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CITY CENTER
FARMER JOHN
PANCAKE
HOUSE
Gry CeeTEe
VACANCE
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA
It was near this spot that Perry built 10 huge
wagons in 1883 to haul borax from the Harmony
Borax Works in Death Valley to the railroad in
Mojave. The road went up Wingate Pass and
across the desert to Mojave. The camps were
set up every 16 miles, a day's travel when load-
ed with borax. On the return trip water and feed
was hauled to the camps along with water that
was left in 500 gal. water tanks. In 1887 large
quantities of cheap borax came from Italy that
soon closed the Death Valley operation. The
wagons were so well built that in five years of
operation there was not one single break-down.
M.P.
Photo-color by Merle Porter
© & Pub. by Royal Pictures-Colton, California
B909
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