Exploring the Buried Town of Newberry Springs
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Located in the Mojave Desert, east of Barstow, CA, the Route 66 town of Newberry Springs was created thanks in part to underground water supplied by the Mojave River. But that same river is part of the reason a part of the town has been reclaimed by the desert, with houses becoming sand dunes.
In the northern part of Newberry Springs there was a neighborhood that was built in in the dry riverbed of the Mojave River, a river that travels most of its 110 miles underground. A combination of the placement of the houses, road management by the city, and over use of the underground water put this neighborhood in a constant battle with blowing sand. A battle they were doomed to lose.
In this video we travel to the buried neighborhood in Newberry Springs and explore sand dunes with the tops of houses and trees poking out of them.
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I live in Newberry Springs...150k will buy a livable property with mobile home and two acres. The air is clean and quite peaceful here...
I lived in Newberry as a kid. Started off living in the motel that was next to the Sidewinder Cafe, both of which catered to route 66 travelers before the interstate was put in. That Cafe went on to be the Baghdad cafe after the movie, of which quite a bit of it was shot in the same run down Motel. Then my family moved out into a piece of property very near where these homes were, and we lived out there for a year before we got electricity. We had horses and pasture land. It was an adventure, but just the same, when I turned 18 I left immediately. After having lived in the desert, some people say you carry a piece of it around in your heart, but I don't believe that's true. Instead it keeps a piece of you there. If you ever get to go out to the Ord Mountains south of Newberry, some of the most amazing petroglyphs I've ever seen in my life still exist out there. Thank you for taking me back to this area. A lot of memories for sure.
Saw a big horned sheep there 10 yrs. ago.
What a various country usa is! You have many stories to tell. Thanks. Me in Korea and have grandchildern in New Mexico.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I had family out the other way in Lancaster, it was all desert and now mostly paved. Take care! 🌵🏜️
I lived in Newberry Springs too. I hated taking the bus to Dagget and waiting on a dirt road for the bus. I lived on the other side of town off Harvard Rd. When did you live there? I remember I had a friend that lived down from Bagdad Cafe with a giant barn in the back yard his parents store stuff in.
@@nationalist818 I think I lived there like 78 to 85 maybe? I know I graduated in '85, and I remember going to Newberry Elementary School before going to daggett. Daggett was the high school before they built the new one, and if I remember correctly, we were the first class to graduate from the new high school. I was part of the AG program with Mr. Gin and I know we planted a lot of the trees around that place.
I grew up in Palmdale and we used to explore everything out in the desert when I was young. The desert has always amazed me. I learned early on that without human activity and maintenance, the desert will always reclaim itself.
@@GAVACHO5150 very cool. We lived in Palmdale for around 30 years. I went to Sage Middle School and Palmdale High School, class of '74. We moved there from Long Beach california. I could never imagine growing up in the city as the desert was mostly always my home. We used to go up into the mines around Rosamond and Mojave. But that was long before the population took over. Drugs were also rampant in the Antelope valley. And another reason why I had to move lol. At one time, it would have been a great place to raise a family. But now it's nothing more than an extension of San Fernando Valley. It really break my heart see what has happened to my little desert town. Nothing like it was before. And the culture of people that have moved there made it a horrible place to live. It turned it just as crazy and violent as San Fernando. But the little town of Mojave and Rosemond in California City have all grown in size but they are still small towns or small cities. But there's just too many criminals living around there that I would not even feel safe out in the desert anymore. You never know who that is approaching you out in the middle of the desert in their own vehicle. The only living relatives I have left there is my oldest brother who lives up in a closed community up above Tehachapi california. And even he is working on getting out of there. I don't know what took him so long LOL
@@GAVACHO5150 the same happened to White Fence farms. That was kind of a higher-end neighborhood with everybody having a little bit of property. The area is now unrecognizable because people are not keeping up on their houses and there are broken down cars in yards. And no telling who lives in those neighborhoods now.
@@GAVACHO5150 drugs were always a problem in the Antelope Valley is far back as I can remember after I learned about it all. I used to call the Antelope Valley, methylope Valley.
The only part of the Antelope Valley I like now is when you drive about 40 miles past The Buttes, way past Lake la. Where the desert really begins now. Love my desert. Just not so much the people in it.
