Barker Ranch is historically signifigant
because it is the site where Charlie Manson kept his "family,"
and was captured. The site is now contained within Death Valley
National Park, but barely so.
Submitted by David A. Wright
Great Basin Research

Barker Ranch house. September 28, 1998.
Courtesy David A. Wright

Meyers Ranch house. October, 1998. This ranch house has since burned
down and was located just a half mile from the Barker Ranch.
Courtesy David A. Wright

Myers Ranch, after mysterious spring 1999 fire
Courtesy Dave Brenner
Death Valley National Park Ranger
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Inside of Barker Ranch house. September 7, 1996.
Courtesy David A. Wright

Barker Ranch house, the site of Charlie Manson's infamous hideaway
after the gruesome Tate-LaBianca murders. It was here that an
army of county, state and US police captured Manson and his large
"family" of teenage and young adult followers. September
7, 1996.
Courtesy David A. Wright

Pomagranites are ripe, sweet and growing wild at Barker Ranch.
September 28, 1998.
Courtesy David A. Wright
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