Places: CA-Jensen Canyon

 

 
Jensen Canyon-___' (Quad) (lat, long)
Legal: T__S, R__E, Sec__

Description : Trips : References : Pictures 


Description:

GNIS does not have a reference to this location. It is just west of the Furance Creek Wash at the eastern end of the Park.The book Best Easy Day Hikes Death Valley National Park has a hike up this canyon. It prefers to call it Mummy Canyon after a formation resembling a mummy at the entrance to the canyon. There is a rock with  T A Jensen 1862 etched in it. The Park's archeologist has not returned an email about this. 

I asked in the Facebook group, Explorers of the Old West. One strong possibility about who Jensen was is:

Name: Thos A Jonson

Age: 34

Birth Year: abt 1826

Gender: Male

Birth Place: Norway

Home in 1860: Rough and Ready, Nevada, California

Post Office: Rough and Ready

Dwelling Number: 153

Family Number: 151

Occupation: Farmer

Real Estate Value: 1000

Personal Estate Value: 800

Household Members Age

Thos A Jonson 34

Timothy Conway 12

Trips:

• November 16, 2021 - Morning walk up Jensen Canyon. Found bones, cacti, and a natural bridge
  

References:

• Musings of a Slowly Rotting Mind blog
• Book-Best Easy Day Hikes Death Valley National Park 
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Pictures:

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