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AUSTRALIANS AND THE GOLD RUSH by Jay
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Monaghan. New facets of both California and Palm Desert, California 92260 and Nevada. Series II includes New Mexico,
Australia gold rushes neglected by historians. Utah and Colorado. Reproduced on fine paper.
Brings alive the age of the sale. 317 pages, They show old towns, mines, springs and trails
$6.50. now extinct. Each set of three, $3.75. Be sure to
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CHALLENGE TO SCIENCE, THE UFO ENIGMA by THE LIFE OF THE DESERT by Ann and Myron
Jacques and Janine Vallee. Penetrating study Sutton. Covers desert creatures, perennial water BOTTLE COLLECTOR'S BOOK by Pat and Bob
of the "flying saucer" legend. 267 pages, $5.95. problems and how animals and plants survive. Ferraro. Gives history, descriptions and price
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SAN DIEGO BACK COUNTRY 1901 by Gordon back, $3.00.
Stuart. Pilled with local color and nostalgia for OFF THE BEATEN TRACK IN BAJA by Erie Stanley
high-button shoes and shivarees. 241 pages, Gardner. About people and places in enchant- COOKING AND CAMPING ON THE DESERT by
$5.00. ing Baja California of Mexico. Colored photos, Choral Pepper. Also useful in your own back
368 pages, $8.95. •> yard. Contains chapter by Jack Pepper on driv-
HISTORIC SPOTS IN CALIFORNIA Revised by ing and surviving in back country. Recipes are
William N. Abeloe. Only complete guide to Cali- LINCK'S DIARY 1766. Limited edition of "this named for ghost towns and lost mines and sug-
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WILDFLOWERS OF THE GRAND CANYON by John VISITING AMERICAN CAVES by Howard Sloan
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Canyon to the Mexican Border by Russ Leada-
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BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL by Waterman L. HOW TO RETIRE IN MEXICO on $2.47 a Day by
historical information, recreational facilities,
Ormsby, a New York newspaperman who was Eugene Woods. Presents an enticing pre-retire-
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the only through passenger on this first west- ment plan that's workable. Also, good travel in-
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$4.50. HANDBOOK OF CRYSTAL AND MINERAL COL-
LECTING by William Sanborn. Describes environ- ANCIENT HUNTERS OF THE FAR WEST based
THE SEA OF CORTEZ by Sunset Staff. Explores ment typical of collection sites and physical upon forty years of research by the late Mal-
the Gulf of California, Baja California, and properties of minerals and crystals. Paper, 81 colm Rogers. Brings together what is known of
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$1 1.75. color. Large format. $9.50.
RELACIONES by Zarate Salmeron. Written by
17th century Franciscan and is only source of A GALLERY OF CALIFORNIA MISSION PAINT-
ART TREASURES IN THE WEST by Sunset Staff.
knowledge published for Spanish explorations INGS by Edwin Deakin, edited by Ruth Mahood.
Descriptions and discussions of paintings, sculp-
into Arizona and New Mexico from 1538 to Fine, full color reproductions depicting 21 fa-
tures and artists displayed in Western museums
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they appeared before restoration projects began.
NEVADA'S TWENTIETH CENTURY MINING BOOM Beautiful book. 58 pages, $7.50.
BOOT HILL by Lambert Florin. Sixth in his series
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the promoters and leaders who influenced the THE NEVADA ADVENTURE, a History by James
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LANGUAGES, TERRITORIES AND NAMES OF CALI- 306 pages, $7.50.
FORNIA INDIAN TRIBES by Robert Heizer. Schol-
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arly book contains probably as much about the
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California Indian society as we will ever know.
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STANDING UP COUNTRY by C. Gregory Cramp-
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mal history of life in the mining camps deep in concentrates on the Fort Yuma to San Francisco
California residents add 4 percent
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as examples of the vigorous struggle for exist- are a Republican or Democrat.
ence in the mining camps of the West. 239 TREASURY OF FRONTIER RELICS by Les Beitz. A
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2 / Desert Magazine / July-August, 1967

CONTENTS
Volume 30 Numbers 7-8 4 Vacation Map
5 New Books for DESERT Readers
JULY/AUGUST, 1967 8 The Misplaced Sagebrush
By L. D. ADAMS
10 Lost Gold and Pearls of Australia

JACK PEPPER By WILLIAM E. OSBORNE
Publisher
12 Petrified Redwoods of Calistoga
CHORAL PEPPER By BEN TRAYWICK
Editor 14 Lost Souls of Moaning Cave

By BEN TRAYWICK
ELTA SHIVELY
Executive Secretary
16 Buena Vista Rancho
By ERNIE COWAty
MARVEL BARRETT 18 Ghost Ranch Museum

Business By BOB HYATT
AL MERRYMAN
21 When Its Hot
By JACK DELANEY
Staff Artist
24 Hualapai Holiday
JACK DELANEY By ROGER MITCHELL
Staff Writer 27 The Great Sand Box
By NADA MAY RAMSDALE
EDITORIAL OFFICES: 74-109 Larrea, Palm Desert, 28 Land of the Havasupai
California 92260. Area Code 714 346-8144.
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DESERT is published monthly by Desert Magazine, By KAY RAMSEY
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Palm Desert, Calif., and at additional mailing 41 Desert Journey
offices under Act of March 3, 1879. Title regis- By MYRTLE MYLES
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contents copyrighted 1967 by Desert Magazine. 42 The Leprechaun's Treasure
Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs cannot By GEORGE THOMPSON
be returned or acknowledged unless full return
postage is enclosed. Permission to reproduce con- 44 The Mysterious Lake
tents must be secured from the editor in writing. By MARIAN HARVEY
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $5.00 per year in U.S.,
Canada and Mexico. $5.75 elsewhere. Allow five 45 Incident at San Miguel
weeks for change of address. Be sure to send By PETER ODENS
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46 The Sheepherder's Lost Gold
By WALT MYKOL
THE COVER
47 Rigging for Wilderness Roads
One of hundreds of spectacular By V. LEE OERTLE
sights on Lake Powell, between the
Utah and Arizona border, is the fa- 48 Gleeson, Arizona
By LAMBERT FLORIN
mous Hole-in-the-Rock, where the
intrepid Mormons in 1880 lowered 50 Back Country Travel
covered wagons down the sheer pre- By JACK PEPPER
cipice enroute to Bluff, Utah. Formed 54 DESERT COOKERY
by the Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Pow- By LUCILLE I. CARLESON
ell is one of America's finest lakes
for all types of family fun. Photo by 55 Letters from Our Readers
Jack Pepper.
July-August, 1967 / Desert Magazine / 3

DESERT'S VACATION MAP
Each mark on this map represents an article
in this issue. The number adjacent to the mark
is the page number on which the story appears

Cooking and
B$d$ fan Resent ffeadefis Camping on the
Desert
CAMPING AND CLIMBING IN BAJA by Choral Pepper
Books reviewed may be ordered
By John W. Robinson from the DESERT Magazine Book with a chapter on
Containing excellent maps and good Order Department, Palm Desert,
black and white photos, this guidebook California 92260. Please include Driving and Surviving
to the Sierra San Pedro Martir and the 25c for handling. California resi- on the Desert
Sierra Juarez of upper Baja California dents must add 4 % sales tax.
Enclose payment with order. by Jack Pepper
will lure any reader with a strong set of
muscles and a sense of adventure up into
these mountains that rise below the Cali-
fornia border. There are mission ruins to OLD-TIMERS OF SOUTHEASTERN
find, wild animal tracks to follow, and, CALIFORNIA
perhaps, history to be made. Much of By Lester Reed *
I COOKING and
this land is unexplored and unmapped
Covering an area from Owens Lake to
CAMPING
still, although the author has covered it
pretty well on his numerous hiking ex-
Anza-Borrego and from San Bernardino * on the DESERT
east to 29 Palms, the author recounts CHORAL PEPPER
peditions.
episodes from the lives of Southeastern
Not only is the book for climbers, California's first families, many of whom
however. It also shows car routes to are still prominent in these same areas
famous ranches, such as the Meling today. However, much has changed. The
Ranch, and camping spots in palm old Vail Ranch is now part of Rancho
studded canyons where trout streams California, a development which will
tempt weekend tourists who aren't up to probably grow into a new city. A fifth-
the hike. Paperback, 96 pages, $2.95. generation descendant of an early settler
who rebelled against visiting his wife's
family in New York City because the tJ ERIE STANLt i » « " - "
merchants there didn't stock Levis, is *. *^~ —
now training to be a school teacher. One
THE BOOK OF CHILAM BALAM of the most interesting old-timer recollec-
"Cooking and Camping on the Desert ' is
OF CHUMAYEL tions is a story told by Lewis Rawson more than just a book on preparing for a
By Ralph L. Roys about the time bandit Jesse James and desert outing or making meals that will
his brother paid a friendly visit to Raw- appeal while in camp. This book is a br ef
Most important of the native literature manual on how to survive in the desert . . .
son's Crown Valley Ranch north of Teme-
of Yucatan are the sacred Books of Chil- the book is a must for anyone making a
cula. tr p to the desert, whether it is his first or
am Balam, for they contain much of what fftiefh. BILL HILTON, Santa Barbara News-
the Maya Indian remembered of his old Privately printed, there is a wealth of Press.
culture. Written in the Maya language, material here for researchers and histor-
ians that will never be available else- ONLY $3.95
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PLANTS, LIKE PEOPLE,
SOJOURN TO
FAR-AWAY PLACES
The Saga of the Misplaced Sagebrush

