The Lost Ship in the Desert

[ski3pin]

Are you looking for an adventure? This might interest you.

I stumbled upon these short articles in the archives of the Sacramento Daily Union newspaper from 1870 while researching another subject. I hope you find it intriguing as I do.

From 6 October 1870

and 13 October 1870

and from 16 November 1870

Because I love old maps and was always fascinated by the early maps depicting California as an island -
California As An Island In Maps

It would be easy to imagine early ships traveling north in the Gulf of California looking for a sea route.

I have found three interesting internet posts about the tale of the lost ship.

The Lost Ship In The Desert

Lost Ship Of The Desert

The Lost Viking Ship Of The Desert

I live too far away to take on this adventure and am humbly offering it up to others who may want to make their mark in history by finding the lost ship full of Spanish pearls or Viking treasure.

Ready, set, go!

 

[Cayuse]

Sounds like the makings of a Clive Cussler novel.

 

[Smokecreek1]

Yep Ski-heard about that for years and it's right up there with the "Lost Dutchman" in Colorado and other tails of buried treasure and lost Vikings. Still if I were a tad younger and allot richer, it might add a bit of spice and direction to all those seemingly aimless wanderings around the west I've been on all these years ! After all, nothing better than trying to follow an' old map complete with hard to read notes to some surprise destination!

Smoke

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

I think although interesting,space aliens are involved.
Thanks Ski.
Frank

 

[Cayuse]

After all, nothing better than trying to follow an' old map complete with hard to read notes to some surprise destination!

Smoke

Sounds like many of my trips anyways!

 

[Edgewood]

I actually saw that ship sailing (driving) up 395. A friend and I were heading down for a fall backpacking trip and just north of Bishop we saw a pirate ship going north. This was just before Labor day . Returning a week later we didn't see the ship but sure did see many very dusty cars heading south. Odd ...

 

[pvstoy]

Burning Man.... I'm sure that is where you can find it within a mirage on a playa.

 

[Lighthawk]

A fisherman casts his offering . . .

 

[Edgewood]

Camels are the ships of the desert. Story goes that some were let loose in the southern California desert by the army in 1857.

 

[CougarCouple]

Quartzite AZ on the camels. I think the Army was trying them out. The guy the had to train everyone ended up staying there looking after them if I remember correctly. There is a monument on east end of town.

 

[ski3pin]

United States Camel Corps

Camels are the ships of the desert. Story goes that some were let loose in the southern California desert by the army in 1857.

Quartzite AZ on the camels. I think the Army was trying them out. The guy the had to train everyone ended up staying there looking after them if I remember correctly. There is a monument on east end of town.

 

[CougarCouple]

Sim I have no idea what is going on with my phone. Every time I click you link I get a blank page that says about blank. Anyone else have this problem. Maybe it’s a higher power.

Russ

ps I think that he was called Jolly, an nick name from prounouncing his name incorrectly.

 

[ski3pin]

Hadji Ali (called Hi Jolly) was an Ottoman Turk born in Syria. He died in Quartzite in 1902

He served with the French Army in Algiers before signing on as a camel driver with the US Army.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Ski thanks for your info on this.
Frank