Re: John Thorndike
Posted by Cat-Scan on April 13, 2004 at 17:00:12:
In Reply to: John Thorndike posted by kiwi on April 13, 2004 at 13:40:11:
Are you referring to Panamint miner John Thorndyke? That Thorndyke invisioned building a hotel at the top of Telescope Peak. He and his wife settled for building a few tourist cabins half a mile lower on Mahogany Flat in Wildrose Canyon. Too cold in the winter and the surrounding area was too hot in the summer. Should have stuck with mining I guess.
Only got a partial paragraph in Lingenfelter's "Death Valley & The Amargosa". Good general reference book if you are in to the early history of the area. Could also be the same Thorndyke who had the Hololulu Mine in South Park Canyon a ways above the bridge and chicken rock, but below the upper portion of South Park.