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About This File
SIM-ple Jack's Maps of the Macabre
Macabre Map- Barker Ranch, Death Valley 1 Large Tile, 8 Medium Tiles, 15 Small Tiles
Made from scratch, pre-transitted(for select maps) cities or regions of the most notorious
locations of the world. Be afraid...be very afraid!
To Use:
Unpack, place in Regions folder, play. Raised lines reference streets, roads and highways. Refer to enclosed maps
if you're unsure which is which. Simply level and place roads as you go. No extra terrain-ing required, unless you
want it. Use any non-elevation altering terrain texture or water mod. Stand alone or import into larger regions.
Preview Pic Texture: LBT Chihuahuan Terrain Mod https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/20589-lbt-chihuahuan-terrain-mod/
About:
Charlie Manson's "other home". Lesser known than the infamous Spahn ranch, Barker Ranch is located inside Death Valley National Park in eastern California. Used as a mining and recreational property from the 1940s to the 1960s. it was used by "the Family" and is suspected to contain a few unsolved homicides.
Barker Ranch is located in a rock and boulder-filled valley in the Panamint Range. It is accessible only by sandy, primitive and rugged roads. Streams feed this little valley and provide much vegetation. There is a small one-room guest house located to the side of the main house. There is also a five-thousand-gallon "swimming pool" (in reality a reservoir to store water from the spring) made from cement and rock boulders towards the back of the property.
Bluch and Helen Thomason began construction of Barker Ranch around 1940. It was originally used as a storage and shop facility to support their mining activity in the area. They constructed a small cabin and out building, with electricity provided by a windmill and generator, and drinking water from a nearby spring. In 1950, Bluch Thomason died and the ranch became a seasonal vacation property.
The ranch was sold to James and Arlene Barker of Oklahoma in 1956. The Barkers engaged in gold and uranium mining in the area through the rest of the 1950s and the 1960s. To accommodate their family gatherings, the Barkers enlarged the house and constructed more out buildings.
In 1968, Charles Manson learned about the Myers Ranch from Catherine Gillies, the granddaughter of Barbara Myers. Starting in November 1968, Manson and others began staying at the ranch and discovered the nearby Barker Ranch. The buildings at Barker Ranch being in better condition, the Family relocated there and later obtained Arlene Barker's permission to use the property on a temporary basis. At times, the Family was using both properties.
The Inyo County sheriff department, California Highway Patrol, and National Park Service Law Enforcement Rangers captured the group in raids on October 10 and October 12, 1969. Manson was caught hiding under the bathroom vanity. At the time of his arrest they were unaware of the magnitude of their find. They wanted to prosecute the persons responsible for vandalism within Death Valley National Monument further north, unaware that they had a mass-murder suspect and his followers.
In early 1970, members of the Manson Family were filmed by Robert Hendrickson at Barker Ranch, sorting through, and taking evidence left behind by detectives, for the making of the Oscar-nominated documentary "Manson."
In 1971, Arlene Barker ceased to file reports with the Bureau of Land Management on the family's mining activity. The land (and improvements) then reverted to government control. In 1976, the ranch became part of the California Desert Conservation Area. In 1994, it was incorporated into Death Valley National Park.
Today the remnants of the ranch belong to the National Park Service. Due to a fire in May 2009, most of the main structure has been destroyed with only the concrete and rock portion of the cabin still standing.
