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On trail up Mt

Wilson Mch 1921

Joseph Torbell and

Chas. While I waited

in Sierra Madre.

A Japanese style of house

crowns the hill. The terraced

gardens surround the

mansion on all sides.

The roadway starts at the

left front of the grounds

and winds around to the

rear and up beside the house

and on in front and…

This scene was west of

El Centro. First after El C

came desert - and a gypsum

or some other kind of crusher,

then a down grade - with mts

in the background. The mts

shown in photo. In the

valley, after the crusher

were…

See the lookout

point at middle

of Cower edge, with

Chas. posing there

Mch 23, 1921.

This scene is above

the beginning of

Bright Angel Trail

"Hermit Trail" and the

camp where we spent

the night of Mch. 23,

1921.

Jan 28 - 1926.

Just one month later

blessed Charley passed

to the Great Beyond.

We all enjoyed this trip,

much of it desert, the greater

part, little knowing what

fate had in store for us

on Feb 28. How busy

we would have…

Jan 28 - 1926

We had heard and

read much about this

Sahara Desert stretch and

the 6 1/2 mi of plank road on

which the traveller crosses

it. During the winter this

sand stretch was sold for

poring to someone in Phoenix.

How…

Somehow we have never

gotten many photos at

S-- Diego - tho its quite a

pretty city with a good bit

of interest close by.

We drove out Point Loma

to the light house and lingered

and looked about a good

bit. This day we carried…

Feb 23 - 1926

Valley, seeing beautiful

Date Palm orchards,

and fields of beans etc.

This scene shows a little

section for me of the fine

Palm orchards which are

helping to make this one time

desert find a place in the

map.…

The morning of Jan 31 - '26

we awakened to hear rain.

Chas. had decided he had

enough of San D-- and

we thought perhaps the

storm would cease by time

we were ready to start north.

He got the car ready, but

after breakfast rain…