File:Darwin Historic Marker at the Intersection of HWY 190 and Darwin Road.jpg

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Interesting historic providing some early history of Darwin's founding

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English: The plaque reads: "Darwin / The town was named after Darwin French who explored the area in 1860 giving his name to the Falls, Canyon, and Wash. First recorded mine [unreadable], was discovered in by Rafel Cuervo October, 1874. Darwin was the center of activity of the new Coso Mining District. By 1877 three furnaces were in operation, the greatest producing mines were the Christmas Gift, Defiance, and Lucky Jim . . . ."
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Author Thomas Farley
Camera location36° 19′ 04.82″ N, 117° 40′ 17.9″ W  Heading=127.6450423885° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Photo courtesy of Thomas Farley. Darwin article here: https://southwestrockhounding.com/2020/03/15/darwin-california-inyo-county/

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