Walker's Pass LbNA #12125
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Nov 11, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Canebrake |
| County: | Kern |
| State: | California |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | PenGwen  |
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| Found by: | CA Breakfast Burritos |
| Last found: | Mar 12, 2022 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 9, 2015 |
Hwy 178 & Pacific Crest Trail
Porta Potties 1 mile over the pass in the Walker Pass Campground.
A Drive by.
Joseph Rutherford Walker (1798-1876) was born in Tennessee and his family moved to western Missouri, which was on the leading edge of settlements to the west, when he was quite young. Walker joined a fur trapping and trading company and gained experience in exploration of the southern Rocky Mountains. In 1825 he guided a government party marking and surveying the Santa Fe Trail. In the 1830s he was appointed guide of Capt. B. L. Bonneville expedition that started at Green River, Wy. Then headed to the Great Salt Lake, down the Humboldt River, south to Walker Lake and west to be the first Euro-Americans to cross the Sierras. From the Yosemite area they continued to San Francisco then south down the San Joaquin Valley to the Kern River over the Greenhorn Mts. Easterly over the Walker Pass, which was crossed may 1, 1834. The expedition headed north through the Owens Valley past Walker Lake intersecting their earlier trail at the Humboldt River. Walker used the Walker Pass many times in the ensuing years including Fremont’s Third Expedition when he guided Fremont’s main body over the pass while Fremont, with a smaller group went directly over the Sierras to Sutter’s Fort.
Clues
Note: The Joshua Tree mentioned in these clues may really be Yuccas. We aren't desert folk so were aren't sure. Just look for a fairly tall dersert plant/bush/tree.
From the junction of Hwy 14 & Hwy 178 head west and up toward Lake Isabella, and the Kern River Valley. When you reach the summit (it will be obvious) park across from Historical Marker # 99. After reading the marker head across the road in a direction of 50 degrees from the marker. This will be an entrance to the Pacific Coast Trail. Head up the trail past the visitor register on your left and very shortly stop when you reach a sign on your right “Owens Peak Wilderness”. At 50 degrees and 30 steps you will see a small Joshua tree bunch. On the northeast side of some rocks 3 steps from the northwest side of the Joshuas you will find the letterbox under some movable rocks.
When researching our clues please be aware that when previous searchers list “ATTEMPTED” on the clue sheets it may reflect more on their abilities as finders than indicate whether the box is viable or not. We do monitor our clues and boxes pretty well and appreciate the notes written to us by those that find or attempt our letterboxes.
Please contact placer directly or through the LBNA chat list regarding status rather than unofficial databases. Up to date status can only be ascertained from placer as other information services will not have current data. The placer does not appreciate listing information about this letterbox on unauthorized information services.
Porta Potties 1 mile over the pass in the Walker Pass Campground.
A Drive by.
Joseph Rutherford Walker (1798-1876) was born in Tennessee and his family moved to western Missouri, which was on the leading edge of settlements to the west, when he was quite young. Walker joined a fur trapping and trading company and gained experience in exploration of the southern Rocky Mountains. In 1825 he guided a government party marking and surveying the Santa Fe Trail. In the 1830s he was appointed guide of Capt. B. L. Bonneville expedition that started at Green River, Wy. Then headed to the Great Salt Lake, down the Humboldt River, south to Walker Lake and west to be the first Euro-Americans to cross the Sierras. From the Yosemite area they continued to San Francisco then south down the San Joaquin Valley to the Kern River over the Greenhorn Mts. Easterly over the Walker Pass, which was crossed may 1, 1834. The expedition headed north through the Owens Valley past Walker Lake intersecting their earlier trail at the Humboldt River. Walker used the Walker Pass many times in the ensuing years including Fremont’s Third Expedition when he guided Fremont’s main body over the pass while Fremont, with a smaller group went directly over the Sierras to Sutter’s Fort.
Clues
Note: The Joshua Tree mentioned in these clues may really be Yuccas. We aren't desert folk so were aren't sure. Just look for a fairly tall dersert plant/bush/tree.
From the junction of Hwy 14 & Hwy 178 head west and up toward Lake Isabella, and the Kern River Valley. When you reach the summit (it will be obvious) park across from Historical Marker # 99. After reading the marker head across the road in a direction of 50 degrees from the marker. This will be an entrance to the Pacific Coast Trail. Head up the trail past the visitor register on your left and very shortly stop when you reach a sign on your right “Owens Peak Wilderness”. At 50 degrees and 30 steps you will see a small Joshua tree bunch. On the northeast side of some rocks 3 steps from the northwest side of the Joshuas you will find the letterbox under some movable rocks.
When researching our clues please be aware that when previous searchers list “ATTEMPTED” on the clue sheets it may reflect more on their abilities as finders than indicate whether the box is viable or not. We do monitor our clues and boxes pretty well and appreciate the notes written to us by those that find or attempt our letterboxes.
Please contact placer directly or through the LBNA chat list regarding status rather than unofficial databases. Up to date status can only be ascertained from placer as other information services will not have current data. The placer does not appreciate listing information about this letterbox on unauthorized information services.