Table of Contents
Chapter Page
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 Map Page
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 local geographic feature ........ 110 5. Site map of Chubbuck, Eastern Mojave Desert, California ................................................... 163 6. Site Map of Amboy, California............................................................................................. 189 |