by L. D. Adams'!
o THE naked eye the

Diablo Range of the
California Coast Range
. r -> does not resemble a des-
ert in any aspect. Yet two
recent discoveries indicate
that the soil, temperature and rainfall in
the area is such that desert plants can
and do survive in this environment.
The Basin Big Sage Brush, which
ranges in the desert areas of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona
and New Mexico, is one of the dominant
sagebrush types of California—but cer-
tainly not of the western edge of the San
Joaquin Valley.
Harold W. Wolfram, a range techni-
cian with the California Division of For-
estry, recently identified the unique brush
species on the Diablo Range and began
mapping the area. He discovered that the
Basin Big Brush {Artemisia tridentata
Nutt. subsp. tridentata) covered approxi-
mately 1,600 acres on all but the southerly
slopes of the ridge.
The exact location of Wolfram's find is
on Black Mountain, 12 miles north of
Coalinga, Fresno County, and within easy
walking distance of Murietta's Rocks and
the infamous Arroyo de la Cantua, famed
landmarks of the days when Joaquin
Murietta and Tibrucio Vasquez used the
hills as a refuge from the law.
Borings on some of the large sage
brush specimens indicate the age of the
misplaced plant between 50 and 70 years,
a period in the history of California's
West Side that was marked by heavy
sheep grazing.
t / Desert Magazine / July-August, 1967

Wolfram says the area is similar to found other specimens in the Silver Creek
BASIN
California's high-desert areas, with associ- area, 20 miles northwest of the Coalinga
BIG SAGE
JOAQUIN ROCKS BRUSH
ated plants of California juniper, wooly * * site at Wartham Creek.
yerbasanta, Our Lord's Candle, California 4150' Range technicians, using core samples
sage brush and ephedra, Black sage, sev- for dating, estimate the oldest of screw-
eral species of buckwheat and ceanothus bean mesquites in the Wartham Canyon
are present in varying amounts. Mean site are between 50 and 75 years old and
daily temperatures range from a minimum were probably planted by early settlers
of 15 degrees to 95 degrees Fahrenheit in the area, although Indians were in the
with an average rainfall of 12.35 inches. area until the late 1800s. The pods of the
The soils in the area are Upper Cretaceous mesquite were used in desert regions for
Marine made up of sandstone, shale and cattle feed and both Indians and Mexican
conglomerates. ground the seeds into a meal for baking.
The present stand of brush seems to be The parent screwbean mesquite for the
surviving and slightly increasing in area. Wartham Canyon location appears to be
Young plants are sinking their roots deep a specimen about 20 feet tall at the Park-
in the soil before putting on top growth field Junction near highway 198, about
which can reach as much as seven or 15 miles southwest of Coalinga. From
eight feet. A second identification by there the mesquite follows the canyon
Wolfram of a typical desert plant was downstream until it opens into Pleasant
made 15 miles southwest of the initial Valley, about three miles from the small
discovery of Basin Big Sage Brush. West Side community.
The range technician reconfirmed the The Silver Creek location has not been
existence of screwbean mesquite growing completely mapped and is considerably
along the banks of Wartham Canyon, an smaller in distance than the Coalinga
intermittent stream southwest of Coalinga. location.
This desert plant is very common along San Bernardino, in Lower California and Today these misplaced desert plants of
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Golden Cave still waits to be claimed. ville, Western Australia, in similar cir-
SCM.i •" SNA cumstances. A youthful driver in 1931
decided to remove the lump of stone
over which he drove every day. This
lump of stone turned out to be a nugget
weighing 129 pounds and was examined
by the author. Largest of all Australian
nuggets was the Holtermann, found at
^)(j££' Hill End, New South Wales, in 1872. It
weighed 7560 ounces gross, and the gold
content was 47%.
The Welcome Stranger, was found by
two desperate prospectors, John Deason
and Richard Oates, whose money had
long since gone. Credit for flour had
been refused and Deason's family went
•: . ; >, , . • : > ' I
hungry. On February 5, 1869, the two
men decided this would be their last day,
after having prospected for four years.
Deason walked to the edge of their claim,
Gold and Pearls at the side of a bush road and swung his
pick wildly at a dirt-covered mound be-
tween the roots of an old tree. The pick
Australia rebounded. Deason cursed, believing it
was broken. A few moments later he was
dancing with joy. The mass of gold re-
by William E. Osborne vealed measured a foot in length and
width and was covered with a black tar-
nish.
ANY ARTICLES On lost According to the U. S. Bureau of
mines — legendary and With great difficulty, the two men car-
Mines, the largest nugget found in the
otherwise — have been ried the huge nugget to Deason's cottage.
United States (in North Carolina)
published over the years, His wife then built a large fire and the
weighed 28 pounds. Some 344 Austra-
and almost all of the nugget was placed on top to burn off the
lian nuggets have exceeded this weight,
stories h a v e concerned impurities. Weighed later at the bank in
and almost 20% of these, including
gold or treasure in and around the Dunolly, after chopping off some pieces
some of the largest, were found within
United States. It may, therefore, be of as souvenirs for friends, the net gold con-
a few inches of the surface. The Wel-
interest to report on a country that not tent was 2305 fine ounces.
come Stranger (205 pounds of almost
only has a number of authenticated lost pure gold) was found in 1869 at Molia- A few other nuggets in the 1000-2500
mines, but has also produced far more gul in the (then) Colony of Victoria ounce range are the "Welcome" (in
nuggets—and much larger ones—than one inch below the surface at the side 1858, at Ballarat, Victoria, 1841/2
the rest of the world combined. This of a road. The Golden Eagle, so named pounds); "Kerr's Hundredweight" (1851
country is Australia. for its shape, was unearthed at Lark- near Bathurst, New South Wales, 106
pounds), found by Jimmy, an aboriginal
employed by a young Irish doctor; the
Arrow points to area of the lost pearls.
"Blanche Barkly" (1857, at Kingower,
XL O Victoria, 146 pounds), later exhibited at
the Crystal Palace, London; "Lady Hot-
ham" (Ballarat, Victoria, 135 pounds);
"Sarah Sands" (Ballarat, Victoria, 137
pounds); and the "Precious" (Berlin, Vic-
toria, 138 pounds). Thirty-eight others
have weighed more than 100 pounds and
the Berlin area of Victoria produced eight
in one year (1870-71), with Canadian
'it) Gully, Ballarat, a good second with six.
Farmers occasionally plow up a 10 or
20-ounce nugget in the Victorian nugget
areas. Two of over 30 ounces were acci-
dentally found last year.
Coming now to lost mines, the well-
known story of Lasseter's lost reef or
golden cave has been published—and dis-
torted—many times. The true facts, from
hl€t I. A/6
Lasseter's relatives, are briefly these. In
1893 Harold Lasseter, then 17, discover-

