It was kept hidden in a barn for more than a decade after its discovery in the Bay Area.
The Mojave Cross, a subject of drawn-out lawsuits and thefts, is now atop a new memorial to honor all military at the museum of the Mojave Desert Historical and Cultural Association in Goffs in eastern San Bernardino County. The famous Mojave Cross — which went missing for years before it was found abandoned at a Bay Area roadside — now has a new home, safe from vandalism and the rancor of the courtroom.
It is a successor to the cross put up in 1934 by miners and homesteaders on Sunrise Rock, in eastern San Bernardino County, as a memorial for those who fought in World War I. The Sandozes proposed a solution, offering the government five acres they owned within the Mojave preserve in exchange for the one acre where the cross was. That land swap was also opposed by the cross’s opponents.
Hidden inside was a typed letter addressed “to America,” and signed “A simple American.” It apologized to the Sandozes for the theft. The recovered cross was returned to Wanda Sandoz. It was kept hidden for nearly a decade in a barn because Sandoz, whose husband had died, was afraid that it would again be stolen if displayed publicly.
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