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DARK SECRETS: Joshua tree national park | Vintage Vibes

California built a town for 4,000 iron miners in 1948. Today it is one of America's largest ghost towns, with homes and a hospital still standing

On the southeastern edge of Joshua Tree National Park sits Eagle Mountain, once a thriving company town of roughly 4,000 people, now one of California's largest and best preserved ghost towns. Founded in 1948 by industrialist Henry J Kaiser to house workers for the adjoining Eagle Mountain iron mine, the…

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Activists outraged after mining company announces plans to dig for rare earth elements next to US National Park

The proposed mining site is just outside the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park — and reportedly part of the habitat of an endangered desert tortoise

The Independent UK

“They're as trainable as dogs” – honeybees in Joshua Tree National Park to become vital arm of search and rescue missions

Bees that can detect water in lost hikers' sweat will be tagged with GPS trackers to help locate missing persons

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EV Off-Roading Is Just Plain Better

It's 2022. I'm lumbering through a rock-crawling trail in Joshua Tree National Park, straddling the border of the Mojave Desert. It is a beautiful, stunning place to explore, and my tired old Lexus LX470 is leaving its mark. It's dripping black CV axle grease all over the rock upon which…

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Auto review: Conquering the Mojave in the burly Chevy Silverado ZR2

Joshua Tree National Park, California — At 4,200 feet above sea level here in the arid Mojave desert, not much survives. The landscape is raw, rocky, brown. Except for the enduring Joshua Tree. As if taken from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book, its hydra-like branches extend from the…

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