Barker Ranch
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Barker Ranch is infamous as the last hideout of Charles Manson and his "family" during and after the gruesome LA murder spree. It is located inside Death Valley National Park in eastern California.
The local county sheriff department, California Highway Patrol, and National Park law enforcement captured the group in 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 of the National Park further north, unaware that they had a mass murder suspect and his followers.
Barker Ranch is located in a rock and boulder filled valley east of the Panamint Range. It is only accessible 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 makeshift swimming pool (this was probably a cistern to store water from the spring) made from cement and rock boulders towards the back of the property. Approximately half a mile up the road is the Myers Ranch, which was owned by the grandmother of Manson family member Cathy Myers (aka Catherine Gillies) and served as an additional residence for family members.
Today the ranch is not occupied, and visitors can find a guestbook there. The bathroom vanity where Manson hid is gone.
[edit] External links
- Barker Ranch, Death Valley, California: The Last Hideout of Cult Killer Charles Manson
- Barker Ranch Page from Totalescape.com
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