Transportation of Johannesburg

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". . . transportation hub of the Upper Mojave Desert."
Freight team leaving Johannesburg

December, 1897: JOHANNESBURG was the transportation hub of the Upper Mojave Desert from the arrival of the Randsburg Railway in December of 1897 until the inauguration of railway services to the town of Trona in September of 1914.


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J. N. CARROW

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March 1900:


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GEORGE H. COFFEY

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CHARLES B. DOTY

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Charles B. Doty, a native of Oregon, was listed in the 1900 Great Register of Voters for Kern County as being in the freighting business in Johannesburg. 2


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W. C. PARKER

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Rinaldi & Clark

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The firm of Otto


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BEVERLY P. ROBINSON

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BEVERLY P. ROBINSON The Robinson freight line was established in about 1908 to handle the increase in freighting business between Johannesburg and Skidoo. Mr. Robinson was assisted in this endeavor by his sons Bev and John ages 12 and 10 when they started handling the teams. Bev also worked for the Teagle Bros. delivering supplies to the mining camps in … More >


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WILKINS & HOFFMAN

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WILKINS & HOFFMAN


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LESTER LIVERMORE

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Lester was conducting a freighting business out of Johannesburg in 1913.


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CHESTER CALLAWAY

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RANDSBURG RAILWAY

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"Johannesburg Holds Big party on arria of rairoad."

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Neil McLain

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June 16 1898:


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