The Last Visitors to the Mojave Desert Phone Booth
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Thats a real shame people don't care about things like this!
2 years ago 8
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I grew up out there..that phone saved my life once...too bad it isn't there anymore it may just save some of my friends who spend lots of time out there...had it still been there..by the way...I lived out there since 1970..and if I ever get into trouble the way I did last time it sure would be nice to have it.
2 years ago 5
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The goverment ran off the ranchers (didn't renew grazing rights) who pumped some 60 miles of water underground to guzzlers that watered the wild animals and cows all over the desert. Now no water and no cows to eat the weeds that grow and cause fire hazzards. That phone was at end of power lines going to FAA station. They should have a solar powered phone from Ponderosa Phone Co. that serves us up there for public. Or an emergency phone at rangers station at old OX Ranch site.
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haha that's some bizarre shit...I wonder why they would remove it, after some "unusual" incoming callls..lol.
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@paintdiva It wouldn't be the first time the government lied. I didn't look at the website you mentioned yet, and this is just speculation, but the Wikipedia page said something about the park service owing AT&T (or Bell) an easement fee for the booth. So maybe what happened was they didn't pay the fees and the booth was taken down, then the government tried to whitewash the incident by saying the reason for its removal was people being a nuisance.
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@MrMovieAnalyst That Wikipedia entry about the phone booth is not accurate. It's spin from the Forest Service. Go to the Deuce of Clubs web site and read the story.
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@paintdiva If you look on the Wikipedia page for the phone booth, you'll see that it says something about there was a problem with people coming out there and 'partying' or whatever. I don't know that that implies there were people there at all times.
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@MrMovieAnalyst "people were still coming out and trashing the place" - WHAT A LIE! When I went to the booth I saw very little evidence of people being out there. It IS a national park. Please see THE DEUCE OF CLUBS web site.
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MrMovieAnalyst 7 months ago
@MrMovieAnalyst Ya got that right!
paintdiva 7 months ago
About two years ago I talked to a ranger briefly at the old train station near Kelso (which is now a National Park Service ranger station), he said they have now also removed the small 'monument' that was placed there after the booth was removed. He said the reason was that people were still coming out and trashing the place.
MrMovieAnalyst 7 months ago
@MrMovieAnalyst He was lying to you.
paintdiva 7 months ago