8/5/2014
8/5/2014
Landmark information
- Location:
On Pappas Rd, just S of 33053 Pappas Rd, then walk 1/4 mi W toward trees, 0.5 mi S of Valley Rd, 3.7 mi E of Cantil post office - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/22/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/5/2014 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 18.105, W 117 57.256
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Desert Spring
This spring was on the old indian horsethief trail and later (1834) Joe Walker trail. The famished Manly-Jayhawk Death Valley parties (1849-50) were revived here after coming from Indian Wells through Last Chance Canyon. The was also a station on the Nadeau borax freight road.