Monument

Danby Rest Area Monument

Several organizations were resonsible for erecting the Danby Rest Area Monument.  It is located next to the large parking area that used to serve as the rest area. For eastbound Route 66 travelers, the monument is on the right at about 2.5 miles from Cadiz Summit. Westbound travelers will see it on the left about […]

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Blue Cut Monument

Blue Cut was originally a rest area for Route 66.  It was named for the bluish tint on the rugged hillside to the south.  This bluish rugged hillside is the San Andreas Fault. In the 1930s, this was also the spot where authorities stopped refugees from the Dustbowl regions of the mid-west that were looking

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Daggett Garage

Daggett is one of the oldest towns in the entire Mojave Desert.  When the Santa Fe railroad arrived in 1882, Daggett began as a major railroad town.  Because of the railroad, it was a supply point for many desert outposts, including the mining camps of Death Valley.  Mining from mid 1880s through the 1890s also

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