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    Burnt Wagons is a former settlement in Inyo County, California, near Stovepipe Wells. It was located in Death Valley 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Death...
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    Death Valley '49ers (category California Gold Rush)
    to leave their wagons and belongings behind and walk to civilization. They slaughtered several oxen and used the wood of their wagons to cook the meat...
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    wagons and about 300 head of horse and cattle east to Salt Lake City in 1848. The wagons were veterans of the 1846 or 1847 emigration as California had...
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    for many emigrants. Three types of wagons were pulled: Conestoga wagons, a heavy type of covered wagon Covered wagon ("prairie schooners"), lighter than...
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    ten) and Timothy (aged six), were burnt to death by a gang while the three slept in the family car (a station wagon), at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar...
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    intrepid travelers floated their wagons and swam their stock across to join the north side trail. Some lost their wagons and teams over the falls. The trails...
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    before he drove on north. Santa Clarita, California topics Rancho San Francisco Death Valley '49ers § Burnt Wagons (Jayhawkers) "Castaic Junction". Geographic...
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    Sierra Pelona Ridge (category Mountains of Los Angeles County, California)
    Reservoir and the St. Francis Reservoir, both now drained and destroyed. Burnt Peak: 5,788 ft (1,764 m) Liebre Mountain: 5,760+ ft (1,756+ m) Sawmill Mountain:...
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    Cajon Pass (redirect from Cajon, California)
    Rich traveled through Cajon Pass in covered wagons on their way from Salt Lake City to southern California. A prominent rock formation in the pass, where...
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    The first Lakeport courthouse was built of wood in 1861. The building burnt under suspicious circumstances in 1867. In 1864, the Cache Creek Dam was...
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    (link) "T. A. Work Starts Life As Driver Of Milk Wagon". Salinas Morning Post. Salinas, California. December 19, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2022...
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  • 1994 (67th) 1 1 Blue Sky 1994 (67th) 1 1 Bob's Birthday 1994 (67th) 1 1 Burnt by the Sun 1994 (67th) 1 1 Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life 1994 (67th)...
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    1856 to 1858. With oil lamps and candle for lighting, the Shasta hotel burnt in 1853 and Redding hotel was lost to fire in 1855. Tower and Camden had...
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    Emigrant Trail in Wyoming (category California Trail)
    Sweetwater valley to the ninth and final crossing of the Sweetwater at Burnt Ranch. In 1853, a new route named the Seminoe Cutoff was established on...
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    used the wood of their wagons to cook the meat and make jerky. The place where they did this is today referred to as "Burnt Wagons Camp" and is located...
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    In 1845, he was part of a party that set out to find a way for covered wagons to traverse the Cascade Mountains. It was led by Dr. Elijah White and left...
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  • Ranch Chuck Wagon, Byers, TX (eliminated after the dessert) Ernest Servantes, Executive Chef, Texas Lutheran University/Barbecue Pitmaster, Burnt Bean Co...
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  • Thomas died in Oxnard, California, 11 November 1903 at the age of 88 years. Thomas Clark letter says 17 mares and five wagons. TK Clark says 20 horses...
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    four troopers killed, and then follows the Apache. They discover the burnt out wagon and corporal Bell's wife who has been killed, but there is no sign...
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    contained 73 wagons, draft animals, and livestock, and carried enough supplies to provision the group for one year. On April 5, the wagon train moved west...
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    Mountains proper. This ascent was among the few roadways accessible by the wagons pioneers used to the west. It passed through the continental divide and...
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  • include the California Hotel (built in the 1920s, demolished for a parking lot in the 1980s); the Stewart Hotel (burnt in the 1890s, rebuilt, burnt on Thanksgiving...
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    that the acrylamides in burnt or well-cooked food cause cancer in humans; Cancer Research UK categorizes the idea that burnt food causes cancer as a "myth"...
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    first wagon trains crossed in 1832. Pacific Creek was the first water that the trains encountered after leaving the Sweetwater River at Burnt Ranch on...
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    Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 (category 1871 in California)
    1871 was a racial massacre targeting Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, California, United States that occurred on October 24, 1871. Approximately 500 white...
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    the one-day occupation of the town, the British took guns, ammunition, wagons, horses, livestock and other foodstuffs. French troops that were part of...
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  • Entertainment), an American film and animation studio based in Santa Monica, California, United States. This includes feature films, television specials, shorts...
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    activities, and holidays such as Lincoln's Birthday and Garvey Day. A fire burnt the building's roof in 1931, and the UNIA's activism in Oakland declined...
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    Scouts of America. Contents Active Camps Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana...
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    chest to knee level. Further in the American West, some sold liquor from wagons, and saloons were often formed of materials at hand, including "sod houses...
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