Manly/Rogers escape routes

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Posted by Lara on April 05, 2002 at 20:49:15:

Ok, here are the camps as analyzed by the Johnsons in their book "Escape from Death Valley" 1987. There is a lot more detail in the book - this is just the bare basics to give you all an idea of where and when. I sure hope the spacing is ok.
First Route out:

Night of:

Jan 15 Above Arrastre Spring, Panamint Range
16 Fish Canyon, Slate Range
17 Burro Canyon, Argus Range
18 Indian Wells Spring at Homestead, base of Owens Peak
19 Forlorn Hope Spring, Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains
20 Near California City
21 Rainwater holes between Buckhorn and Rosamond Lakes, Edwards, AFB
23 Babbling brook, Soledad Canyon, 2 miles south of Acton
24 Soledad Canyon (Manly is lame)
25 4 miles east of the San Francisco ranch house
26 A miles of two west of the the ranch house
27 Mission San Fernando
28 Ranch house, Rancho San Francisco
29 Ranch house, Rancho San Francisco
30 San Francisquito Canyon (with road builders) ?????
31 East of Elizabeth Lake

Going back:

Feb 1 Rainwater holes between Buckhorn and
Rosamond Lakes, Edwards AFB
2 Desert Spring (willow corral) near Cantil
3 At or east of Indian Wells Spring
4 Paxton Ranch (site) Indian Wells valley
5 Indian Joe (Providence) Spring, Argus Range
6 Northeast of Manly Pass, Slate Range
7 Redlands Spring in Redlands Canyon, Panamint Range
8 At or near Mesquite Well, Death Valley
9 on the 26th day Manly and Rogers arrived at Bennetts Well ( long camp) Death Valley.

Taking families out:

Feb. 10 Bennetts Well
11 4 or 5 miles south of Bennetts Well
12 Galena Canyon, Panamint Range
13 Arrastre Spring, Panamint Range
14 Redlands Spring in Redlands Canyon, Panamint Range
15 Fish Canyon, Slate Range
16 Lower Isham Canyon (at dogleg), Slate Range
17 Indian Joe (Providence) Spring, Argus Range
18 Junction of Sweetwater Creek and Moscow Canyon, Argus Range
19 Paxton Ranch (site) Indian Wells valley
20 Indian Wells valley
21 Indian Wells Spring at Homestead, base of Owens Peak
22 Southeast of Freeman Junction
23 Forlorn Hope Spring, Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains
24 Small playa 2 miles southwest of Last Chance Canyon
25 Desert Spring (willow corral) near Cantil
26 Mojave Desert near California City
27 Rainwater holes between Buckhorn and Rosamond Lakes, Edwards AFB
28 Northeast of Palmdale

Mar 1 Barrel Springs southeast of Palmdale
2 North of Soledad Pass ( snow line)
3 Babbling brook, Soledad Canyon, 2 miles south of Acton
4 Soledad Canyon
5 Soledad Canyon
6 7 or 8 miles from the ranch house
7 Rancho San Francisco


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