ed in Central Australia—a 1000-mile-long tribe, draws a small bone and points it at different to the same parameters applied
arid wasteland, unexplored, almost water- an old and useless member of his little to the surrounding earth. A buried object
less, with fierce temperatures—a large band. A young buck will then use his (either metal or dielectric) is therefore
cave near the base of a mountain. The throwing-stick, and the tribe has dinner. easily detected as a reflected infrared
whole face was studded with gold. Young Such a fate was, unfortunately, Lasse- pattern on the surface.
Lasseter was found, near death from ter's. In the ensuing search, Lieutenant During the six years from 1901-07,
thirst, by an Afghan camel driver. Several Keith Anderson, an acquaintance of the John Osborne operated a fleet of pearling
years later Lasseter and a surveyor friend writer, lost his life when his light plane luggers out of Broome in north-west Aus-
rediscovered the cave and returned to Car- crashed. Eventually, however, the evi- tralia, and employed 40 aboriginal pearl
narvon, West Australia, with ore samples dence was pieced together by Robert Buck divers. Broome in those days was a small
assaying 3000 ounces per ton. However, and other searchers from the buried notes town of a few hundred people, most of
the surveyor's watch had stopped for an and the notebook itself, which contained whom lived on the oyster-pearl fishing
unknown time, causing incorrect calcula- Lasseter's will and last message to his industry. The Broome shoals produced
tions of the mine's position. wife. It was buried when the almost-blind some of the worlds finest pearls. Os-
A 1930 expedition, equipped with a man sensed that death was near. The borne, a tall, lean young Englishman,
light plane, failed to find the cave and "golden cave," which is part of "a $2- operated the parent lugger with another
finally abandoned the search, but Las- billion reef, seven miles long, visible at white man and several black divers. Two
of the latter, Jackie and Jimmie, were
beaten one night by Osborne for stealing
his rum and a pocket-knife. Aboriginals
are not usually revengeful, but these two
decided they had had enough.
Aboard the parent lugger was the ac-
cumulated wealth, in pearls, of two
months' diving and processing by nine
luggers, in addition to 30 ultra-flawless
specimens kept as show pieces. The two
hampers referred to contained all the
pearls. When the lugger next docked for
the bi-monthly transfer to the bank, it
was late at night. Jackie and Jimmie
stole Osborne's revolver, threw it over-
board, and knocked him out as he slept.
His cabin door, always locked, was either
not fastened or else was quietly manipu-
lated. The divers shouldered one basket
each, headed south around Gantheaume
These pearl shells were carved by Australian aboriginal pearl divers in 1902 aboard Point to Roebuck Bay, and buried the
a lugger, in spare time, ichile at sea. The smallest nugget is from the old desert ghost hampers in the beach sand two miles
south of town. The Broome police force
town of Arltunga (Centraliaj, where $22 million was taken in a jew years prior to
of two men arrested them at 5 a.m., head-
the end of the last century. Others are from the Moliag/zl area of Victoria. The ing inland. Their tracks led back to a
aboriginal "singing stick'' emits a varying moaning sound when whirled around by beach, a mile away, but an incoming tide
the leather thong. (See story). there obliterated them. The date was
seter and a trapper named Johns stayed erosions," is still waiting to be claimed. January 27th, 1906.
on. When Lasseter recognized certain It is almost certainly in the Petermann Both aborigines played dumb as to the
landmarks, Johns started back for Alice range of low mountains (of which there exact location, but admitted walking
Springs to obtain fresh supplies. Lasse- are few in Centralia) about 340 miles along and burying the pearls on the beach.
ter, alone, continued until his camels west-south-west of Alice Springs. A possibility exists, however, of the hid-
bolted. Growing rapidly weaker, he The Lost Pearls of Broome will un- ing place being in the dry, loose sand
again reached his cave and then, in a doubtedly be found by someone with an which spreads inland in that area. Neither
pitiable state, was taken along by a tribe electronic locator which is not of the usual man had any digging implement, so the
of transient aborigines. Lasseter buried kind. They are buried—$200,000 worth— hole must have been a shallow one.
notes underneath his campfire sites as in two wicker hampers, each 22"xl5"x Sentenced to ten years' jail, Jimmie
the tribe wandered. These were later 20" deep. A wicker lid, fastened by a died there, and Jackie passed on (of TB)
found. When the prospector became small hasp and padlock, seals each one, a year after his release on probation in
sand-blind, his potential usefulness to and this hasp and padlock represent the 1911. John Osborne, who happens to be
the blacks ended and the chief "pointed only metal available for detection by a the author's uncle, later retired and
the bone." This ritual is common to locator of the conventional type. The bought a hotel in Perth, where he died in
Central Australian aborigines, who adopt larger body—pearls and basket—are a 1949. The pearls have never been found
cannibalism when driven by extreme dielectric, and as such would respond to and the details have never before been
circumstances. If, at the end of a 30-mile a magnetometer, or better still, to an published. Police reports at that time,
trek across the desert, the blacks find that infrared mine detector. This operates on from such an isolated community, merited
an expected patch of yams or other food the principle that the radiant emissivity, two column inches in the Perth news-
is no longer there, the chief, to sustain the absorptance, and reflectance are all quite paper. •

AMERICA'S Petrified Redwoods of Calistoga
NEW VACATION LAND!
LAKE POWELL
by Ben Traywick
RAINBOW BRIDGE
GLEN CANYON DAM OME 70 miles north of claim to his acres with an axe on his
TRIPS from ONE HOUR lo FIVE DAYS San Francisco and five shoulder and six bits in his pocket. He
SPECIAL ONE DAY TRIP lo RAINBOW BRIDGE miles west of Calistoga fondly called the forest the "handsomest
Fishing unexcelled. Water Sports. Finest in Sonoma County lies spot in the Californy mountains." "Petri-
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petrified redwood forest. This mile-long A partially exposed trunk of a tree, un-
ART GREENE graveyard contains approximately ^00 covered by a recent storm, was enough to
CANYON TOURS, INC. trees struck with rocky immortality. The tip off the canny sailor to the fact that he
WAHWEAP LODGE and MARINA violent eruption of Mount St. Helena in had acquired a public attraction. The logs
prehistoric time uprooted the forest fell- became his breadwinner when he put up a
P. O. Box 1597 Page, Arizona
Phone 645-2761 ing the trees so that all the stony logs sign announcing "The Pertified Forest:
pointed away from it. Then layers of vol- C. Evans. Admission 500" and sold pho-
canic ash were deposited upon them from tographs and specimens on the site.
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several feet beneath the surface. Finally, F. Taylor and Robert Louis Stevenson,
DESERT MAGAZINE after many eons, Mount St. Helena grew visited his unusual forest in the late 1800s.
BOOK STORE quiet. But even today the area is full of Taylor, ever the poet, said of the forest,
Palm Desert, California 92260 sulphur and boiling springs. Geysers spout "They overwhelm your vanity with gray
at periodic intervals through the valley cairns of what once danced in the rain,
and the town of Calistoga reposes on a whispered in the wind, blossomed in the
•Atencion Baja # 1 mere film of earth above a boiling sub-
terranean lake.
Following the volcanic period, the big
sun . . . What a rocking of the cradle
there must have been when the earth
quaked, and lava put these trees in flinty
{Conquistadors 11 trees were covered by an inland sea or
lake. Water seeped down through the
armor, and transfused their veins with
dumbness."
| I f you are of that muy loco b r e e d | layers of volcanic ash and silt, carrying A visitor to the forest in 1881 found
•who has traveled at least part o f |
silica in solution into the porous redwood "Petrified Charley" dead.
where it crystalized and replaced tiny bits Some years later Mrs. Ollie Bockee
| T H E ROAD in Baja then you c a n "
of wood that had floated away. Thus was paid a visit to the area. She was com-
•display the • formed what we see today as petrified pletely fascinated by the stone trees and
BAJA! wood. After a few million years, the ele-

ments eroded layers of earth that buried
the trees and exposed them to the surface.
her shrewd mind saw the possibilities of
a commercial development. After acquir-
ing the land in 1910, she labored tirelessly
The petrifying process was so slow and
CAR • deliberate that wood texture and fibre are
preserved in detail. It is apparent that the
to excavate more of the giant trees. To her
delight, several giants soon lay exposed
in awesome, petrified splendor.
great redwoods have not changed during
BADGE; the last several million years, as the stone
trees appear identical to those we see
growing today. Scientists estimate that the
Because of Ollies' advertising efforts,
others came to look in ever increasing
numbers. One of her better promotion
I Made in England Ihe Baja Badge is green,!
trees were approximately 3,000 years old stunts was to present a stone tree trunk to
I while and gold enamel mounted on a heavilyl
when the volcanic eruption uprooted New York City for a Christmas present
chrome-plated frame, with bolt holes f o r j
B mounting. 4VJ by 3'/ 4 inches. A distinctive! them, and that this date was at least in 1922. The 5,560 pounds of tree trunk
was taken to San Francisco by truck and
| emblem for proud Baja adventurers lasting! 6,000,000 years ago, perhaps more. Evi-
• a lifetime. ONLY $5.95 POSTPAID. Calif., dence revealed by excavations suggest shipped through the Panama Canal to
••residents add 24 cents sales lax. Immediate! there is more than one petrified forest at New York. The mayor accepted it at a
I shipment. Send check or money order to D i c k i this location—possibly as many as three, formal gathering in Central Park and
Cepek, P.O. Box 1 8 1 , Dept. DB, South G o t t , | attached a bronze marker to commemorate
I Calif. 90280.
each at a different level.
The great stone trees were first dis- the occasion. It is still there and it gave
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED covered in 1870 by an ex-sailor named the petrified forest a million dollars
OR MONEY REFUNDED Charley Evans. Evans is said to have taken worth of publicity.

