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People in the Mojave Desert


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, at first along the Old Spanish Trail. Mormons made significant use of the trail and variations became known as the Mormon Trail.

Wagon parties of note during this period were the Bennett-Arcane party and Rose-Bailey. Bennett-Arcane had decided to try an ambiguous short-cut which ended in stranding them in Death Valley without food or ample water. The Rose-Bailey party was attacked by Mohave Indians while attempting to cross the the Colorado River. Lives were lost and the Rose-Bailey party made the long trek back to Sante Fe. The 'Lost 49ers,' as the Bennett-Arcane party became known, were rescued by the heroic efforts of two of its young members, William Manly and John Rogers. Although the massacre of the Oatman family occured far to the south, Olive and Maryann Oatman were held as slaves by the Mohave Indians for several years. Maryann died of malnutrition during a famine, and Olive Oatman was eventually rescued.

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Early Man
Desert Indians
Spanish Explorers
American Explorers
Pioneers
Military
Prospectors & Miners
Ranchers
Railroads
Homesteaders
Route 66 & Hoover Dam
Modern Communities


Pioneers


Captain Jefferson Hunt
Hunt guided several parties of gold prospectors from Utah to California. Many of the pioneers he led in the 1849 ...

William Lewis Manly
The trail the "Lost 49er's" attempted to blaze led them into the fiery gates of Hell, ...

Aaron G. Lane
Captain A. G. Lane, the first permanent settler on the High Desert. In 1858 Lane located at a spot about one-half mile below ...

Olive Oatman
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Old Spanish Trail


John Rowland
William Workman
Isaac Slover
William Pope
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