Mojave Desert Cross

Ken Layne of Yucca Valley climbs to the spot in the Mojave National Preserve where a cross honoring troops who died in World War I vanished.
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Nov. 6, 2012 9:42 PM PT

Ken Layne photographs the spot where the cross stood. It was erected in 1934 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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“One day it was there, the next day it wasn’t,” said Linda Slater, spokeswoman for the Mojave National Preserve, where the cross stood for 76 years. “It was bolted directly to the rock, and the bolts were cut. Someone has that cross.”
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Bare bolts and holes are all that remain after someone took the cross down.
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Visitors walk across Sunrise Rock the day after the war memorial cross was reported stolen.
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Henry and Wanda Sandoz spend a moment at the cross along remote Cima Road.
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