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The Lincoln Highway in Basin and Range – Goodyear Cutoff and Gold Hill
I left Callao with some regret – the beauty and the isolation are so attractive. The photo below is of the road from Gold Hill looking back to the flats. Callao would be the vague line of green in the … Continue reading
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The Lincoln Highway in Basin and Range – The Old vs. The New – On To Ibapah
Let’s review the object of this Salt Lake Desert route: it was to bypass the salt flats and travel on relatively hard ground from Dugway to Ibapah. Look at this sketch of the area. Click on it to enlarge – … Continue reading
Posted in Callao, Desert, Dugway, Gold Hill, Goodyear Cutoff, Lincoln Highway, Salt Lake Desert, Skull Valley, Utah
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The Lincoln Highway in Basin and Range – Callao, Utah
Approaching from the east, near Boyd’s Station, Callao looks like a thin, green oasis against the impressive and often snow covered heights of the Deep Creek Range. It is an oasis of sorts, a small farming community whose pioneer history … Continue reading
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