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Carrizo station keeper, William Mailland, in a drunken fit brutally killed his Native American wife in May 1858. Fearing revenge by the local natives and arrest by authorities after he sobered up, he was said to have fled into the desert and was believed to have died, while an acquaintance
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The storekeeper inhabiting the adobe house, newly built at camp, informed us that, for the eight months previous to our visit, it had not rained but once, and then for eight hours heavily; at the foot of such lofty, rough crested hills, rain, indeed, must be scarce, yet the evidences of running water
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During March and April 2001, a systematic archaeological testing program was implemented at the
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Reports of explorations and surveys: to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the
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Stephen R. Van Wormer, Sue Wade, Susan D. Walter, Susan Arter, AN ISOLATED FRONTIER OUTPOST, HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CARRIZO CREEK STAGE STATION, California State Parks, 2007. Note page 6 has a photo of the site taken in the late 19th
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