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Oak Wilde Camp,

about Feb [crossed out] Jan. 31 1924.

On stone wall - Wheaton,

Denny, Mrs. Hamilton, Denny,

Hatchard, Porter, Hofman, Simpson

Lorke, Sargent, Wheaton Sargent.

Front of picture:

Arroyo Seco Canyon

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Feb 26, 1921

Going down mt

Rubidoux on the side

you first see, going in

from Los Angeles.

Below is show a wide

valley with mountains

in the background;

the highest peak is

Mount San Antonio

over 10 thousand

feet…

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Jan 29 - 1926

The second and third

nights we spent in San Diego

at famous Hotel Grant.

This hotel was built by

Ulysses Grant - son of Pres.

Grant who makes San Diego

his home.

We called to see the G.K. [illegible]

visited…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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"Hermit Trail" and the

camp where we spent

the night of Mch. 23,

1921.

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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
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