After Mrs. Bockees' death in 1950, there was an abundance of vegetation.
her sister, Jeanette Hawthorne, became the Animal remains unearthed show that
animals were also present. And, too,
FUN FINDERS
new owner of the petrified redwoods.
With her husband, she has accomplished numerous Indian relics give evidence
a herculean task in making major repairs, that some tribe inhabited the vicinity in
improvements, and excavations in order prehistoric days.
that this primeval stone forest of beauty While constructing a foundation for
and scientific interest will continue to in- a tank, the Hawthornes unearthed a
struct countless generations of Americans petrified pine tree at a depth of 61/2
in the future. feet. It was a beautiful deep red color
One of the most remarkable of the that resembled the petrified wood of the
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There are a number of oddities about they had come from the Arizona forest,
the forest. A visitor in the summer of as they corresponded with the petrifica-
1881 claimed he found axe marks upon tions there in every respect. Still, why
some of the stone trunks. He insisted would an ancient traveler carry) such
that this chopping had taken place pre- heavy stones from Arizona to California
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Fossils and artifacts tell us much about at a lower level than the great redwoods.
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wood, ferns, fruit and nuts, indicate that petrified redwoods. •
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N THE southern portion men claimed to have seen at least 300 caves, believing they were inhabited by
of the Mother Lode human bodies completely petrified. Sev- an evil spirit—a Stone Giant who ven-
Country, two miles from eral of these bodies were under, or actu- tured from the cave at night in search of
Vallecito, Calaveras ally immersed, in the stalactites of the human victims. These Indians claimed
County, on the road to cave. Some of the skulls indicated a race the ghostly sounds caused by air currents
Sonora, lies a most un- of beings distinct from any Indian known. within the cave were the eerie wailings
usual cavern. This location is in the foot- The Frenchmen later displayed some of of lost souls. These same weird sounds
hills of the Sierra Nevada near where these skulls in business places in San have a chilling effect upon the nerves
the Calaveras Man was discovered by Francisco. even today.
Whitney in 1867. This skull was sup- Probably the first prehistoric man It is entirely possible that early In-
posedly taken from a shaft between entered Moaning Cave about 12,000 dians placed captured enemies in the
auriferous gravel below the lava capping years ago when he stumbled some 210 cave or that during wars or time of pesti-
of Table Mountain. Likely, it came from feet from the surface to the floor of the lence, dead bodies were dumped into
Moaning Cave, or one similar. Calaveras subterranean cave. How such vast num- the deep cave as a quick method of dis-
Man was believed to be a great hoax for bers arrived at the same destiny is a posal. It is also possible the bones belong
about a century, but discoveries at Moan- mystery. There is no horizontal entrance, to a prehistoric race of people about
ing Cave suggest it may not have been so they must have fallen in or were whom we know nothing.
such a hoax after all. thrown to their deaths. Legend tells of an Indian girl who
This remarkable cave was discovered Calculations of when man first entered went into the cave in search of a sacred
by gold miners in the year 1851. They Moaning Cave may be made by micro- spring and fell into the deep pit. Others
were lowered by ropes into the awesome measurements of stalactitic formations to of her tribe heard her falling body strike,
depths until, by throwing flaming torches, the 100th of a millimeter. These measure- hesitate, then fall again. When cave ex-
they saw they could not distinguish the ments show the maximum rate of depo- plorations were conducted, the skeleton
bottom. Faced by such a deep descent, the sition of mineral to be 29 years per milli- of an Indian girl was found at the bot-
miners evidently gave up further ex- meter, or 736 years per inch. Human tom of a deep pit. Under it was a broken
ploration. bone is found under more than l61/ 2 piece of rock which fitted perfectly into
Later, in 1851, Dr. John Trask, the inches of such deposited rock. a broken ledge higher up on the walls of
first geologist of the State of California, Excavations by the Truman Speleogical the cave. Does this prove the legend true?
explored the cave. During his forays, Expedition of the Santa Barbara Museum Who can say ?
he found many portions of human skele- of Natural History prove that over a A human femur was found imbedded
tons. His statement concerning these re- period of many centuries prehistoric men, under 86 millimeters of travertine. There
mains may be quoted from an old Sacra- dogs, small mammals, birds, and reptiles are about 16 rings per millimeter, or
mento newspaper on file in the state have perished in this natural death trap. 1400 rings in the 86 millimeters. Esti-
library, "I will not attempt to speculate Many of these bones are preserved under mating the age of the bone by measuring
on these remains, but the situation or several inches of solid rock which accu- the thickness of the travertine, it is ap-
pecularities attendant, to say the least, mulated by the slow drip of mineral- proximately 2500 years old. In 1950 an
are strongly presumptive of high an- bearing waters. Both human and animal excavation of a 10-foot trench yielded the
tiquity." bones are sealed between layers of drip- remains of 11 individuals, including two
Other records from the "Daily Alta stone, indicating they entered the cave children.
California" of October 31, 1853, relate over many centuries by ones and twos Today the cave is entered by descend-
that a group of Frenchmen descended from accidental falls, murder, or burial. ing a unique, circular, winding, steel
into the cave to a depth of 300 feet. These The Sierra Miwok Indians feared the stair with 144 steps. Present develop-

ments are now at a depth of 450 feet and View from the cave floor up the circular staircase.
the bottom of the cavern still has not been
found. There are six known rooms in the
cave, and as many as 16 may exist.
The great room of the cave is about
30 by 90 feet. To the south a small
opening leads downward, but it is choked
with rock and dirt. At the bottom of the
slope a small hole leads to a steep tunnel
leading up, much like a mining stope, to-
ward the surface. This tunnel is covered
with a dead white terrace deposit of drip-
stone and ends in a pit 65 feet deep. This
pit leads to even lower levels.
Parts of two human skeletons were
found about 50 feet apart in the mud
below this pit and two extra human bones
were cemented in the white dripstone in
the tunnel. It is believed that the two
skeletons were persons who lived through
the fall to the cave floor and were able
to crawl a short distance down the steep
tunnel before death came to them.
In the passages leading to lower levels,
the dripstone has been broken to expose
many human bones imbedded in the
stone and mud beneath it. A short tun-
nel leading down and to the east yielded
human bones and the best skull found in
the cave. This skull was heavily coated
with dripstone. By measuring the least
accumulation of dripstone, 50,000 years
probably represents the maximum age for
the oldest bones, while 1200 years repre-
sents the minimum age.
When light beams are directed along
the cave's interior, stalactites, curtains,
domes, and other fairyland fantaforms
take shape. Gothic formations of solid
stone, built by drops of water through-
out ageless history, constitute an art gal-
lery of eerie images. Outstanding are the
Elephant's Ear, 12 feet in length; a Giant
Eagle; the Torpedo or Big Cigar; the
Angel Wings, 17 feet in length; a Little
Girl's Face; Yosemite Falls in columns of
solid rock; the Mushroom Patch; the
Igloo, which is 28 feet in height; the Capi-
tol Dome; the Statue of Liberty; the Ele-
phant's Head; the Monkey; the Lion's
Head, the Dog's Head; and numerous
images of birds.
Only a small part of the floor of Moan-
ing Cave has been excavated, thus no
accurate count of the ancient bones of
man may now be determined. Does the
presence of so many human remains con-
stitute murder in the ageless past? An
Indian burial cave? Accidents over the
centuries ? Although open to the public,
the cave, privately owned, is currently for
sale. Perhaps some day a new owner will
arrive at a solution to the intriguing
puzzle. •

