Cache moved to east side of road and closer to
ruins. Look out for Kids and Pets. There is old nail, rusty cans
and broken glass in area. Good parking just north of cache. No need
to park on shoulder now
Quick cache, very short distance from Highway. Watch for
snakes as always with playing in the desert. If in a car and have
to park along the road watch for cars. Keep eye on any kids or
pets.
Renoville, California, was a small stop built around a store on
what became California Highway 127 between Baker and Shoshone.
Built near Silurian Dry Lake, the town had a long enough tenure to
appear as a place-name on USGS topographic maps. Reading in a book
called "Pilgrims in the desert" History of east Mojave. A Charlie
Reno who worked on the telegraph lines along the T&T Railroad
lived here. He put up a building and started selling beer and
supplies. Later came gas pumps but they say he never sold much
gas.
In the book there are accounts that say he married a school
teacher from Shoshone. While old Charlie was away working she would
run the place. Upon his return once he found his wife with another
man that she had been having an affair with. Story goes this man
pulled his pistol on charlie and took his wife and his store! Read
the story at the flowing link :
CLICK HERE.
Reading more USGS puts the location of renoville here on west
side of road but accounts of people who were there put in down the
Valjean road a little on the east side of HWY 127.