Map of Baja Norte (3 parts):
Northern Baja Norte
Central Baja Norte
Southern Baja Norte
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What a neat find... from 1856, all in Spanish, but a road log and water hole location of sorts for El Camino Real from La Paz north (what I glanced
at)... Baja California begins on book page #427 (p.423) and ends on #441 (p.437).
Here is the Tinaja de Yubay description, Calamajué follows:
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There was a good thread on this button back a bit, here on Nomad!
This was in 2015, and now, only my (and others) replies appear. The OP (original poster) removed his posts...? That Nomad had the handle 'Lancesf' !
Here is the thread (and I edited the Photobucket links so the images that were once sized to 800 pixels, until Photobucket stopped honoring their
sizing settings, again fit)... http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=78559
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Cool!
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