Some Westerners restore old ruins;
others adapt early Southwestern
architecture to modern terms.
Here is how a California couple
brought a bit of history
back to life.
BUENA
VISTA
BANCHO
by Ernie Cowan
This is the original door of the first room built by Machado. It now leads into the
main living room.
HEN Jesus Machad',o poorly educated Indian neophyte named

first decided to build Felipe Subria. As was often the case, the
his home on the banks of land was soon taken from him. This is
Buena Vista Creek, he where Jesus Machado entered into the
didn't imagine someday a picture.
city would surround it. Machado built a small adobe on the
Today, in the heart of Vista, California, southern bank of Buena Vista Creek, but
Machado's adobe and the rooms later soon after a band of normally peaceful
added to it stand enshrouded by eucalyp- Indians raided the rancho and killed him.
tus and magnolia trees. Where horse The grant then passed to his oldest son,
trails once coursed through high grass, Luis G. Machado. During the years that
wide asphalt strets now lie. followed, Don Luis expanded the little
Buena Vista Rancho, restored to its white adobe until there were 12 rooms
original grandeur, is one of the few re- formed into an L with a wall extending
maining adobes representing the colorful from each end of the L to enclose a mag-
past of early California history. Establish- nificent courtyard and fountain.
ed in the late 1840s at a time when Gov- These were peak years for the beautiful
ernor Pio Pico was granting large plots rancho, both economically, and socially.
of land to those wishing to settle the rich On warm summer nights gay music from
new country, Buena Vista Rancho con- Spanish guitars filled the magnolia
Long verandas provide shade for plants. sisted of 1,184.89 acres, granted to a scented air and the Dons and their ladies

Painting on wall in dining room is l4th Candle lanterns and stone tile floors add Original beams still support roof of Ma-
Century "Adoration of the Magi." to historic flavor, chados room built in the 1850s.
danced fandangos in the courtyard. Rancho property. through the hands of many. Descendants
Later the property came under the By this time, progress was seeping of the Couts family whittled their hold-
ownership of Colonel Cave J. Couts, a into the serene valley and the size of the ings down to 51 acres. By this time, the
West Point graduate who served on the rancho was being trimmed. The first adobe was no longer occupied and had
frontier during the Mexican War and slice went to the Santa Fe Railroad in begun to crumble under heavy rains.
who also owned the adjoining 2,219-acre 1890, to make way for a line from Ocean- It wasn't until the early 1920s, nearly
Guajome Rancho. When the American side to Escondido. The decline of the 20 years after the adobe was abandoned,
government finally gained control of rancho had begun. that life again filled the old home. At
California, it did not recognize the land After Mexico lost control of Califor- this time Jack Knight, whose wife was
grants of Mexico and the land owners nia the rancho owners, with their thou- one of the heirs of the famed Mary Mc-
had to seek a patent from the United sands of head of cattle and fantastic Kinney gold mine at Cripple Creek,
States. On May 6, 1897 the United States wealth, began to lose their power. Land Colorado, purchased the 51-acre plot
granted a patent to the Buena Vista was split and sold and destined to pass which contained the adobe and began re-
storation. After that the old rancho
Mrs. Weil and her poodle enjoy spacious courtyard where the Dons and their ladies
changed hands twice until purchased by
once danced. The fountain is fed by a natural ivell. Dr. and Mrs. Walter Weil of Los An-
geles in 1957. When the Weils arrived,
they brought with them a priceless col-
lection of Florentine art, carved furniture
and antique rugs with which they re-
turned the adobe to its former glory.
But now Time threatens the historic
rancho once again. Land prices and taxes
are rising and the Weils do not want to
see the rancho destroyed. Because Dr.
Weil is aging, he wants to see the fate of
the rancho determined soon. He has of-
fered the building to the city of Vista
for use as a museum or city library. On
adjacent land, the doctor has offered to
build at his own expense a city office
building to be leased to the city. Vista
would then assume maintenance of
Rancho Buena Vista. The doctor is so
sincere in his offer that he is willing to
contribute the furnishings along with the
adobe for future generations to enjoy.
Whatever is eventually decided, it should
not be destroyed. History can be shaped
while it is being made, but it cannot be
replaced when once destroyed. •

