Bearhawk Rendezvous at Kanab, Utah

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Goat Canyon Trestle

Source: 2011 Q3 Beartracks, Pat FaganAbandoned Box Cars
A glorious example of man’s ingenuity and persistence can be found by following the tracks of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railroad as it winds its way high above Carrizo Gorge. John Spreckels, of Spreckels sugar fame, was a San Diego resident who was concerned about San Diego’s development. What he felt was needed was a rail line to connect San Diego to markets in the east without having to route through Los Angeles first.

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Cones Airport

Source: 2009 Q2 Beartracks, Pat and Carol Fagan
A throwback to the 1960s that has, so far, managed to fend off the city that built up around it, Cones has down home warmth and charm.Cones Airport
Cones is located right in the heart of Twentynine Palms, CA. The airport coordinates are

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Burro Schmidt’s Tunnel

Source: 2009 Q1 Beartracks, Pat and Carol Fagan
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Think back to when you were a kid. Remember reading the Sunday funnies? Perhaps your comics included a weekly “Ripley’s Believe it or Not”. Mine did. If so, you may have read about Burro Schmidt, or as Ripley dubbed him, “The Human Mole”. Mister Schmidt spent 32 years digging a tunnel nearly ½ mile long through solid granite, using only hand tools and dynamite.

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