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- Camp Resting Springs
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- Located five miles east
of present Tecopa, San Bernardino County, this desert outpost
was intermittently occupied during 1859-60 by regular troops
to protect a precious waterhole on the old Spanish Trail between
Las Vegas and the Mojave River. It was the site of an Indian
massacre in 1844, avenged by Kit Carson and Alexander Godey of
Fremont's expedition. A Mormon mail train was attacked here in
1854. There are still evidences of a stone redoubt and a corral
at the site.
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