Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Emory Pass, A Little-Known New Mexico Pass

Emory Pass, New Mexico Twain Harte, CA, Library

 

    On Sunday 8 May 2016 using NM Route 152 I decided to drive from Caballo to Silver City over the Black Range. Just after leaving Caballo I stopped to take a few photos of the clouds.

 

 

 

 



    I ended up doing a 360 -- that is, taking photos as I turned in a complete circle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Here's a final photo from near Caballo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    After passing through Hillsboro and one or two smaller towns I reached the mountains where I had looked for a level spot to boondock in 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    A photo of one of the high ridges as I drove generally west.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Though not level, I could have parked here in 2012 had I driven this far.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    "Are we to the top yet?"

 

    "No, but we seem to be gaining elevation."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Note that Emory Pass was discovered and used by Lt W.H. Amory, U.S. Army, in 1846, while it was still part of Mexico.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Routes:
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  • Su 12 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Tuol Lib - Sonora Lib - Big Lots - W/M - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • M 13 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - Safeway - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • T 14 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - Big Lots - $ Tree - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • W 15 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - Save-Mart - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • Th 16 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - Safeway - FS Rd#3N01 bd
  • F 17 Jun Actual Route: FS Rd#3N01 bd - Sonora Lib - Oakdale - Banta Rd W/M - Pacheco Pass - Santa Cruz
  • Sa 18 Jun Actual Route: Mission St Safeway - CA1N bd - Lighthouse Pt - S/W - CA1N bd
  • Su 19 Jun Actual Route: CA1N bd - Lighthouse Pt - Costco - DWL's - WHL's - CA1N bd
  • M 20 Jun Actual Route: CA1N bd - Lighthouse Pt - Marina W/M - Aptos Lib - CA1N bd
  • T 21 Jun Actual Route: CA1N bd - Lighthouse Pt - SV Lib - Safeway - Garfield Pk Lib - CA1N bd
  • W 22 Jun Route: CA1N bd - Lighthouse Pt - Aptos Lib - Garfield Pk Lib - S/W - CA1N bd

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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Two Carter Cemetery Plots

Two Carter Cemetery Plots Sonora, CA, Library

    Carter Cemetery is the only cemetery in Tuolumne, California. It was established in 1854. For more information check out the the first link below, which is a Find-A-Grave piece with a photo of the main gate.

    Because the sun was directly behind the headstones [on T 7 Jun 2016] I did not try to photograph them. The one on the left is for Katie Wilcoxson, who was born in Colorado in 1885 and died in Tuolumne in 1939. Her husband Ernest's headstone is somewhat more complete. He was born on 23 Sep 1888 in Louisville, CO, and died in Tucson, AZ, on 7 Feb 1950.

 



    This second plot contains the remains of three Wilcoxsons as well as Cordelia's mother "Lizie" Farley. The following are some closeups.

 

 



    The joint headstone for David W. Wilcoxson Sr and his wife M. Cordelia Shackelford Wilcoxson. He was born in Louisville, CO, in 1896 and died in Watsonville, CA, in 1984 while Cordelia was born in Comanche, TX, in 1898 and died in Sonora, CA, in 1980.

 

 



    The middle headstone is for Martha Elizabeth "Lizzie" Farley Shackelford Colbaugh, who was born in Lakeport, CA, in 1874 and died in Tuolumne, CA, in 1949.

 

 

 



    The headstone to the left side of this plot is for David W. Wilcoxson, Jr, who served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWII in New Guinea and the Philippines. He was born in Tuolumne in 1922 and died in San Jose, CA, in 1968.

 

 

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  • M 6 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - W/M - Lib Pk Lot - Tuol Lib - M-Wuk Lib - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • T 7 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - Twain Harte Lib - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • W 8 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - Safeway - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • Th 9 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - W/M - Big Lots - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • F 10 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - USFS - VA Clinic - Sonora Lib - Big Lots - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • Sa 11 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Tuol Lib - Sonora Lib - Big Lots - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • Su 12 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Tuol Lib - Sonora Lib - Big Lots - W/M - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • M 13 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - Safeway - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • T 14 Jun Actual Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - Big Lots - $ Tree - NF Tuol Riv bd
  • W 15 Jun Route: NF Tuol Riv bd - Sonora Lib - 99 Cnt Store - NF Tuol Riv bd

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