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Introduction The Mojave has been used by many groups through time. During this time climatic changes have taken place and conditions have become more arid. Humans have been influenced by this change and adjusted lifestyles accordingly. Paleo-Indians No one is sure when man first came to the Mojave. Recently, Mojave Desert petroglyphs (rock pictures) have played an important role in debates about the age of the first human occupation ... Desert Indians The Chemehuevi, Mohave, Serrano and Shoshone were American Indian groups that occupied the Mojave Desert when Anglos first came. These Indian groups occupied ... Spanish Explorers Deserters from the Spanish army were the first Anglo to enter the Mojave Desert. They were rumored to be living with the small bands of Indians living in ... American Explorers Jedidiah Smith used the Mohave Indian Trail to cross the Mojave Desert in 1826. The same trail was used by Kit Carson in the 1830s and when he was guide for Captain John Fremont in ... Pioneers There were those wishing to settle in the new lands of California, they came in wagons with their families. After Edward F. Beale rode to the east with news of the discovery of gold, hundreds and then thousands came across the Mojave... Military The Mohave and the Southern Piute began to harass and attack the travelers as they increased in number. To thwart this practice and provide safe passage, the military established redoubts along ... Prospectors & Miners The gold fields of Northern California began drying up. Prospectors came back to the desert to find their fortunes. Once the prospectors made their discovery, they would become miners and work the claim or ... Ranchers The miners had to eat and their were those who would rather make their money feeding them. Ranchers would bring in beef and grow vegetables for the boom towns and mines... Railroads Railroads played a key role in the development of the desert. They could haul in food and haul out ore faster and cheaper than the large wagons designed specifically for the job. They transported ... Homesteaders During the 1900s a series of homestead acts brought many wishing to settle in the desert. These folks either came to the desert for their health or to get away from the ... Route 66 & Hoover Dam During the 1920s, Route 66 appeared out of a desire to improve the road network in the West, which featured a hodgepodge of tracks and trails that had been established by American Indians and pioneers. ... Modern Communities As people moved to the desert villages and towns developed, populations increased and these centers of civilization and culture grew into the desert communities we are familiar with today. |
Native People of the Mojave Explorers, pioneers, prospectors, miners, ranchers ... Pedro Fages Govenor of California Fr. Francisco Garces Jedediah Smith (1799-1831) Early Mojave explorer/trapper Walkara Horsethief Joseph Reddford Walker Scout for General Fremont. Walker found Walker Basin and Walker Pass in 1834. Chief Juan Antonio Cahuilla Indian John Fremont Explorer of the west. His scientific observations helped open up the west to later exlorers and settlers. Jefferson Hunt Captain in the Mormon Battalion - Led the Mojave/San Joaquin Company (Mojave Sand-walking Company) to Southern California, a portion of this company became the ill-fated 'Lost 49'ers'. William Lewis Manly Known for rescuing the Bennett-Arcane party from Death Valley in 1850 Major General James Henry Carleton Edward F. Beale Trail blazer and surveyor Tiburcio Vasquez Tiburcio Vasquez (1839-1875) last of the Mexican banditos to terrorize California in the 1870s Aaron G. Lane Pioneer of the Mojave Remi Nadeau Freighter hauling bullion from Cerro Gordo to Los Angeles John Searles Discovered and developed Borax deposits at Searles dry lake in Trona Burro Schmidt Eccentric miner Pete Aguereberry Death Valley gold miner Shorty Harris Gold hunter extraordinaire Jack Keane Discoverer of the Wonder Mine Charles Brown Shoshone Sheriff, State Senator Death Valley Scotty Promoter, trickster, con-man Bill Keys Gold hunter and rancher/settler Willie Boy Maybe mis-guided Chemhuevi Indian Dr. Darwin French (1822-1902) Military doctor, gold hunter John Brown Road builder Fr. John Crowley Death Valley priest Olive Oatman Kidnapped by the Yavapai, sold to the Mohave Bill Williams Jack Mitchell Mitchell Caverns Johnny Lang Discovered the Lost Horse Mine Kit Carson Amiel W. Whipple Lorenzo Sitgreaves |
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