Curated by Kaylin Paschall, TME

In the October 28, 2022 edition of The Mountain Enterprise, we republished a report from 1970 called “Subversive Literature Found”. This next report, titled “Munition Cache Discovered” was written for the May 5, 1978 edition of TME.

Discovery in Pinon Pines

“Investigations into the person or persons who deserted a cache of highly volatile liquids and a large amount of live and partially loaded ammunition is being continued. The collection of explosive material was discovered by Richard Casagrande, Senior Sanitarian for Kern County, when he was investigating a collection of mobile homes in…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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The 1978 photo caption reads “This collection of mobile homes was apparently used by a subversive group for the reloading of ammunition and the assembly of explosive devices. According to investigators the buildings have been unused since 1974, but highly explosive containers of ether and a large amount of ammunition were left behind.”

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This is part of the February 17, 2023 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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