GHOST RANCH MUSEUM
• : ; . • '
by Bob Hyatt
Robert and Roberta, the bobcats of Ghost Ranch.
OURTEEN miles north-
west of Abiquiu, New
Mexico, just off High-
way 84, is Ghost Ranch
Museum, one of the
most remarkable institu-
tions in the nation. Perched on the lip
of a huge red arroyo against a backdrop
of towering multi-colored cliffs, it looks
like a diorama created by man and nature.
From its opening day in 1959, the fame
of this novel establishment has spread
around the world. It functions on the the-
ory that man is the most destructive of
nature's subjects, the only creature who
takes away and puts little back. It clearly
demonstrates that if this mad program of
"removal without replacement" continues,
life on this planet will cease to exist.
Since terrestrial life depends solely up-
on the soil, water, plants and animals, the
main purpose of this museum is in teach-
ing the importance of conservation
through natural means.
Sounds stuffy? Far from it. Conserva-
tion, as presented at this admission-free
museum, is a fascinating subject. The
reason for its growing visitor list, apart
from the interest of the subject matter to
be seen, is the pure entertainment as sup-
plied by many species of animal "actors"
who keep the show going, for this is a
"living" museum. It puts across its mes-
sage not by lifeless displays, but by in-
door-outdoor exposition utilizing animals, Here, one learns that every living thing hobo the wolf.
plants, soil and water. is "worth something"—even the "var-
Living creatures demonstrate in their mints." It is pointed out that before we
own way the importance of wildlife in set out to thoughtlessly destroy any so-
nature's scheme and its value to mankind. called "predator," we should first evalu-
For example, Bushy, a small rock squirrel, ate its natural contributions, determine
shows his usefulness by planting seeds what dangers its eradication will preci-
and nuts that later become shrubs and pitate. There are countless instances of
trees, and by digging holes in the ground predator extermination that backfired.
which collect water. Take the coyote. In nearly every area
The ubiquitous prairie dog, which has where it has been killed off, various
been senselessly slaughtered to the van- destructive rodents have moved in and
ishing point in many areas, shows his multiplied. Coyotes control the popula-
value in man's unending conquest of the tion of rabbits which do great damage to
earth. He digs, turns over the soil, and grasses and young tree shoots which in
provides nesting places for the tiny bur- turn hold the soil from erosion.
rowing owls which in turn control mice, Cattlemen, in their ceaseless battle
destroyers of seed and root crops. against predators have, in some cases un-
A special Beaver Museum presents wittingly, caused untold damage to many
America's most valuable animal, conser- forms of wildlife. A notable example is
vation-wise, at work constructing dams, the fiasco on the Texas plains where siz-
houses and canals. It is emphatically able herds of whitetail deer still ate seen,
shown that beaver dams on mountain although there is an alarming increase in
watersheds (controlling soil erosion at its diseased and undersized animals. An
source) are far superior to the huge, 8-point buck shot recently weighed 65
down-stream, man-made dams which only pounds undressed! Game experts are
catch and submerge the useless soil after agreed that these miserable runts are the
it has been washed from higher places. direct result of a concentrated effort by
The mountain lion of Ghost Museum.
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livestock men to destroy the cougar, the cover and creatures. An hour or two spent
Mitch Williams Says: only real biological control of the white- among these exhibits will show him the
tail. Because they are easier to stalk, the folly of his ways, and the dreadful fate
Before It Gets majority of deer kills made by lions are of a land devoid of these essentials—
old, diseased, or crippled animals, whose the things that make all life possible.
Too Civilized See breeding days should be ended anyway To fully understand conservation, one
before they produce malformed progeny. must know something of earth's history
America's New Moreover, if given the choice, the cat and the incredible working of nature
will choose venison over beef almost underground. And here, the whole fas-
CAMONLANVS invariably. cinating story is presented in an easily
NATIONAL PARK In their natural habitat, all forms of
wildlife are held in biological check by
understood manner.
Of most interest is the "Walk Up
in special air conditioned 4-wheel- their natural enemies; the weak, sick and Through the Ages," which is little more
drive tour cars. Plan now to see undersized fall prey first, while the than a concrete stairway with five large
this scenic wonderland. strong and healthy live to attain normal steps. On each step is a stationary elbow
Float trips on the exotic Colorado adulthood. Remove the predators from telescope and beside it a large rock speci-
any game area, and the game quickly de- men. Peer through the 'scope and you'll
and Green Rivers
1 DAY and 3 DAY TRIPS
teriorates in size and quality, and disease see a limited area in the distant cliff face
spreads. where the rock sample was removed.
BAJA CALIFORNIA In 1937, Dr. Frank C. Hibben reported
in the University of New Mexico Bulletin
There are five such areas brought close-up
with the glass and five rock samples. Each
down Mexico way. Two big 25-day that he had examined 11 deer which r)ad step represents one of the five principal
photographic safaris through Baja been killed by the big cats. In every in- periods of earth's structure, from the
from top to tip each Jan., Feb., stance the remains indicated abnormal Chinle Era (bottom) of vast antiquity to
and March. Now is the time for characteristics. The trail of one lion the present Dakota or Cretaceous Era
that Grand Adventure. showed he had made three unsuccessful (top). Each step reveals changes wrought
FOR FREE BROCHURES WRITE OR CALL attempts to haul down his quarry before by earth disturbances—"growing pains",
he got lucky. And he was finally success- and the progression of initial flora and
Tag-a-Long Tours ful only against a buck which had a large fauna as represented by imbedded vegeta-
Dept. B 156 N. 1st W. abscess in the larynx, completely filled tion and fossils.
Moab, Utah 84532 with botfly larvae. At the top of this "walk" is a fiberglas
Phone 801 253-4346 It should be easily discerned, then, model of the entire area, and a mirror at
that indiscriminate predator killing is eye-level. This looking glass receives con-
often the wrong approach to both wild- siderable attention. The sign below reads:
APACHE LAND life and livestock protection. This "les- "This represents the 'highest' form of
son" is amply demonstrated at the mu- life—YOU—the only one with spiritu-
BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY seum, and is usually a revelation to visit- ality, the only one who can save the world
FISHING cattlemen. Another lesson to learn is ex- or destroy it."
HUNTING
pressed by a sign which reads, "Man has There is no charge at Ghost Ranch
FREE
CAMP GROUNDS been here only since yesterday, as it were, Museum, even for the informative talks
MODERN CABINS but the damage he has done to the earth given here almost every summer day by
he inhabits could be described as destruc- authorities on conservation. A sign on the
a Vacation Land tive beyond belief." portal reads "YOURS." Under this are
to Remember The truth of this is borne out by ex- the words:
amples of soil erosion brought on by "This museum was built for YOU,
overgrazing, uncontrolled logging, and with no tax support whatever—it is
other violations against nature. The prin- YOURS—supported entirely by private
cipal soil erosion exhibit is the big arro- contributions."
yo near the museum. It provides a shock-
The museum was built and is main-
ing disclosure of the results of man's
tained by the Charles Lathrou Pack For-
abuses of soil and water resources and estry Foundation of Washington, D.C.
tmmm
The White Mountain Apache Indians welcome you.
also shows how deteriorated land may be
reclaimed to usefulness. This is an ex-
cellent textbook illustration of cause,
effect and control that would be almost
impossible to create artificially. "Removal
The 25,000-acre Ghost Ranch was origin-
ally owned by Mr. Pack, who donated it
to the United Presbyterian Church, which
maintains a Conference Center nearby.
Come and enjoy the wonderful mountain climate, There are no tourist accommodations and
the beautiful primitive scenery, clear, cold streams without replacement" is in vivid contrast the nearest store and gas station are at
and the best trout fishing in the Southwest. to that portion of the exhibit which shows Abiquiu—a word which means "owl
"replacement" at work—how man may hoot."
FOR INFORMATION AND MAPS, WRITE
restore denuded land.
WHITE MOUNTAIN Every thinking person who visits Ghost
Since man cannot exist without the Ranch will leave with a greater apprecia-
RECREATION ENTERPRISE
soil, water, plant and animal life, you'd tion of his nation's priceless heritages—
P.O. BOX 218
WHITERIVER, ARIZONA
think he would tread carefully when set- and perhaps with a new determination to
ting out to denude the earth of its natural guard them. •
20 / Desert M a g a z i n e / July-August, 1 9 6 7
When It's Hot -
go where its' not. . .
by Jack Delaney
<&
PART TWO OF A THREE-PART SERIES COVERING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACH RESORTS
HE resort community crossroads of beach activity, with the While covering the waterfront, by all
with the longest pleasure ocean serving as a backdrop. It seats 1300 means include the new Oceanside Harbor
pier on the West Coast is people and functions as a community and Marina. It can be reached from the
located along the world's center for lectures, summer concerts under beach by driving north on Pacific Street,
largest ocean. It is adja- the stars, and other events. It has been which is one block off of the strand and
cent to the world's largest the scene of the annual Miss Southern runs parallel to it. From the business
Marine Corps base, it houses the largest California beauty contest for the past district, or from out-of-town points,
private collection of rare and exotic birds quarter century. drive the Freeway and take the Harbor
in the West, it is the home of the largest The 1900-foot pleasure pier, claimed off-ramp. This sparkling, multi-million
of California's 21 missions and it gave to be the longest on the West Coast, juts dollar aquatic playland, with 600 per-
birth to California's first pepper tree. It out into deep Pacific waters where big manent pleasure boat slips and overnight
is known as Oceanside, California and it fish match wits with humans casting from berthing facilities for some 75 vessels, is
is 89 miles south of Los Angeles, or 37 the pier. This is a mecca for the ardent also the operation center for a modern
miles north of San Diego, along U. S. fisherman. Bait and tackle are available sport fishing fleet.
Highway 101. The solar barbecue that at the end of the pier and no license is Deep sea fishing party boats operate
prevails in our Western deserts and in required. An annual sportfishing derby year-round from the landing in the south
most urban areas during the summer is held, with $6000 in prize money basin of the harbor, featuring all-day and
months is soon forgotten when you kick awarded the winners. half-day trips along the Golden Coast.
off your shoes and start strolling along the
three-and-one-half-mile beach of this During the summer season a small We have heard that there are more than
fabulous vacation spot. tram, similar to an "Elephant" train, 12 favored species of Pacific game fish
Upon aproaching the shore end of the runs the full length of the pier, should available in these hunting grounds; but
pier, you'll see Oceanside's Beach Sta- your feet feel the need for relief. The when you try to catch them it is likely
dium, an outdoor arena located at the fare is ten cents for the restful ride. that you'll discover that they are not too

