Re: Wild Rose Road
Posted by steve on August 17, 2004 at 13:44:42:
In Reply to: Wild Rose Road posted by rich on June 05, 2004 at 00:47:56:
just for the record :)
i lived at wildrose from 1965-71 with my parents. they had a 6 year lease on the property and owned the buildings. park service denied the lease renewal based on the excuse to abandon the canyon.......and the road still is open! we had 4 cabins, gas pumps, cafe, curios. we were open 7-7 365 days a year. i went to school in trona, 40 miles. we generated our own electricity, no phones or tv. we did have a "crank" phone to the ranger station 3 miles up the canyon. our phone number was "4-long" :)
wildrose was an old stage stop with a lot of history that my parents loathed and learned and shared with interested visitors. we knew many of the old timers in the area including seldom seen slim. we took care of him during the summer that he died.
my parents are both still alive in their late 80's. we still talk of the good-ol days in death valley :)