The History of the Jean Lemoigne | The Dean of Death Valley Prospectors

The Forgotten memory of Jean Old John Lemoigne. We hike to his grave located in the middle of Death Valley.

Come along with me as we learn about the History of Jean Lemoigne, a French miner, who's Canyon I almost died in a few weeks ago. His grave site was buried and neglected. We fixed that so he can go another 103 years alone...

I received a book "Deep Enough" by Frank A. Crampton the night before this hike. THANKS STANLEY! I will have more stories and adventures to come from this book.

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INTERESTING Jean Lemoigne stuff:

[jamesheath]

Jenni, you are an old soul. You pay respect to those who have came before us. Least they be forgotten. Thankyou

[TheGKimble]

Bless your Heart, that was so nice of you.

[davidborgerding]

A man never dies while his name is spoken. You go well beyond, and have an intimacy for this guy. What a great gal!

[kenp]

You are a truly kind person. God bless.

[josephb]

You have a big heart Jenni. You will be blessed 😎👍👍

[artj]

Jenni, That was a wonderful thing you and your friend did to honor Mr. Lemoigne! I hiked along with you again as I always do. What a great documenter of our history. Loved it! 🧡🧡

[grahamrobson]

What a wonderful episode thank you Jenni

[GlenCannon]

Great video Jenni. I loved the story that you did along with the hike to the grave. You have made him live a little longer by saying his name. When a person dies, they die twice. The day they die and then the last time their name is said. Now that you have placed a headstone with his name on it, every person that goes there will say his name. You have made him last longer than he ever would by people just sharing his story. When you walk into a graveyard, say the names on the stones so that person will live longer in memory.

[jamesparker]

Very thoughtful Jenni. Mr. Lemoigne would have appreciated your efforts. Lots of Love, James

[garynord]

Great video Jenni, thank you for being so respectful to the one’s that has left us and the history. 👍😎

[williamglaser]

Nice to see another vido from you, thanks :-)

[olives]

Thanks for the history lesson. Very interesting. Looking forward to more tales. I'll dig around, but don't have a lot of resources. Thanks for continuing the story. I just found 3 pages (albeit small) written on Lemoigne in " Mines of Death Valley" by Belden, Burr. (1966).

[LogCabinChronicles]

Wonderful, wonderful video!! Thanks to Mary as well!!! PS: Totally diggin’ the t-shirt!’ 😂👍🏼

[PinInTheAtlas]

Love the history Jenni and thank you for taking the time to do something so sweet for someone who history has forgotten. We have had this site pinned for a long time now and will be bringing a rock or two of our own to continue this wonderful tradition you’ve created! Good on you!

[budinfield]

Two beautiful ladies on a desert adventure! Well done...

[theforgotten]

I admire you and your friend you care more about a stranger that you never seen and take care of a grave then most family members do about their own relatives that are deceased you are a very very very very very good woman

[jtcbrt]

What a great job by you lovely ladies. You should both be very blessed.

[TheEdelKampers]

We were so touched by your kindness. What you and Mary did in honoring Mr. Lemoigne was truly altruistic. We enjoyed the history and hike. Thank you for a great video. Mary 💕 Fred

[casedoumasr]

We are lucky to have someone on YouTube with your enthusiasm .To find good books of history past and then take us along on a adventure to find these area's or talk about even the people that had connections and a good true story to go with it .🥀p.s. like they say life can be short so take the time to smell the ROSE's 🙏📖☃️🏔️take care JENNI till next time.

[oklahomafreedom]

Jenni, gosh you have a heart of pure love and Gold. Much love to you 😘
God bless 💞💞💞💞