Robber's Roost

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View from atop Robber's Roost overlooking the area where Freeman Junction once stood. The town of Ridgecrest, CA is visible in the background.

Robber's Roost (Unincorporated Kern County, California) is a rock formation in the foothills of the Scodie Mountains portion of the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in the North Mojave Desert. The formation overlooks the southern portion of the Indian Wells Valley. The nearest municipality is Ridgecrest, CA. The Los Angeles Aqueduct is within several hundred yards of the formation. The area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

[edit] History

Outlaws were known to use Robber's Roost to spot stagecoaches moving south towards Los Angeles through the Antelope Valley from the Owens Valley or west through Walker Pass towards the San Joaquin Valley. Modern day Walker Pass is State Route 178. Stagecoaches in this area often carried gold and other valuable gems from the local mines.

The most notable outlaw to use Robber's Roost was Tiburcio Vasquez