You're too young to remember the commercial that said "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature"
How about it's not nice to fool WITH Mother Nature?
I used to live in Palmdale as well. R-4 was a busy area. My first home there only cost us 18K. And it was a corner lot. One block down was the desert and we used to ride thru on our motorcycles. My husband grew up in Littlerock. Back then it was acres and acres of orchards. I helped open the first McDonald's in Palmdale, by Hwy 14. People back then were friendly and it was a quiet town back then in the early 1970's.
Sad to see it now. I drove thru the area in 2008 on my way to North Carolina, and it was depressing.
Mr. Steve I have one word to tell you: you are darn GREAT. You told me all kinds of stories Huel Howser didn't tell me. Now I am addicted to you channel.
Former resident of Barstow and the Mojave high desert. Enjoy your snippets as it brings back the memories. Well,done.
Great story .... Newburied Springs. Thanks
Good one!
I've lived in San Bernardino County for over 60 years, yet I've learned so much I didn't know about our County from your channel. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Steve 😊
Thank you. I'm glad we can be informative.
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Hey Sidetrack,i subscibed recently. Recently i have become a tire head , truck guy and want to do some overlanding. I am just wondering what kind of rig/truck you drive and more specifically what size tire you have?
This is without a doubt my favorite channel on RUclips! A weekend explorer myself, and having spent a good deal of time in the San Diego area, I can’t get enough! Thank you a million for this content!
Another great video! Very interesting to learn the history of this doomed settlement. That one house near the end that built the curved retaining wall sure put up a valiant effort against the encroaching sand. But, as you mentioned, mother nature always wins in the end. The background music you had playing throughout the video was very nice and not obtrusive.
Thank you. The wall looks like it helped a lot, but I imagine at some point when the roads have completely disappeared you just have to call it a day lol.
@@SidetrackAdventures By the way, the title of your video, The Town Under the Sand, would be a great title for a novel.
I was stationed at Ft Irwin in the early '80s. I wished I could have met someone with your type of knowledge about the area. I remember one storm that swept my buddy's car off the road with sand. Unmerciful. Thank You for the stories.
‘Mother Nature is undefeated’. Good one Steve. You are the master of understatement 😅. I would love to see some photos of the town when people were living there. I was watching your drone drift over the house with the curved retaining wall and saw a guy out there shoveling sand and throwing it over the wall. I’m sure some of the residents did that until they had a sudden grasp of the obvious. Thanks for providing us with another interesting location. Well done. 👍☮️🌞❤️
I looked around but couldn't find any pictures from when they were still occupied. I hoped Google had an old satellite photo at least, but none that zoomed in enough unfortunately.
Puts a new meaning to sands of time never controlled by man.
We have driven through Newberry Springs many times on R66. Never knew this part of town existed. Very interesting, Steve. Thank you for a great explore.
Thank you. I'm glad you guys liked it.
@@GAVACHO5150 With great difficulty, we don't show the tears or the frustration!
I'm amazed at how quickly the desert eats it up! By the way, the house I'm in today was built in 1910. We can't get a nail through the oak beams anymore they are so hard! It doesn't take 200,000 years to turn a piece of wood into a rock! Good to know I got a sturdy house!
I checked out death valley and searles valley many years agodown by stove pipe mills... man the ruins and crazy things we saw there... amazing when you go up a path for miles and find old charcoal houses build of stone way out in nowhere nothing else around... we have first settlement ruins here in the north east... old towns and orchards from the 1700- 1800's now gone to woods and swamp... so cool to ride trails there thinkin there was a town there hundreds of years ago and im stumblin over it every turn on the trails i ride...
No Steve, this is where someone TRIED to build on a dry lake bed. And was immediately corrected by Mother Nature. Happens alot in that area.
They lasted about 50 years so it wasn't that immediate.
I used to live in Barstow and had a lady where I worked at that lived in that area. There was a fort that was built near there (c 1860s?) that washed away from heavy rains. There's a marker where it was located. If you live outside of Barstow forget about having anything nice as it will be sandblasted. The area used to be ok. It was sort of like going back in time as some were decent and friendly but others were not. I got out of there as the riff raff that could no longer afford to live in LA moved in and brought their problems with them.
