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Landmark information
- Location:
On Old Hwy 80, 1 mi N of I-8 and In-Ko-Pah Park Rd interchange, 7.0 mi NE of Jacumba - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/21/1998 - Date Most Recently Visited:
2/2/2014 - GPS Coordinates:
N 32 39.534, W 116 6.003 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Desert Tower
Bert Vaughn of Jacumba built the stone tower in 1922-23 to commemorate the pioneers and road and railroad builders who opened the area. In the 1930s W.T. Ratcliffe carved the stone animal figures which lurk in the rocks surrounding the tower, creating a fantasy world of surprise and strange beauty. This remarkable sculptural assemblage is one of California's exceptional folk art environments.