Placed in Floor Of Palisades Ranch Museum On January 1, 1990
To Be Opened January 19, 2090 By the Robert T. Older Family,
Mojave Historical Society And The Helendale School District
Palisades Ranch Museum Marker 1991
Located on the corner of
Bryman Road and
National Trails Hwy.
The time capsule is located 1 1/2 miles west of this site.
Mojave River Earliest Pioneers
POINT OF ROCKS
AND
LOCATION OF THE EARLIEST
MOJAVE RIVER SETTLEMENT
Along this Mojave River traveled some of the earliest pioneers passing between the
outer desert areas and the Pacific Ocean: Father Garces ( 1776), Jedediah Smith (1826),
Kit Carson (1840's), J.C. Fremont (1844), Mormon Wagon Trains and Caravans of Mule Trains
and Army Camels (1850's). Located just north of this area is a prominent point of
reference on the Old Mojave Trail - The Point of Rocks - which was used by early travelers
as a refuge and way station. Nearby also stood the original Bemis Cabin that was built in
the 1870's and housed some of the area's earliest settlers. Eventually, this area became
part of the Silver River Ranch which later developed into the Community of Silver Lakes.
Placed here on September 26, 1992 by the Helendale School District in cooperation with the
Mojave Historical Society, The Silver Lakes Association, and the Community, MARKER 1992.
Located on the corner of Vista and Helendale Road.
