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1.  The Old Woman Meteorite
              The story behind the second largest meteorite ever found in the U.S. ........................... 1

  2.  Cadiz Summit
              Nothing but sagebrush and rattlesnakes ....................................................................14
 
3.  Cadiz and Chambless Junction ......................................................................................44

4.  Bagdad and Points West – Trojan, Siberia, Klondike
             Long abandoned railroad outposts along old Route 66 ................................................ 56

5.  Lower Fenner Valley – Danby, Old Danby, Siam,
                 The towns along the tracks........................................................................................... 74

6.  Skeleton Pass Road and Rice – 1            
             A futile search for oil in an unlikely spot..................................................................... 89

7.  Archer
             Lonely cemetery for young Vicente Lopez................................................................. 96

8.  Chubbuck
             Concrete sentinels whisper of a mining past............................................................. 108

  9.  Milligan
                  A salt mine and a house made of rock salt...................................................................175

  10.  Amboy
              A Route 66 legend ready to be reborn..................................................................... 183
 
11.  What’s In a Name? or The Typonymy of Route 66  by Roger Hathaway...................... 223

12.  Tom Schofield, Prospector
                    Treasure hunting and treasure losing; a prospector’s unfortunate legacy...................... 231
 

Appendix                                                                                                                                                                                                             Page

Appendix I.      List of Bagdad Residents ............................................................................................................................................................. 242 

Appendix II      List of Chubbuck Residents ......................................................................................................................................................... 251

Appendix III.    List of Amboy Residents ..............................................................................................................................................................  272

List of Maps

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1.  Southeast Mojave Desert, California Regional Map showing places referred to in the text ... .. xiv               

2.  Sketch map of Cadiz Summit ........................................................................................... 35

3.  Shaded Relief Map, 1921 & 1929 showing Siam and nearby roads ....................................  86

4.  Index map showing the location of Chubbuck and principal geographic features in the area .......... 110

5.  Site map of Chubbuck, Eastern Mojave Desert, California ................................................ 163

6.  Site Map of Amboy, California................................................................................................................... 189