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I stop at the old Valley Wells town site to check out the final remnants of the wall of a mud-brick building

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03741-mud-brick-house.jpg 1.5 miles beyond Interstate 15, I reach the dirt road that will take me to Pachalka Spring and bear rightThumbnailsNearby is the metal skeleton of an old counter or stove1.5 miles beyond Interstate 15, I reach the dirt road that will take me to Pachalka Spring and bear rightThumbnailsNearby is the metal skeleton of an old counter or stove1.5 miles beyond Interstate 15, I reach the dirt road that will take me to Pachalka Spring and bear rightThumbnailsNearby is the metal skeleton of an old counter or stove1.5 miles beyond Interstate 15, I reach the dirt road that will take me to Pachalka Spring and bear rightThumbnailsNearby is the metal skeleton of an old counter or stove1.5 miles beyond Interstate 15, I reach the dirt road that will take me to Pachalka Spring and bear rightThumbnailsNearby is the metal skeleton of an old counter or stove

Of course, one wonders how long ago there was an actual building here and how long it took to deteriorate this much. Was the deterioration due to weather or vandalism, or both?