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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 the western Mojave.
Pedro Fages,
an officer whose destiny was to become the first Governor of California, was placed in charge
of a detail to track these criminals down. He left the presidio of San Diego and rode north
through the San Bernardino Valley and into the
Cajon Pass.
He followed along the edge of the
desert at the northern base of the Sierra Madre and then through the
Antelope Valley
and over the Tehachapis and into the immense San Joaquin Valley beyond. He never found them.
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