Trona, California
Nestled deep in the heart of
Searles Valley.
This point on the Trona - Wildrose road affords a magnificent view of Panamint Valley and the Panamint Mountains, including 11,049 ft Telescope Peak, generally covered with snow in the winter and spring. From this point the old stagecoach and wagon road built in the late 19th century by Remi Nadeau, the top freighter of the Panamint Valley as well as other areas, can still be seen where it winds through the hills and heads straight across the Panamint Valley.
Consisting of over 500 spires, some al high as 140 feet, the Trona Pinnacles are the most outstanding examples of tufa (porpus rock formed as a deposit from springs of streams) in North America.
The Pinnacles are composed primarily of calcium carbonate and rise dramatically skyward from the flat, dry lake floor. The jagged appearance of the spires, contrasted against the flat lake bottom, has been frequently, and appropriately, described as a landscape from another world.
A desert mountain residential community about 10 miles north of Trona in the Argus Mountains. Yards and gardens are watered from local wells.
At the end of the paved road through the canyon, is an inactive mine which operated to World War II.
And here is a photo taken of the entrance to the IMC Chemicals Inc. Trona Facility. William walks through these gates a lot!
Photos above taken by renowned CyberDad, D. Stevens. More photos can be seen at his website Stevens Website.
Below are some pictures of my backyard in which have been successfully, scan into our computer. (An interesting achievement for but we wont go into detail.)
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This point on the Trona - Wildrose road affords a magnificent view of Panamint Valley and the Panamint Mountains, including 11,049 ft Telescope Peak, generally covered with snow in the winter and spring. From this point the old stagecoach and wagon road built in the late 19th century by Remi Nadeau, the top freighter of the Panamint Valley as well as other areas, can still be seen where it winds through the hills and heads straight across the Panamint Valley.
Consisting of over 500 spires, some al high as 140 feet, the Trona Pinnacles are the most outstanding examples of tufa (porpus rock formed as a deposit from springs of streams) in North America.
And here is a photo taken of the entrance to the IMC Chemicals Inc. Trona Facility. William walks through these gates a lot!
Below are some pictures of my backyard in which have been successfully, scan into our computer. (An interesting achievement for but we wont go into detail.)
A little more about ourselves can be found in the links below:
Fill out our guest book and let us know what you thought of our site:
Or
Email us at home: