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My Desert Tortoise Episode - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/train-vs-tank monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/642eceed-a71d-4807-a16e-4027a2d70e38/scan0002a_orig.jpg Blog - Train vs Tank - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/the-ludlow-cafe monthly 0.5 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/fd4239d9-c2a7-4cd4-9280-0e85a6208da0/untitled-270_orig.jpg Blog - The Ludlow Cafe - Make it stand out The building shown above is a photo of the original cafe in Ludlow, a wooden structure that was eventually demolished and rebuilt on the same site a stucco building by Earl Warnix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1760732160249-HGYCR9SIYIZO6MDEDZT9/cafe_orig.jpg Blog - 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Joe de Kehoe photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/8abd66a3-ff85-48a6-8834-ffe3d1e9471a/ludlow-hotel-4_orig.jpg Blog - The Ludlow Motel - Make it stand out Ludlow Motel in 1940 with the adjacent cabins, only one of which is still there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/3075f510-a050-4e3d-95f3-2d2c49f6976c/ludlow-hotel-2_orig.jpg Blog - The Ludlow Motel - Make it stand out The Ludlow Motel after a rare snowstorm. Year unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/691dbaad-9b2b-49b3-94da-ada7d52e65fa/dsc-0003_orig.jpg Blog - The Ludlow Motel - Make it stand out This is the small wood-framed house on the north side of the highway across from the Ludlow Motel where Venus and Penny lived. Originally there were two houses, one for the Pendergasts and one that was used by the Highway Patrol, but the second house is no longer there. When the Pendergasts left Ludlow the house became occupied by Elden Farmer, a cook at the Ludlow cafe and his wife Louise who worked there as a waitress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/9e0715f2-2346-4e9a-82cb-96efa4347863/venus-penny-edited.jpg Blog - The Ludlow Motel - Make it stand out Venus and Henry "Penny" Pendergast. https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/rattlesnake-canyon monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1a221c2d-5f44-4d28-a084-9262a09f0035/tricycle-1.jpg Blog - Rattlesnake Canyon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/essex-highway-sign monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1760638801201-0613GLUXTIZLCDR5GH5U/sign_orig.jpg Blog - Essex Highway Sign - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/overlooking-a-dry-wash monthly 0.5 2025-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1760637722170-BD8C3F6DCDBFAQCRURBZ/dilworth.jpg Blog - 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Tom Murphy had ordered a supply of the overalls in hopes they would become popular items and he was smart enough to sell them first, and sell them cheap, to girls who were daughters of the town’s prominent citizens. If anyone didn’t approve of the girls’ outfits, they had to say so behind closed doors so the fathers wouldn’t catch wind of such remarks. The outfits were really quite daring for young ladies at that time but soon caught on and became a popular item in Murphy’s store. Venus McNeill is on the far left. The other two girls are not identified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/f9eee1ca-cebf-472e-88a7-953d10410d80/murphy-s-store-1-of-1_orig.jpg Blog - Murphy Brothers Store, Ludlow, California - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/desert-engineering monthly 0.5 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/c071c55e-451f-4a07-b37a-15965765e739/paul-limon-s-hot-water-heater-2_1.jpg Blog - Desert Engineering - Make it stand out This particular masterpiece of engineering was built by my friend Paul Limon in the back yard of his weekend getaway trailer in Chambless, California. When Paul was proudly showing me his contraption, I just had to smile. I don’t know what the circular lid is for; perhaps just decoration! https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/milligan-cemetery monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1760048606057-3UT8AUWVFWSJX039X31T/milligan.jpg Blog - Milligan Cemetery - Milligan Cemetery in 2002 Milligan Cemetery in 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1760048604927-7CXRWIHKRDZIQBWKL5BS/milligan-3.jpg Blog - Milligan Cemetery - Milligan cemetery with the new markers. Milligan cemetery with the new markers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1760048605732-54L5B49JW7N794XQXYLH/milligan-2_orig.jpg Blog - Milligan Cemetery - The new marker on Efren Limon's grave in Milligan, placed there by his brother, Paul. The new marker on Efren Limon's grave in Milligan, placed there by his brother, Paul. https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/category/Ludlow monthly 0.5 https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/blog/tag/Ludlow monthly 0.5 https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/bcc43be9-c30e-4a60-afc7-25c787f12020/Joe-13.jpg Home Dilapidated wooden house with a rusted metal roof in a desert landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/71776805-0649-4020-a04a-303617b8b227/Joe-16.jpg Home A desert landscape with sparse vegetation in the foreground and a large mountain range in the background under a clear blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1cf511fc-874c-4d07-886e-05cd191cbbd4/Joe-17.jpg Home Desert highway with Route 66 shield painted on the road surface and a small roadside building in the background, under a cloudy sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/d483dbcd-5065-4324-aa2d-e10381d28374/Joe-19.jpg