8/5/2014

8/5/2014

Landmark information

  • Location:
    On Pappas Rd, just S of 33053 Pappas Rd, then walk 1/4 mi W toward trees, 0.5 mi S of Valley Rd, 3.7 mi E of Cantil post office
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Existing
  • Date First Visited:
    5/22/1997
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    8/5/2014
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 35 18.105, W 117 57.256

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Desert Spring
This spring was on the old indian horsethief trail and later (1834) Joe Walker trail. The famished Manly-Jayhawk Death Valley parties (1849-50) were revived here after coming from Indian Wells through Last Chance Canyon. The was also a station on the Nadeau borax freight road.