Foolish Grit vs Desert Quagmire at 1890 California Frontier - Hotelier Rescued by Railroad Crew

Imagine nearly drowning in icy water, in the desert of all places! This is Henry’s side of the story of his pyrrhic victory. Did you see the railroad crews’ side?    • Historic 1890 California Winter - Carson C...  
It happened in the bad winter of 1889 – 1890 and is loosely based on a local newspaper article as may have been told by Kearsarge’s Station Master to the Carson Colorado Railroad train crew the morning after, when they returned. It is a saga of ill-fated grit leading to a pyrrhic victory – find out why.

00:00 Welcome
01:24 16 Jan 1890
02:50 Key Players
05:03 Train Delay
08:00 Split Second Decision
09:35 Quagmire
12:02 What was Henry thinking?
14:53 Black Abyss
15:02 Happy Ending
17:08 FYI

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Produced with Cyberlink's PowerDirector 365. Music provided by YouTube Studio:
Burlesque - National Sweetheart
Desert Drive - Everet Almond
Western Modern Soundtrack - Freedom Trail Studio
Old World Saga - Hanu Dixit
Highway Nocturne - National Sweetheart
Stuck in One Place - Everet Almond
Overdrive Ride - Dan Lebowitz
How Far We've Come - Cooper Cannell
Nature Nurture - Quincas Moreira
At Odds – SYBS
Losing Your Marbles - The Soundlings
Smoked Kielbasa Polka - Doug Maxwell_Jimmy Fontanez
Wandering Soul - Asher Fulero

Sources:
(1) Newspaper – UCR Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, California Digital Newspaper Collection (https://cdnc.ucr.edu/)Inyo Independent, Volume XV, Number 29, 17 January 1885, page 2
Los Angeles Herald 5 January 1890 and Daily Alta California
(2) www.loc.gov – Walker Lake Bulletin
(3) Eastern California Museum (https://www.inyocounty.us/residents/t... and https://hub.catalogit.app/9821)
(4) Photos with permission by Max Laue (on Instagram   / maxl_photos  )
and
https://www.jmaw.org/levy-jewish-inde...
http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/sto...

Disclaimer: This video was produced to entertain and inspire, none of the content shall be misconstrued as instructional. While the video content is thoroughly researched, no claim is made as to its absolute accuracy.

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