available! The list includes marlin, blue-
fin tuna, bonita, barracuda, albacore,
mackerel, white sea bass, halibut, croaker,
black bass, yellowtail, and rock cod.
In this nautical and nice atmosphere,
the spectator has not been neglected. In-
teresting shops, fine restaurants and cock-
tail lounges overlook the harbor. Border-
ing the promenade of the south basin is
Cape Cod Village—a bit of New Eng-
land in sunny California. You may stroll
along the water's edge, browse in un-
usual shops, and sample a variety of cui-
sine while watching the boats in the har-
bor. Also, should you wish to spend a few
days at this water wonderland, seaside
apartments and a luxury boatel on the
marina are eager to accommodate you.
Throughout Oceanside there is an ade-
quate assortment of motels and apart-
ments available to the vacationer. Many
of these are located along the strand, fac-
ing the ocean. It's fun to live only a
shell's throw from the beach where the
roar of breakers lull you to sleep. Here
Oceanside harbor and marina.
you can put aside your stuffy clothing
and practically live in beach attire. No arrowheads may be viewed by visitors This is the beautiful King of the Mis-
need to hide your tan here. the year around, and there is no admis- si«ns, one of the most successful in all
If you can break away from the break- SK)n c h a r g e California and the largest Indian mis-
ers long enough to sightsee the inland sion in the new world. Near the begin-
Along the same highway (76), about
area, visit Jerome Buteyn's Exotic Bird ning of the 19th century, when it was in
Farm and Museum. It is located on two miles west of the Bird Farm and
its prime, approximately 6000 Indians
Highway 76, just six miles east of Ocean- four miles east of downtown Oceanside,
is t h e o n l
were housed here.
side's business district. Here you will y mission still being adminis- It would be difficult to touch on the
tere
see more than 300 varieties of rare birds d by the Franciscan founders. Mis- history "or" without resorting to
and a museum display of Indian artifacts. sion San Luis Rey de Francia is a price- a bit of name dropping. Juan Rodriguez
This unique combination of birds and less heritage of early California days. Cabrillo is usually touted as the first
w h i t e m a n t0 v i e w these rollin
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia at Oceanside is regarded as the finest piece of S h i l l s in
/ •. , i . . x ii ^ ii • • • 1542 although there are some who be-
6
architectural structure of all California missions. '
heve Francisco Ulloa preceded him by
a few years. Sir Francis Drake saw the
area through his telescope in 1577, but
continued on his journey. Gaspar de
Portola camped here overnight in 1769
and was so impressed with what he saw
that he named the adjoining land, with
its mountains, rivers, and beaches, Santa
Margarita, and Father Junipero Serra
passed through in 1776 and founded
Mission San Juan Capistrano, 40 miles
to the north.
Seven years before San Juan Capis-
trano was founded, Father Juan Crespi,
after a four-day walk north from San
Diego, came upon this lush and promis-
ing valley. He named it San Luis Rey and
recommended the area for the location of
a mission. Twenty-nine years later, in
1798, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
was founded by Padre Lasuen. It was
named after King Louis IX of France.
The church structure is regarded as the
finest piece of architecture of all Cali-
fornia mission buildings.
History is fascinating, but the average
22 / Desert M a g a z i n e / July-August, 196/
visitor, or sightseer, is more interested
in what can be seen and enjoyed today.
The Mission museum contains many rare
art treasures, famous old Church vest-
ments, magnificent wood carvings, sta-
tues, pictures of Old Spain and artifacts
and ornaments made by early mission
Indians. It has the largest collection of
Spanish vestments in the United States, CALIFORNIA'S POPULAR YEAR-ROUND RESORT CITY
and documents dating back to the 16th
century. You will also see the land patent LET US MAIL FREE BROCHURE FOR FUN & SUN
signed by President Abraham Lincoln
rhortly before he was assassinated.
More than 75,000 people of all ages
CHAMBtR of COMMERCE
and faiths visit this mission each year 510 FOURTH STREET, OCEANSIDE * 9 -*
to recapture moments of history and ad- CALIFORNIA—92054 *
venture of the early days of our civiliza-
tion in the Southwest. This is one of the
oldest buildings in California. It is open
to the public from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00
p.m. daily, with tours guided by members
of the Franciscan Order. Costumed In-
dians at work and play may be seen dur-
ing the summer months. These tours of
the museum, church, and old cemetery
are free of charge.
The first pepper tree in California was situation is that the official home of the while—-you'll be impressed with the mag-
planted on the grounds of Mission San present commanding general is the old nitude and completeness of this major
Li/is Rey de Francia, and it can still be ranch house of Santa Margarita y las installation. To reach Camp Pendleton,
seen here, serving as a monument to the Flores. drive along Highway 76 to the posted
past. It came from Peru in 1830. Here Naturally, the ideal way to see this top turn-off road leading north. The junction
is something to mark on your calendar: training base is to enlist in the Marine is just below Mission San Luis Rey.
each year a two-day summer fiesta is held Corps. However, as a visitor you should From a past rich in historical signifi-
at the mission and the public is invited. be happy to learn that the gates are open cance, Oceanside has grown into a present
This year's celebration is scheduled for to you—with certain limitations. You rich in tourist attractions. While enjoy-
July 22nd and 23rd. Fiesta time at the may drive along the main thoroughfare ing the fruits of its progressive attitude,
King of the Missions is a vacation high- for miles and on other roads, provided it is looking forward to the future and an
light. they are not restricted. (The Marines on even greater crop. No crystal ball is
During the era of the great ranchos in duty at the entrance gate will instruct needed here to recall the past, enjoy the
Alta California, the land named Santa you.) A visit to Camp Pendleton is worth- present, and predict the future. •
Margarita was granted to the Pico bro-
thers by Governor Juan Bautista Alvar-
rado. (Pio Pico was the last Mexican gov-
ernor of California.) This tremendous
ranch, later known as Santa Margarita y
las Flores, consisted of 133,411 acres. It
included three mountain ranges, five LOOGE
lakes, three rivers, and 260 miles of I
roads. The original ranch house dates
back to 1828, and is an excellent ex-
ample of Early California adobe con-
struction.
In 1942, after ownership of the pro- "Canyonland Headquarters for
perty had changed several times, the U.S.
Government acquired 125,000 acres of it
Deluxe Accommodations and Fine Cuisine"
Entrance to Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Monument
for what has become Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base—the largest amphibi- 51 Spacious Units Located in Quiet, Scenic Surroundings.
24 Hr. Phone and Switchboard Service. Large Heated Swimming Pool.
ous training center in the world! This
Individual Refrigerated Air Conditioning and Heating Controls.
impressive complex contains more than Adjoining Dining Room and Coffee Shop Extending Room Service.
4000 buildings, including schools, banks, Ceramic Tile Bathrooms with Tub and Shower. Television.
churches, stores, and every other con-
venience. It has facilities for at least 'De&ett ^.adye and Itttt
50,000 people, though its present popu- 182 S. Main St. Moab, Utah 84532 Call 253-9741'
lation is around 35,000. An interesting
Member Best Western and Automobile Association of America ^t
If you want
to escape honking horns,
transistor radios and crowded
campgrounds, there still may be
found places where man can
listen to quiet
and be
alone . . . even at popular
Grand Canyon!
• h n i n fn
URING THE Labor Day

weekend last year, some
17,795 people visited the
south rim of the Grand
Canyon. Another 3,901
peered down into the
chasm from the northern rim. My wife
and I wanted to spend the last weekend
of the summer at the Grand Canyon,
but we did not want to fight hordes of
humanity with their honking horns, cry-
ing babies, and transistor radios. The
question was then, where can we go
to soak in the scenery yet avoid the
crowds ?
Connie commented, "Something as
immense as the Grand Canyon surely
must have some forgotten corner, some-
place that has been bypassed and over-
looked by the tourists."
We checked various Arizona road
maps, but none suggested the hideaway
we were seeking. On the 1:250,000 Wil-
liams Topographic sheet, however, we
noticed an intriguing secondary road not
shown on most maps. It started on High-
way 65 just west of the community of
Peach Springs and proceeded north
through the Hualapai Indian Reservation
.. to eventually join U.S. Highways 93 and
466 at a point between Kingman and
Las Vegas. Several sideroads off this
secondary road extended to the very edge
of the Grand Canyon on its extreme wes-
tern end. Could this be the forgotten
corner we were looking for? As we set
At Honagi Point the Grand Canyon lies below and no tourists crowd behind. off that Saturday morning we had no

When the water level of Lake Mead was high in 1962, DESERT publisher jack Pepper took this photo from below Quarter-
master Point, where waterfalls and fern-hung grottos lured only the most adventurous of boaters.
idea that this lonely land would offer
everything we had hoped for and much
more.
The route is not difficult to find. From
Peach Springs, take U.S. Highway 66 to
a point 2.6 mi. west. Here a dirt road — LAKE MEAD
starts north and a large sign warns that NATIONAL
you are entering the Hualapai Indian Re- RECREATION
servation and that hunting and trapping
AREA
are strictly prohibited. Follow the wide
graded road in a northeasterly direction
for 6.7 miles. After crossing a cattle
guard, another side road starts north. For
those with conventional automobiles or
pick-up trucks, continue straight ahead,
this side road is not for you.
For those with 4-wheel drive vehicles,
this is the road to the Bridge Canyon
Overlook, a magnificent sight set amid
some spectacular country. Turn right on
this side road and soon the rolling hills
of juniper will be replaced by flat, open
grasslands. The road is in good condition
for 4.3 miles until it passes a F.A.A.
VORTAC aircraft navigational aid. From
here on the road is not maintained, but
nevertheless is well-defined by the nu-
merous tracks which lead to an abandoned
ranch house just over the hill. Follow the
set of tracks which bypass the ranch
house to the right. Pass through the gate—
be sure to close it behind you. Continue
northward and at a point 3.4 miles from
the F.A.A. VORTAC you will encounter
a fork in the road. By this time the
"road" will have deteriorated into no