I stopped and checked out the marker for the fort actually. I was wondering if there was any trace of it.
@@SidetrackAdventures there are still remnants of the fort and there has been caretake out there. i think there is a hunting club that uses the area.
@@SidetrackAdventures who knows what happened to it. That area is also the western start of the old government road. Lots of historical stuff on it but an off road 4x4 is needed.
People from la moving to barstow?? Yikees thats when you know its getting bad
I think alot of the riff raff have moved to Victorville and Adelanto too.
Back in 1989 I got my CDL for the fire dept. in Morongo Valley, San Bernardino County. I drove one of Newberry Springs's engines.
The driving portion was held at an old army base near Barstool.
Interesting. My Mom spent part of her childhood in the late 1920's and early 1930's living with her maternal aunt and uncle in Daggett, just west along the highway where the railroad intersects it. Uncle Jerry, my Grandma's brother, was born in LA and a confirmed desert rat. Aunt Juanita was a Panguitch Indian from the green aspen valleys of east central Utah. How he convinced her to live in such a dry hot place I can't imagine. He did some mining and worked for the railroad, she learned to do sand paintings in glass jars for the tourists and played the local Indian. At that time life there was very rugged. The only advantage was living on an aquifer. They kept cooler at night by livung in "desert submarines". You covered your tin shack with burlap, ran a pipe from your well pump to the roof and watered the burlap to keep it damp on the roof and walls. Evaporative coolong was your air conditioning. I imagine the folks on that section of Newberry Springs were hanging on at the very edge of civilization and just fell off. With a hard nudge from County bureaucrats.
When I was a kid I had a neighbor that left our neighborhood and moved out to Newberry springs. Seeing this makes me wonder if one of those sand covered houses was hers. She moved there in maybe 1980 or so. Her name was Mary and she was the most sweetest lady. She was probably mid 20s or so back then. ✌🏻❤️
Unlike the structures and Icons of ancient Egypt the ruins of Newberry Springs, California just won't be worth excavating anytime now or in the future.
One year on and it,s a thumbs up from me.
Thanks.
You might find the Lost City section of Portugese Bend in Palos Verdes interesting. Don't know how much is still visible or legally accessible but it was a housing development swept away by a slow moving landslide. We used to explore it as kids in the 1960's and 1970's and I remember seeing ruins still visible about a decade ago.
Here in Georgia we don't have any landscapes like this. Love these desert videos!!! Thanks for posting!!
Your channel should be bigger than what it is. I watch every new episode you make now. There’s highs and lows in everything. Just keep at it ❤
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Completely agree!
I don’t know how you find these things… but I’m sure glad you do! Thanks Steve!
Glad you like them!
Great story!
Reminds me of failed homesteads I seen. People have dreams, but ultimately the desert buries them.
The music is just too much. I like your videos otherwise.
There is an area in my state that was just developed and the new houses are literally built in a riverbed that is damned upstream . Not built on the banks, but in the bed . Seems crazy to me.
Just adore finding things thru others’ explorations, wear elderly and and cannot “go” physically,but it doesn’t deter our curiosity. Thank you
The first house shown was a two story. The roof caught on fire maybe 2 years or so.
I am 26 and I grew up here!! Its wonderful to see someone appreciating it! My grandmother Monica saved so many people in this desert and I worked for andrea at the bagdad when I was just 13! Thank you the informative video!! If you ever want some cool conspiracy theories about this place I have tons from friends and older people who lived here
Tell us one of your best conspiracy theories. I'm down to hear some. 🙂
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My Dad owned the garage across the street for years from the 70s to the mid-2000s
Does she still own the Cafe I haven't been there in about 15 years
PLEASE do tell about the town conspiracy theories!!!
FASCINATING. You deserve every sub.
That guy who built that curved cement wall threw everything he had at this.
This reminds me of the Sandbanks Provincal Park in Ontario. In the 1880 the large timber cutting and farming in the area made the soil unstable and this caused the sand dunes to drift inland. In 1881 the West Point Road had been buried under 30 meters of sand and the entire town of Athol had to be moved or it was going to be swallowed up by the sand. About 40 years later the Sandbanks area was the site of an intense reforestation project to try and halt the sand dunes. The restoration of the Carolinian forest that once stood there was comprised largely of poplar. The sand dunes extent over 34 hectares.
