John M
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1903 exploration in the San Pedro Martir of Baja
10 days ago or so I posted a story about three generations of the Charles Nordhoff family and their stories/books about Baja in the late 1800s and
into the 1900s. Following up on that research I found a Los Angeles Examiner newspaper story about a subsequent trip taken by Walter Nordhoff and a
few others into the San Pedro Martir mountains. This trip lasted a bit over 30 days. The article follows.
Additional stuff about the trip will follow tomorrow.
John M
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John Harper
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Wow, the game list is incredible, and they caught rainbow trout!!! The "Nelson's Rainbow" (or Santo Domingo) trout of Baja. I'm lucky to at least
have that in common with these pioneers. Thanks for such a fascinating article from the past. And, I also have a Luger pistol and an old .30-30!
I think Nordhoff was possibly involved in transplanting the trout to a few other areas, some of which are accessible today. There's an article here
on BN about that fortuitous project.
John
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John M
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Trout
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Pictured are two photos from that trip - their trout, plus comment about the source. More images tomorrow. Image isn't so clear but it from a long
time ago.
JM
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Amazing story. I can just imagine the desert alive with all of the wild game they talk about! I too own my grandfathers 30-30, I shot my first deer
with it.
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Wow, those are huge fish for the waters they inhabit. I've so far only caught one about 10-11" at most. It must have been epic fishing back then.
Today, the common belief is that they don't ever get that big, a kind of stunted subspecies due to the small waters they were found.
Obviously not true.
John
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Quote: Originally posted by John Harper  | Wow, the game list is incredible, and they caught rainbow trout!!! The "Nelson's Rainbow" (or Santo Domingo) trout of Baja. I'm lucky to at least
have that in common with these pioneers. Thanks for such a fascinating article from the past. And, I also have a Luger pistol and an old .30-30!
I think Nordhoff was possibly involved in transplanting the trout to a few other areas, some of which are accessible today. There's an article here
on BN about that fortuitous project.
John
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I bumped up the post with the Baja trout history. >> http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=59581
[Edited on 11-19-2021 by David K]
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John Harper
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In 1903, that Luger would have been a "state of the art" firearm, probably quite rare in the west. The venerable Colt 1911 was still just a gleam in
John Browning's eye.
John
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My grandfather was from San Francisco, and I have his Colt 380 Automatic. It is a hammerless fore runner to the 1911 45 caliber, and is still a good
shooter!
Stamped into the slide is the patent date (April 20, 1897) and what might be the the manufacture date (Dec 22, 1903). He carried it the aftermath of
the 1906 earthquake, until he hopped a steamship to Nome during that gold rush.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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