California, San Bernardino County, Barstow
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At 19, he was hired for an expedition to California. They traveled south of the Grand Canyon, crossed the Colorado, then followed the dry bed of the Mojave River and crossed the mountains at Cajon Pass to arrive at San Gabriel Mission in early 1830. In the 1840’s he guided Fremont several times across the high desert.
(Arts, Letters, Music • Exploration) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
At 19, he was hired for an expedition to California. They traveled south of the Grand Canyon, crossed the Colorado, then followed the dry bed of the Mojave River and crossed the mountains at Cajon Pass to arrive at San Gabriel Mission in early 1830. In the 1840’s he guided Fremont several times across the high desert.(Arts, Letters, Music • Exploration) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