So when you go north on newberry rd. Past Harvard. The first house on the left is a 2 story and you can't even tell. We used to ride our dirtbikes and jump the roofs. It's really an awesome place to live
I Bought land off of field road and finally got an address and its in newberry springs. Had no idea how big the springs was but I do now I guess. im wondering in there is water under my property. I have advertising on it but the basin runs through it and divides it so the other half I want to do a rustic air bnb with sea containers but it would be tough without water. does anyone know if the water runs along the 15 and field road?
In the game of life, Mother Nature ALWAYS bats last.
Nature surely takes over.
Missing history. The spot where Minniola Rd crosses the Mojave River is where the split of the Mormon Trail and Mojave Road trail is. In earlier times, there was an artesian spring located there and the river bottom was lined with mesquite and cottonwood trees. The likely original reason why someone would homestead there. The water table has since dropped significantly and vegetation removed, destroyed or used for fuel. This led to soil erosion due to the constant wind. Fort Cady also had an artesian well too and located near Harvard Road. It's all about the water. On the north side used to be Mitchell Ranch. They used to raise cattle and alfalfa. The river bottom is also very popular with off-roaders. This also contributed to the soil erosion.
I know JD Mitchell as a kid, and later in high school worked for one of his sons in the hayfields. He was a good man and a true cowboys/wrangler/farmer frontiersman kind of guy.
Well anybody in Palms Springs better move ASAP! There are HUGE sand storms at times yet the area is very much populated with people.
There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on the earth.
I lived in Barstow CA briefly for about 3yrs I worked as a temp for Barstow's public works and I remember clearing that road of the sand. That area is miserable horrible hot and full of meth addicts.
I saw the remnants of the wooden Plank Highway that is now 8. It was near Yuma El Centro area. I was 6 in 1956. "Dad, what is that?". "It's the wooden highway". I bought a post card recently that shows it... And there were Burma Shave signs. And it was hot. We had a canvas bag full of water, hanging on the radiator grill and a swamp cooler on the window that did almost nothing. Gila Bend stll stands out ....1956 Gila Bend a bend in the road and a gas station
there is an excellent 1993 article in the LA times about how these houses became "sand trapped". it was not mother nature but man who created the situation. i don't seem to be able to leave a link to the LA Times story but you can find it easily.
Jeff Bezos should start a glass making business there. I'm amazed that Elon Musk didn't think of it.
Nature remains undefeated. So true...
I've been through Newberry I don't know how many times. Before I-40 opened, we passed through at least twice a year going to and from our place in Lanfair Valley. On the way back to LA we'd always stop at the Whiting Brothers gas station there.
I always ask myself what brought people to build in a desert period? Its not like they knew there was gold and silver when they got there. The mojave is a fascinating place, if a town from the 50s is buried already what else has already disappeared beneath the sands?
My uncle Bill Smith made many of the lakes in that area.
Enjoyed your narration and images of this failed community. Your images of the submerged homes and trees under score the folly of the decision to settle in that area. The Newberry Springs area is very fascinating. I remember about 20 years ago or so on the program, Visiting With Huell Howser, Huell ‘visited’ the Barstow Koi Farm there in NS. A fascinating operation when you think about it’s in the middle of the desert that they’re raising these fish. I checked the Internet and this business is still thriving. Also, Huell owned the architectural space dome shaped home built on top of a cinder cone in Newberry Springs.
I didn't know about the koi farm, but every time I see his volcano house it reminds me of something a James Bond villain would have. I'll have to see if that episode is online.
@@SidetrackAdventures I rewatched that episode today after seeing your video. I just keyword, Koi Farm Visiting With Huell Howser. It’s archived on Chapman University’s web site. He donated his video archives to the University along with his volcano home and other holdings. If you ever come up to the city of Orange, that university has a museum dedicated to Huell. You may want to check Chapman University’s website for hours of operation.
@@SidetrackAdventures KCET also has a You Tube playlist on their channel of Huell Howser's "Visiting". I don't know if the Koi Farm episode is there but it's interesting and fascinating. The family who owns it seem like good people.