Home Long stretch of Route 66 highway in a desert landscape with cracked asphalt and sparse vegetation, with distant mountains under a cloudy sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/97eb8733-a638-4d3f-b8aa-c4c1391189d2/Joe-9.jpg Home Old, abandoned wooden watermill with large metal wheels in a desert landscape with rocky terrain and sparse shrubs under a clear blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/a559d31d-4233-43e4-8e8c-34f0d76c8148/Joe-4.jpg Home A barren desert landscape with sparse shrubbery and small bushes, surrounded by rugged brown mountains in the background under a clear blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/18af2be1-fb42-413d-bec5-eba418d4c34e/Joe-5.jpg Home Train tracks running through a desert landscape with mountains in the distance, under a partly cloudy sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/103df1dc-40d5-4d9a-9b36-cdf061275e7d/Joe-14.jpg Home Old, dilapidated wooden house in a desert landscape with sparse bushes and clear blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/fa345cdf-8e7e-4e3f-b135-f8d5c24a02da/Joe-18.jpg Home A straight road extending into the distance through a desert landscape with sparse vegetation, with mountains and a partly cloudy sky in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/cbd5af88-9068-43c5-94f4-063335634d31/Silence_3D.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/418d9c19-bc04-4b0a-8d83-87eb61dafaed/credit+cards.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/f713a288-c066-4883-82c3-19e4e12c2604/2025_Silence_Sun_Cover_FINAL-3D.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1263eecd-1861-4ae3-b487-40b4463a391d/circle-gold.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/6059a14c-2559-4024-826d-dc85d93b7354/Joe.jpg https://www.trailsendpublishing.com/gallery daily 0.75 2026-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/1783174891768-80NMLGILS3IN67XREWOD/Amboy%252B1925.jpg Gallery National Old Trails Road approaching Amboy from the east, 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/4ce32dbf-594c-430a-a472-d787bc6ad0f8/Bagdad+facilities.jpg Gallery Roadside facilities at Bagdad - Cafe, service station, garage, and motel. None of these buildings remain today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/7c2caabd-def0-4ed7-b632-1f761504cd93/Bagdad+ladies.jpg Gallery Mrs. J.A. McNeil and Mrs. J. Haynes with a young puppy on the front porch of their home in Bagdad, 1903. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/0853e7a5-1b09-48a2-918b-cf1bf2ddbb06/Bagdad+train.jpg Gallery Locomotive passing through Bagdad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/b4d37fdf-a11d-452d-a9d1-a58887e0b1af/Benjamin%27s+cabin.jpg Gallery One of five former cabins in Old Danby that was occupied in the early 1900s by Ben Benjamin. This cabin finally succumbed to the elements and collapsed during a windstorm in 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/0e3d0a59-3274-4d8b-9587-a411f80d1b60/Black+Metal+Mine.jpg Gallery Loading chute at the Black Metal Mine in the Old Woman Mountains in 2006. Unfortunately, all this has been dismantled and removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/cbe95482-2028-47a3-986e-6d25b9a04741/Bonanza+Spring.jpg Gallery Bonanza Spring in the Clipper Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/eaa3f8be-ca59-42f3-97f1-a2fa19193a43/Cadiz+RR+depot.jpg Gallery Former railroad depot in Cadiz, California. No trace of the building remains today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/a252d7d1-79ed-4c52-850c-c4670003acf5/Carbonate+Gulch.jpg Gallery Abandoned mining equipent in the Old Woman Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/cf2cda1d-c9b9-4141-95df-bc410a04086f/Danby+RR+depot.jpg Gallery Former Santa Fe railroad depot in Old Danby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/0bcfddeb-d67f-4fd3-8461-d4ee47d5d439/Desert+Engineering.jpg Gallery Desert engineering. Paul Limon's hot water heater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/6968d9d0-6ec2-428c-a85c-5577c398751e/Foulenfont+Family+1944.jpg Gallery Foulenfont family in Amboy c. 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/0f8a163e-3850-48a9-accd-2649528ee4d8/Johnny+Neilson.jpg Gallery Johnny Neilson, Justice of the Peace, at his 8' x 10' mobile courthouse in Danby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/a42af81b-daeb-4055-bd17-883b8ecd2a1f/lonely+Bagdad.jpg Gallery Early image of National Old Trails Road (Route 66) approaching Bagdad from the west. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/d493f9e7-532d-4d66-b925-9f1d247d4cd1/McNeil+family.jpg Gallery James McNeil family, Derby, Kansas 1896. Seven boys and seven girls. The family later moved to Ludlow where all the boys worked for the Santa Fe railroad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/3046dce8-a1a1-4103-a883-78a1b88da5dc/Mule+team+wagon.jpg Gallery Mule team wagon that was formerly used to haul borax from mines in Death Valley. This photo was taken in Ludlow, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/ad571ace-78cb-4ec0-8a72-dd1895be2657/Oasis+hotel.jpg Gallery Main street, Ludlow, California c. 1929. The Oasis Hotel building was originally brought from Goldfield, Nevada on a train. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/ef7362a6-5baf-4873-b405-c436c9212d3e/Ore+Chute.jpg Gallery Abandoned mining chute in the Old Woman Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e69ec89473b22615031b45/5b03fafe-bffa-47db-a8d3-72d42d0d90e4/Roy%27s.jpg Gallery Roy's Cafe in Amboy, California. 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