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A 1858 Butterfield stage stop has eluded us for over a decade, an orinigal 1892 map shows two creeks, side by side about 1/2 mile apart. One of these creeks, supposily had an 1858 Butterfield stage right beside.
Today, only one creek remains. And it's the orinigal Setters Creek now known as Cross Creek. Sometime after 1892 and early century, these two creeks were joined together and Cross Creek was covered for farm land and Setters Creek became Cross Creek.
It wasn't until two years ago, figured this out. The fun part was determining were the old creek ran, it's been covered and now farm land. From the surface, the human eye sees farm land. No trace, soil is level no signs of an ancient creek. However, from the Sky it's clearly visible the ancient creek is there.
Been using a drone for research, at first was something I picked up for sport flying. After a long hunt at a relic site, pull out the drone and fly for an hour or two. With today's technology, these are almost crash proof and are very advanced with GPS and return if signal is lost. Fly for long distances, cell phone screen visual or use googles. Sky's the limit, endless possibilities for both sport or research.
Those of you from California and are familar with this Stage Stop, well here's the reason this Stage Stop has eluded us all these years. It's on farm land, somewhere underneath the flight path on two of the several attached pictures. If you look closely, you'll see the ancient creek running for miles underneath farm land soil.
Supposedly, from research it's X amount of miles from a known location. This hidden creek under soil is that that x amount of miles, look at both drone flight paths flying over the ancient creek, it's between these two points.
Google earth and a drone, surprisingly can help with research.
HH, Paul
Today, only one creek remains. And it's the orinigal Setters Creek now known as Cross Creek. Sometime after 1892 and early century, these two creeks were joined together and Cross Creek was covered for farm land and Setters Creek became Cross Creek.
It wasn't until two years ago, figured this out. The fun part was determining were the old creek ran, it's been covered and now farm land. From the surface, the human eye sees farm land. No trace, soil is level no signs of an ancient creek. However, from the Sky it's clearly visible the ancient creek is there.
Been using a drone for research, at first was something I picked up for sport flying. After a long hunt at a relic site, pull out the drone and fly for an hour or two. With today's technology, these are almost crash proof and are very advanced with GPS and return if signal is lost. Fly for long distances, cell phone screen visual or use googles. Sky's the limit, endless possibilities for both sport or research.
Those of you from California and are familar with this Stage Stop, well here's the reason this Stage Stop has eluded us all these years. It's on farm land, somewhere underneath the flight path on two of the several attached pictures. If you look closely, you'll see the ancient creek running for miles underneath farm land soil.
Supposedly, from research it's X amount of miles from a known location. This hidden creek under soil is that that x amount of miles, look at both drone flight paths flying over the ancient creek, it's between these two points.
Google earth and a drone, surprisingly can help with research.
HH, Paul