California, the part that remembers him, really misses Huell. He was the original video explorer of California. I still remember his visits to the Newberry Springs areas. There was once a lake with boats and even an amphibious airplane that would fly Tiki Culture tourists in. The desert eventually put an end to all that. Even the water park (which Huell also did a special on) up on the I-15 was related to the dreams of turning the Newberry area into a resort area. Heull's volcano home is either related to his interest in the Newberry area, or his interest in the Newberry area is related to him having built his volcano home there. Sure miss that Tennessee boy.
Why would anyone build in a river bed?
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There was a town in a riverbed because some developer bought land cheap and fobbed it off to buyers as a luxury area to be built, probably with a club house, pool, roads, school, etc. There was a lot of that going on in the 1970's and 80's. Mostly stupid people from out-of-state fell for this desert-becoming-a-very-valuable-beautiful-resort-area ploy. Looks like the buyers finally figured out they were duped, cut their loses, and moved back wherever they came from.
There is nothing like building in a river bed, even a dry river bed. Any chance the water will return some day & wash all the sand away?
Location for the shooting of one of my favorite movies with it's haunting soundtrack.
They say that's what happened during the great depression, the sand storms just covered every thing
I heard there is a sand shortage for construction uses. So what's the excuse for not harvesting it?
I just discovered your videos a few days ago. I really, really enjoy them. Thanks for the content and for taking us along.
It never ceases to amaze me how people will be goofy enough to build in a flood plane or even a driy wash. Yes it's dry most of the time. But that one gully washer will take you out. And they happen. That's why IT"S A WASH... lol
the sand is like snow drifts, except they don't melt
once upon a time , the high desert was used for sheep grazing . The sheep ate the grass that held the soil down .
I knew this wasn't going to work out well when you said they built the development on the riverbed. Never a good idea anywhere in California, especially downstream from big mountains. Even if it looks like a dry bed that water hasn't flowed in since the Ice Age. Going through just one desert flash flood teaches you that, along with a sandstorm.
Clearly this problem had nothing to do with clearing sand off the roads. The desert itself was constantly moving.
I feel like if maybe the sand wasn't being cleared they would have had a few more years, but with the water getting used time wasn't on their side no matter what.
I agree your channel should be bigger, once the secret gets out it will explode though. Great job!
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Mother nature always bats last....
Another Newberry Springs tidbit: the Knotts Berry Farm family spent some time here before heading to Orange County.
But thanks for another great story & video.
I drove by where the Walter Knott homestead was out there actually. There's nothing there now but I read somewhere he owned the land up until his death.
In the 1980s I used to square dance at Newberry Springs. I considered buying property there. Sad. The views are spectacular, especially the stars at night.
Hows the property value there these days?
I always loved your videos. You are cool and methodical. You give historical background of the location. Over and above, you have the ability to transport us along with you. Through this video, I literally walked through a desert. Thank you so much, Steve.
Thank you, I really appreciate it!
Three hundred yrs from now, for explorers to find.
California Land of Sand and Snow
I was just out that way in April in the Mojave National Preserve doing some back country camping. Beautiful area, but I’ll stay right here in South Carolina. 😂
Another great video, thanks for sharing.
Mojave National Preserve is great, so under rated.
MAGNIFICENT POST! Thank you, Dr. Adventures. You will release a wonderful book one day made from your RUclips adventures, and this documentation may be its cover feature.
You can see a 2008 view of that first house on google street view.
Oh wow. Its completely out of the sand at that point! The roads, not so much. This really shows how high the sands have gotten.
I think Newberry Springs has large koi and tilapia farms. I have even seen cheap property on the water in that town.
There are a few water skiing lakes in the town so I can believe that they have some fish farms too.
Another great video!! If you get a chance, watch Huell Houser’s episode on Newberry Springs, Huell in full desperation mode! Thanks.
I have that episode pulled up on another tab and plan on watching it tonight. Will be pretty interesting to see how it has changed.
Ah! The power of nature. Shame that the parties didn't really understand how that works at the time. Fascinating though! The image of the sand burying houses and trees with just the tops peeking out... Amazing. And great connection/comparison to Petrified Forest.
They understood! Anyone witnessing the dust bowl of the Midwest already knew not to try to build on sand. They knew. They thought they'd be different! 🙄🙄🙄
Will be interesting to go back in 10 years and see if anything is left.
