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Through the “Plains of the Lost” in a Buick! Headed by C.W. Hatton, of the Los Angeles Museum, and C.L. Franklin, this band of scientific explorers drove a Buick Sedan 680 miles into Lower California – examining flora, recording topography, breaking a trail for civilization to follow. For 180 miles they traveled over trails previously traversed only by pack mule, with the thermometer reading 120 degrees at midday. And most difficult of all, they crossed that mysterious desert mesa – “The Plain of the Lost” – through finely powdered sand, hub-deep; over fields of dense mesquite, with nearest water 50 miles away. Through everything, Buick kept on going – making history! ….. 1927 Buick Ad, A5524A. 19270514

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