Скачать или смотреть Lecture on The History of Trona and Searles Valley

Tis lecture was given in the Coso Room of the Maturango Museum on Wednesday, December 9,th. The Museum will hosted a lecture and book-signing on the history of Trona. The lecturers will were James Fairchild and Russell Kaldenberg, and included an introduction to their new book. Trona was once the most populous community in the Upper Mojave Desert. Originally explored by the Death Valley 49ers in 1850, Searles Valley was formed by remnants of the Owens River Lakes. The small towns of Borosolvay, Magnesium, Burnham, and Slaterange City prospered for a period before fading. Homewood Canyon, Westend, Argus, Pioneer Point, and Trona continue to provide pleasant housing for Searles Valley residents. The valley is dominated by mining history, and Searles Valley Minerals still produces products for worldwide markets. Wyatt Earp played cards and gambled at Poeville and was arrested in 1910 in Searles Valley for claim jumping. In 1913, Stafford Wallace Austin helped create the planned town of Trona. Amelia Earhart’s husband, George Putnam, died at the Trona Hospital in 1950. Around Trona and Searles Valley, the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series, is by James L. Fairchild and Russell L. Kaldenberg. It was released in conjunction with The Searles Valley Historical Society. The book includes 224 vintage images, many of which have never been published, and copies will be available for sale and signing. Coauthor James L. Fairchild has lived in Trona since 1963 and has investigated the history of mining methods on Searles Lake for 15 years. Russell L. Kaldenberg is former State Archaeologist for the BLM, and has worked extensively throughout the West on cultural resource projects and oral histories.
Video courtesy of Mark Pahuta