THANK YOU STEVE,,WILD! GREAT JOB ON THIS ONE FOR SURE..SEEMS LIKE THEM FOLKS NEEDED A MODIFIED SNOWBLOWER..LOL.FASCINATING PLACE ...SAFE TRAVELS..
Is this near where they filmed "Baghdad Cafe"?
Yes, the Bagdad Cafe is south of here.
Enjoyable video, I go out to the desert quite often and have for years, I have through Newberry Springs, but just passing through and not long enough to see the blowing sand. We go north out of Ludlow across the Broadwell Dry Lake to Mesquite Springs toward Afton Canyon or east of Newberry Springs to the Rodman mtns. Interesting are, but I wasn't aware of the blowing sand and the sinking homes or rather buried houses. Excellent video and interesting facts. Tks
Now, here’s a crazy thought. That chimney that was popping out of the ground, if someone were to climb down through there, do you think the inside of the house would still be intact? Or covered in sand?
probably its the bottom of sea eons ago .God knows better .
but it seems like maybe millions years ago there might be sea .and now its sand left behind .
Only remains is the God ,God is the ultimate power which last forever .
else everything is to be vanished ,vandalised ,died , or finished .
Why do people build in riverbeds? Same reason in Northern California, they build in flood plains.
Head down Newberry rd on Google street view and you automatically go back in time with each click. And you can see the house when it was above-ground.
That archealogist solving the mystery of why the town was built on a riverbed won’t think of the obvious reason which is these city planners were idiots!😆
I was out in the desert with My mom in the early 1990's , we went to see Mitchell Caverns, I do remember seeing a road sign for This place as well as bagdad cafe. The other place we wanted to go to was Ubihibe Crater? Hope it's spelled right. You might want to do a quick story about the couple that lived up by the Mitchell Caverns as that is how it got it's name.
A very well-made video
That's really Sad, Rio Rancho NM has huge Sand problems. We always joke about People going to bed and wake up in Grants NM. Just for that reason, I can't see people building homes on traveling Sand😎
The petrified forest was likely the result of frozen ice age .. the desertification wouldn’t leave anything other than sand and remnants of fossils e.g. Sahara Desert or Gabi desert…
Never build on a river bed? Don’t do it on a flood plain either! Calgary had a big flood in 2013 & flood remediation was a big topic since most of downtown was flooded! Yet just off the Bow River on a flood plain they build an entire community a couple of years later! Each house there was required to have a sump pump.
Why there is a neighborhood on a river bed? 🤔 You'll be amazed how many neighborhoods in Florida were built on swamps and marshes. How the scammers/developers used to show the perspective buyers their future land during the dry season. Only to be under water month later. Other developers sold thousands of lots over the phone or showed the area by plane. An example is the Picayune Strand Forest, probably the largest subdivision in the US. Check Zillow, people here sell crappy land like that all the time at a premium. If you live mosquitoes...
At 5:12. Look at the side of the fireplace. Looks like it has been sandblasted away. Something must have changed to increase the amount of drifting sand. If there was that much when those trees were saplings. They never would have been able to mature.
Did you see any CARTEL and grow op activity, tents, water trucks, in this area? It's active and I'm surprised because water is needed.
I for got to ask, what camera or cell phone did you use to record the video? Very clear and sharp. Thank you, John
In this I used a GoPro and an iPhone.
This was such a great video!! Does anyone know if Sand preserves wood/trees well? So cool
The poor town is still "living" on the page 163 of my Atlas!
(Pub. in London, 1981).
Great video!
I'm wondering where the "springs" of Newberry Springs are though. Don't seem to be any obvious springs there now.
I lived in Newberry Springs for awhile and I thought it was really special. Los Ranchos Del Coyotes was the property I stayed on if I remember right.
I suspect the landscape might have looked quite different when the house was built. The area could have been quite green when the first builder found the area. due to a rain, maybe? That's what happened in Australia long ago. The immigrants found some lush areas in the deep country and moved it thinking they had found great cattle pastures. They didn't realize the area had been lucky to have some years of good rain. But once that ended, their pastures reverted to very arid areas again. When that happened the settlers abandoned what they built since their cattle couldn't survive there.
Egyptian ruins should look as sweet ? Lotta little history out that way , always captured my imagination. Thx. for the memories. ✌️