Desert Tower - Jacumba, CA
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bluesnote
N 32° 39.533 W 116° 06.004
11S E 584391 N 3613829
This plaque is located in the mountains terrain between San Diego, and Yuma.
Waymark Code: WMX1ND
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2017
Views: 3
The plaque says, "Bert Vaughn of Jacumba built the stone tower in 1922-23 to commemorate the pioneers and road and railroad builders who opened the area. In the 1930' s W.T. Ratcliffe carved the stone animal figures which lurk in the rocks surrounding the tower, creating a fantasy world of surprise and strange beauty. This remarkable sculptural assemblage is one of California's exceptional folk art environments.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 939
Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Imperial Valley Pioneers and Squibob Chapter, E Clampus Vitus
May 5, 1984"
Cairn Location: Jacumba, CA
Cairn Purpose: Other (please describe in description)
Type if different from above list: Historical Marker
Types of rock: Granite
Cairn Condition: 
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