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Santa Rosas Prospectors Rock House

rockhopper Posts: 668 5/14/2018	rockhopper Posts: 668 I wanted to share a few more pictures I thought were interesting from my Santa Rosa backpack trip I took a few weeks back. Up a un-named canyon to a rock house I spotted on Google Earth. The rock house was square not round. I believe I would find a more modern ruin built by a non-native settler, rancher or prospector. Well I was presently surprised to find both. A prospectors rock house built on top of a native American site. A small site of maybe a few acres of a gentle slope bench against the steep mountian and canyons of the mightly Santa Rosas. A old water source nearby. Rock house I spotted on G. Earth edited by rockhopper on 5/14/2018 edited by rockhopper on 5/14/2018 edited by rockhopper on 5/14/2018
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rockhopper Posts: 668 5/14/2018	rockhopper Posts: 668 Rockhouse I saw on Google Earth Hiking up a un-named canyon I found it. More recent rockhouse was built on a Native American seasonal village site. Rusted iron and tin cans on top of pottery shards and arrowheads. Who was this person? Rancher, prospector?..........mystery solved! Next canyon had this. Memorial? chimney with no flue? Found this old trail heading over from canyon to canyon. View from trail. note: I did not show G.E. cords due to sensitive artifacts noted in the area. I can pass them along to our moderator to use as he wishes. Cheers regards, rockhopper edited by rockhopper on 5/15/2018 edited by rockhopper on 5/15/2018
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