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Salina Cuarenta
why is Salina Cuarenta called Salina Cuarenta?
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Because it's between Salinas 39 and 41?
No laughs?
Maybe simply named after the ranch? Which came first the ranch or the salt flat?
OK, well here we see the 'Quarente Ranch' on a 1930 map:
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‘Cause it’s below Cuarenta Mesa. Why Cuarenta? A story about 40 soldiers buried a treasure there, or some such tale…
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no, it is not below Mesa Cuarenta
Salina, Mesa, Arroyo, Rancho and Estero with that Cuarenta name are many miles apart - but within 15 miles of each other
[Edited on 8-6-2021 by 4x4abc]
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The map label is wrong, Mesa Cuarenta is the mesa not the salt flat or low desert. It is called Mesa La Salina on most modern maps
Here is a photo I took of it, a few days before I was at your house:
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Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | no, it is not below Mesa Cuarenta
Salina, Mesa, Arroyo, Rancho and Estero with that Cuarenta name are many miles apart - but within 15 miles of each other
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The salina is below a big flocking mesa, call it what you like.
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how does that help to figure out where the name came from?
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I explained cuarenta above. Go read it again.
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seems like we have an answer
Salina del Cuarenta is 40 miles away from San Ignacio
on the old (mostly impassable) road along the bottom of Mesa La Salina
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Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | seems like we have an answer
Salina del Cuarenta is 40 miles away from San Ignacio
on the old (mostly impassable) road along the bottom of Mesa La Salina
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40 miles, 40 soldiers, same same, eh?
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Odd a distance in miles was used? However, given that the first vehicles (1920s) may have been from the states and their odometers read in miles...
who knows?
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got that input from a local resident on one of the Baja history sites.
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to give you an update
one of my Mexican friends claims he has a map from the 1860's
saying "Salina de Cuarenta Martires"
now, Cuarenta Martires is a well known event for active religious people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste
waiting for a copy of that map
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Great discovery, if true. Sounds more plausible than 40 miles.
No Cuarenta on these maps... but nearby (10 miles from Rancho Cuarenta) Patrocinio sure is!
1823 Map:
1864 Map:
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we'll find it
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I already told you the source of the name, 40 soldiers (or sailors?) buried a treasure somewhere on the mesa…
This is story told by locals at the lagoon
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Mexicans love fairy tales as much as Americans savor conspiracy theories
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and always involve hidden gold!
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found the 1860's map - it is indeed Salina Cuarenta Martires
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Please post or email it to me, if you can!
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