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Daggett Garage

26 Sunday Jun 2022

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Daggett Garage

The Daggett Garage began life in the 1880s at the borax town of Marion, located on the northeast shore of Calico Dry Lake, as a locomotive repair roundhouse for the narrow-gauge Borate and Daggett Railroad. Daggett blacksmith Seymour Alf used a twenty-mule team to move the building to the Waterloo Mill and mine, southwest of Calico, circa 1896, where it served a similar purpose for a silver ore narrow-gauge railroad. Walter Alf, Seymour Alf’s son, moved the building to its current location in Daggett circa 1912.

The building was an auto repair shop on the National Old Trails Highway until World War II, when it became a mess hall for United States Army troops guarding the local railroad bridges. The Fouts brothers bought the building in 1946 and operated an automotive garage and machine shop in the building until the mid-1980s. The building is currently owned and operated by the Golden Mining and Trucking Company.

This plaque (located in Daggett, California) was dedicated May 4, 2003, by the Billy Holcomb chapter of E Clampus Vitus and the Daggett Historical Society, Inc.

Daggett

26 Sunday Jun 2022

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This community long served as a supply point and railhead for the mines of Death Valley and Calico. In the early 1880’s the first borax produced in Death Valley was hauled by mule team to the Atlantic & Pacific R.R. (later the Santa Fe) at Daggett. The station formerly Calico, was established in 1882 to service the silver mines, but was soon renamed for Lt. Gov. John Daggett. In 1888 it was connected to Calico by the narrow gauge Calico R.R. Silver prices dropped in the early 1890’s and the mines closed. At this time rich borax deposits were being worked at nearby Borate. 20 mule teams hauled the borax to Daggett for rail shipment. An era ended in 1898 when the famous teams were replaced by the Borate & Daggett R.R. By 1907 borax mining had ceased in favor of richer deposits near Death Valley.

This plaque (located in Daggett, California) was placed by the Billy Holcomb chapter of the ancient and honorable order of E Clampus Vitus, in cooperation with the Daggett Historical Society on Oct. 15, 1995.

Daggett, California

26 Sunday Jun 2022

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Daggett, California in San Bernardino County.

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Daggett Museum

07 Tuesday Jun 2022

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The Daggett Museum in Daggett, California.

Roy’s Cafe

12 Saturday Dec 2020

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Barstow, California, Diners, historic, Neon Signs, Restaurants, Route 66, San Bernardino County, Vintage Signs

Roy’s Cafe is a classic route 66 diner in downtown Barstow.

Located at 413 E Main St.

Worlds Tallest Thermometer

24 Friday Aug 2018

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Worlds Tallest Thermometer, located in Baker, California.

The World’s Tallest Thermometer is a landmark located in Baker, California. It is an electric sign that commemorates the record 134 degrees Fahrenheit recorded nearby on July 10, 1913.

It stands 134 feet tall and is capable of displaying a maximum temperature of 134 °F as a reference to the temperature record.

It was built in 1991 by the Young Electric Sign Company of Salt Lake City, Utah for Willis Herron, a local Baker businessman who spent $700,000 to build the thermometer next to his Bun Boy restaurant.

Soon after its construction, 70-mph winds snapped the thermometer in half, and it was rebuilt. Two years later, severe gusts made the thermometer sway so much that its light bulbs popped out. Concrete was then poured inside the steel core to reinforce the monument.(*)

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Valley Wells Rest Area Northbound

24 Friday Aug 2018

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Valley Wells Rest Area Northbound, for the Southbound rest area across the freeway from this one visit this page.

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Barstow Harvey House

25 Saturday Feb 2017

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Harvey Houses were legendary in the history of Western rail travel. Operated by Fred Harvey in conjunction with this Santa Fe Railway, the network of restaurant-hotels set a new standard in quality meal service. Barstow‘s Spanish-Moorish “Casa Del Desierto” opened in 1911 and closed in 1971. It was registered as one of the last and finest remaining examples of the West’s famous Harvey Houses.

Waterman Junction Museums

25 Saturday Feb 2017

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Located on the north end of Barstow,

There are a couple of museums here, the Route 66 Mother Road Museum, the West American Railroad Museum and also the Barstow Harvey House.

Barstow Main Street Murals

25 Saturday Feb 2017

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Barstow, California, Murals, San Bernardino County

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Some photos of some of the many impressive murals around downtown Barstow.

The area is covered in art, murals and history and it is really cool to walk around and see it all. This page will be a sort of hub to link out to individual murals that I have documented which will be listed here:

  • Barstow Route 66
  • The Beacon Hotel
  • Casa Del Desierto (423 E Main)
  • Rainbows Over The Basin
  • William Barstow Strong (401 E Main)
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