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See the Las Vegas Sun for a significant article about an archaeologist who hiked into the Nellis Range to within sight of Papoose Lake, south of Area 51. The 7/20/97 front page story can be found at: http://www.lasvegassun.com/sun/dossier/events/journey/index.html STEALTH SEARCH FOR HISTORY Archaeologist braves barren desert, government security to find lost site By Ken McCall LAS VEGAS SUN As the full moon rose on an April night, Jerry Freeman picked up his backpack and headed into a desolate and forbidding landscape. Driven by an obsession about an episode in American pioneer history -- and the stubbornness of the Air Force -- the 55-year-old archaeologist and adventurer began an unauthorized seven-day, hundred-mile trek through the Nevada Test Site, into highly restricted Air Force property, and near, if not in, the top-secret Area 51. His objective: To find an inscription made in 1849 by a member of a lost and desperate wagon train that eventually gave Death Valley its name. Also, Freeman wanted to see Papoose Dry Lake, the last place where the group of would-be gold-diggers camped together before splintering in search of water. His problem: The dry lake and the canyon that is thought to contain the inscription are deep within one of the nation's most restricted military bases. [See site for rest]
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