San Diego Sojourns: A Region Explored in Photos and Stories

ISBN-13: 9781500167745 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 142 str.

Kenneth Brantingham

Opis

Buckle up for a journey of discovery to the vast region surrounding San Diego County. Old mines, ghost towns, lost missions, graveyards, and roadside oddities are explored in over three dozen vignettes. San Diego Sojourns is an easy and fun read for those who like off-beat stories. It's more than a guide, it's an appreciation for all things unique about the area that includes San Bernardino County, Imperial County, Arizona, and Mexico. Here's what's inside: A town with no inhabitants. An abandoned homestead and the tragedy that befell the family. A tower built to commemorate road builders. The haunting story of a mail order bride still searching for her groom. A 100-year-old road made of wood. A pivotal war battle won on a technicality. The story of a town that prevented an invasion. A town in name only; it's really a manufacturing plant. Two additional California missions missed by most historians. Buildings made with bottles a century ago and still standing. Ancient Indian pictographs that depict a devilish figure. ...and the lost gold of Pegleg Smith"