2020-10-11, 05:22 PM
Following a new thread about jets in Star Wars Canyon it was suggest to contact Panamint Springs Resort for updates. I've called PSR in the past for updates so thinking this was a good idea I called but no one picked up. So I got to wondering "Are there really springs on the site?"
If figured that at least once upon a time or seasonally some springs must exist in or near the PSR community. I'm aware of the four inch PVC culinary water line extending from Darwin Falls down to PSR which is claimed to be their only year round water source.
Do any of you know if there is an intermittent spring that prompted the location being named Panamint Springs or is it a loose term including Darwin Falls?
Dr. Darwin French is credited as applying the term Panamint in 1860 during his search for the fabled Gunsight Lode.
[b]Panamint Range and Valley[/b]. Home to Telescope Peak, the park’s highest point at 11,049 feet, the Panamint Range and its adjacent valley west of Death Valley, get their names from a Southern Paiute name for a group of Native Americans in the area. Panamint is a combination of Pa (water) and niwintsi (person). The name was first used in 1861.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamint_S...California
https://www.deathvalley.com/dvtalkarc3/m...4112.shtml
BTW - I was unaware that Darwin, CA must have been named after Dr. Darwin French rather than Charles Darwin.
If figured that at least once upon a time or seasonally some springs must exist in or near the PSR community. I'm aware of the four inch PVC culinary water line extending from Darwin Falls down to PSR which is claimed to be their only year round water source.
Do any of you know if there is an intermittent spring that prompted the location being named Panamint Springs or is it a loose term including Darwin Falls?
Dr. Darwin French is credited as applying the term Panamint in 1860 during his search for the fabled Gunsight Lode.
[b]Panamint Range and Valley[/b]. Home to Telescope Peak, the park’s highest point at 11,049 feet, the Panamint Range and its adjacent valley west of Death Valley, get their names from a Southern Paiute name for a group of Native Americans in the area. Panamint is a combination of Pa (water) and niwintsi (person). The name was first used in 1861.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamint_S...California
https://www.deathvalley.com/dvtalkarc3/m...4112.shtml
BTW - I was unaware that Darwin, CA must have been named after Dr. Darwin French rather than Charles Darwin.
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