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Friday, April 20, 2012

La Laguna de Diablo

I talked Wayne into taking the "non Border Collies" to the lake for a walk about after he came home from work.  I wanted to show him the old homestead.

On the trail


At the old homestead which may be a way station

Trouble in the oven (circa 1800s)

Wayne found a path that went up through the old orchard


The girls and I followed after Wayne yelled at us to come

There was an old grave yard in the clearing

Xena standing at the open gate

There were 5 grave markers



All I found out, thus far, about the Frakes is that their homestead was once a way station along the old stagecoach route.

It was a nice walk filled with historical facts and myths.

Wouldn't it be great to see El Diablo's pet soaring over the homestead?







2 comments:

Karen said...

Those look like fairly new headstones, so probably someone in the family visits once in a while.
I'll bet your local museum has some more information. What a cool find though!

gvmama said...

We are too rural to have a local museum. :0) But, yes, some of the grave stones were new. Someone is till doing some upkeep.
While I was at work last night, Wayne drove out there for another hike around the lake. I need to find Vasquez's hideout cave. Had to have been a big one if he was hiding stolen horses and cattle!