El Centra to Yreka 



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Photo by f rasher's, Inc., Ramotta, Calif. 



FIG. 8. Joshua tree in Devil's Garden, San Bernardino County. A char- 

 acteristic giant cactus of the desert. 



of 2,000 acres farther west in Antelope Valley east of Lan- 

 caster. The Joshua tree is a cactus of immense size, and char- 

 acteristic of this desert country. It attains a height of nearly 

 100 feet, and specimens are thought to be more than 1,000 

 years old. 



San Bernardino Mountains and 

 Mojave Desert 



^ Bee-line has now crossed the Little San Bernardino 



