Black Mesa in Nevada

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Black Mesa in Nevada

Black Mesa in Nevada

This is what you see a lot of when you take the Northshore Road inside the spectacular Lake Mead Nat'l Rec. Area. GEOLOGY in a NUTSHELL: The white rock (Callville limestone), is much older than the dark "top" of Black Mesa, which is a basaltic pluton that came to the surface and cooled. CALLVILLE area history: The Mormon Church, on their expansion west, needed a reliable route for their supplies to reach Salt Lake City, Utah. Elder Anson Call was sent to select a site for a steamboat port and, in 1864, he established Callville. The Mormon's PLAN for a supply route via the COLORADO RIVER was abandoned when the transcontinental railroad was completed in Nevada in 1869. STEAMBOATS and barges trading SALT between Rioville and El Dorado still made a few stops at Callville. NPS and concession developments at Callville Bay (on Lake Mead) began in 1967, after the Northshore Road was completed around 1966. BETA: Black Mesa lies due south of the Callville Bay road, and can be climbed with knowledge of scrambling and topo maps. Its summit is 2,201 feet above sea level, and goes without saying that it gets very warm here in SUMMER. Please bring plenty of water. (Photo taken in early March of 2008)
lcarreau
on Mar 10, 2008 11:12 pm
Lat/Lon: 36.17441°N / 114.77295°W
Image Type(s): Flora,  Informational,  Scenery
Image ID: 387341

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Tracy

Tracy - Mar 16, 2008 12:22 am - Voted 10/10

Years ago

the Park Service advertised organized hikes in Lake Mead Nat. Rec. Ctr. that were led by local volunteers. One of the hikes listed was Callville Crater. I still have the newspaper clipping and I have tried to get more info, but no one at the Visitor Center seems to know anything about a "Callville Crater."

BTW - enjoyed the 'history' notes. My dad took me and my brothers down the road to Callville Bay when it was brand new and before there was a marina there. Also, my bro-in-law is a descendant of Anson Call. His mom was a Call girl. NOT the kind that the New York Governor Spitzer has been seeing!

lcarreau

lcarreau - Mar 16, 2008 12:37 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Years ago

YES, it must be a small world! I'm in town NOW. Please check your PM box in ten minutes. - Larry

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