more than a set of tracks worn into the Music Mountains—the wind, clouds and
prairie. Take the left fork and within sky harmonize with the trees, birds and
a couple of miles you will begin the wildflowers in one magnificent scenic
steep descent into Hindo Canyon. It is symphony.
only a mile to the bottom of the canyon, At a point 24.4 miles from the turnoff
but the road is in poor condition and on Highway 66, a side road turns right.
4-wheel drive will be needed for the After 8.2 miles this road ends on a sand-
return trip. stone cliff overlooking Meriwhitica Can-
Once in the canyon bottom, the tracks yon. A four-mile trail descends the can-
proceed west three miles where they once yon and leads to a spring surrounded by
again turn north up a side canyon. It huge cottonwoods. This scenic oasis is
is best to engage the front wheel drive known locally as Indian Gardens. About
here, for once out of Hindo Canyon, the 24 miles beyond this turnoff (48.3 miles
road winds across stratified layers of from Highway 66), a grove of stunted
sandstone. Although seldom used, it is juniper almost hides another side road
easy to follow. which turns left toward the canyon. Here
As you proceed northward, the oppo- rolling hills again meld into open grass-
site rim of the canyon begins to take lands of the high prairie and is very
shape. The flat plateau country, how- similar to the "high veldt" of Africa.
ever, hides any trace of the enormous After traveling 4.2 miles, the road
secret it is about to reveal. At a point forks. The right fork is in poor condition,
15.5 miles from the F.A.A. VORTAC
the road ends abruptly on a rocky pro-
m but may be used with caution by standard
vehicles. After 2.3 miles this fork dead-
montory at the very edge of the Grand ends at Quartermaster Point. The eleva-
Canyon. If you arrive in the morning as The road to the bridge overlook is a little tion of the rim at this point is 5,000 feet,
we did, the maze of canyons to the east rough in spots! and there is a clear, unobstructed view of
will be bathed in purple shadows while the Colorado River some 2,000 feet below.
to the west the Colorado River will the other hand, the Bureau of Reclama- Each of these viewpoints has its own spe-
sparkle from the bottom of its bright tion says the proposed dam is a vital part cial charm and Quartermaster's view is
red gorge. of their "Lower Colorado River Basin no exception.
This is the site of the proposed Bridge Project" and the loss of scenic attractions The left fork begins to parallel the rim
Canyon Dam which, if constructed, would is the price of "progress". of the canyon and continues for a distance
form a 93-mile long lake in the bottom For those unable to take this rugged of 5 miles. It was getting late on that
of Grand Canyon. Recommendation for side trip, do not be disheartened. Equally September afternoon as we bounced along
its construction has been submitted to thrilling sights can be found by con- the road. Silhouetted in the setting sun
Congress by the Bureau of Reclamation, tinuing straight on the graded road after was a Rocky Mountain Mule Deer, a mag-
but the project is presently embroiled in crossing the cattle guard. The graded nificent buck, a scant 30 yards from us.
the midst of a bitter controversy. Con- road passes through rolling hills with He watched with curiosity as iwe drove by
servation groups are opposed to the dam's sunny slopes under a cover of juniper and then continued to graze, undisturbed
construction because, if created, the lake and pinyon pine. The crest of each ridge by our presence. Darkness was falling
will inundate much of Granite Gorge and reveals a secluded valley with only the fast as we reached the canyon's rim and
destroy scenic attractions such as the lower brown line of the road breaking the wil- we stopped to make camp at the first flat
part of Havasu Creek and the lava flows derness setting. It is appropriate that spot. This is no place to be driving around
at the mouth of Toroweap Valley. On these rolling hills should be named the at night. The plateau ends abruptly with
The tram terminus on Bachit Point is no place to be driving The road to Diamond Bar Ranch passes through a Joshua
after dark. forest at the base of Grand Wash Cliffs.
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a step almost a half-mile down! Even
driving at 20 mph., the edge can come up
quickly, perhaps even in less time than it
takes to step on the brakes.
Our camp was on the very edge of
The Great
the chasm. We were only 15 feet west of
the river, but some 2,000 feet straight
above it. Clearly, no place for a sleep-
walker. When we awoke the following
Sand Box
morning we witnessed one of nature's
daily spectaculars, a sunrise over the
Grand Canyon. From the comfort of our
/
sleeping bags we watched the first rays
of a new day beam over the horizon.
Purple shadows receded as the sun-bathed
canyon walls turned from blue to pink.
High above, in the crisp, cool air, a hawk
made lazy circles over our camp. As the
light increased, we discovered we were
camping on Honagi Point. We could not
have selected a finer campsite if we had
searched all day. After breaking camp,
we continued to follow the road to its
end two miles north. The road ends at
the upper terminus of an abandoned by Nacta May Ramsdale
tram-line. The tram-line had been con-
structed in 1956 and 1957 to transport IKE A great white ocean, day sees only a few. The yucca, with its
1
bat guano from a large' cave located ,-r
the surf of the White flower-topped stalk, holds no fear of
across the canyon. While the cave con- Sands National Monu- drifting sands. Yet if the dunes on which
tains an estimated ten millon dollars ment flows beside High- it grows roll way, the yucca cannot stand
worth of guano, the operation was not a way 70 a few miles from alone. Early Spanish settlers called the
financial success and shut down shortly Alamogordo, New Mex- yucca "candles of the Lord" because of
after opening. The tram-line still re- ico. The billowing waves of white sand (as their sparkling beauty at night.
mains, however, spanning a horizontal the gympsum is erroneously called (cover The cottonwood, the only tree to sur-
distance of some 7,500 feet. The corru- 27 square miles and are often referred vive the sands, becomes twisted and
gated metal buildings housing the upper to as one of the wonders of the world. stunted on top as its heavy root system
terminus of the tram are built on the Unlike true round grains of sand, the sends out thick tenades to hold the sand
very tip of Bachit Point. The spectacular angular flakes of gypsum dissolve in close for support. Buffalo gourds along
view is shared only by a few birds nesting water and when completely dry become the fringes of the area splash yellow and
in the rafters of the abandoned buildings. pure plaster of Paris. Moisture and con- pink against the white sand during spring
After spending most of the morning stant movement keep it from congealing and summer.
exploring this small section of the rim, into a hard, rock-like mass. A number of animals live in these
we back-tracked the nine miles to the dunes, but more wander in and leave
Little commercial use is made of the
"main road". One again we turned north after a short visit. The white Apache
gypsum from the White Sands National
and after 1.6 miles approached a gate mouse and the bleached earless lizard
Monument because smaller deposits
marking the end of the Hualapai Reser- are found nowhere else in the world.
smaller deposits occur in less isolated
vation. Junipers give way to Joshua trees Children have fun searching for these
spots. It is used for Plaster of Paris
and the road descends into a canyon from little white animals, but the easiest way
casts, toothpaste, crayons, match heads
the plateau. Orchards and buildings of to see them is at the museum near the
and as an additive for building materials.
the Diamond Bar Ranch are eight miles entrance gate. They are nocturnal and
Located in the vast Tularosa Basin,
beyond the reservation. From here it is very shy.
this gypsum was created when the earth
an additional 22 miles of dirt road and
was young, millions of years ago. The At the end of the loop-drive into the
I 2 miles of paved road to the Kingman-
volume continues to increase because of heart of the dunes is a picnic area. Here
Las Vegas highway. Anyone planning to
the standing water of Lake Lucero in the the surface is moist, firm and flat, sur-
take this trip should be sure to start with
southwest corner of the basin. Like the rounded by huge dunes that cast dra-
a full tank of gas. We had traveled a
Dead Sea, the small lake has no outlet. matic shadows. Sunset is quite enough
total of almost 200 miles before reaching
After the water is evaporated, the wind
the paved road and a gas station. reason to linger, when surrounding
pulverizes the residue of glassy selenite
crystals and whirls them into shining mountains are bathed in purple and the
Until we stopped to talk with the drifts. There is water below the surface sun sinks into a blaze of red and gold.
people at the Diamond Bar Ranch, we had that tells plants to grow, but the moving Not only children shed their shoes to
not seen a living soul since leaving High- sand and the high chemical content above wade, tumble and roll down the steep
way 66. We had, indeed, left the crowds tells them otherwise. More than 100 slopes of the rippling dunes. Adults, also,
behind; yet we had seen some of the most species of plant life have been counted can't resist a friendly invitation to play
spectacular country in North America. D by the museum people, yet the visitor to- in Nature's sand box. •

Havasu Falls by Michael Horton
J^and 0/ the J4ava£upai

bu L/. Vvlickael J^r orton
AN HAS chosen a great send a pack horse to the trailhead to pick miles above the Colorado, Beaver Falls.
variety of places to dwell, up my equipment, since I heroically in- Although the white man named Havasu
but none as beautiful nor sisted upon hiking the 10 miles to the Falls, the Indians continue to call it "Wa-
secluded as the laby- village. In that distance, the trail descend- ha-hath-peek-ha-ha." Havasu Falls plunges
rinth-surrounded canyon ed 4300 feet and traversed one of the mcist 120 feet into a blue-green pool and is
of the Havasupai. Placed complete stratigraphic exposures on earth. probably the most beautiful of the four
m es
in the midst of dry running gorges and In the first ll/ 2 ^ alone, the trail falls of Havasu Canyon. Lining the tur-
twisting canyons is a green, well-waterer dropped 2500 feet by means of 31 switch- quoise pool and the creek below are
land bounded by soaring walls and sunlit backs. spray-drenched maidenhair ferns and
towers. In the lush sub-tropical bottom- Scattered throughout the canyon maze clumps of bright green water cress. The
land lives a small tribe of Indians. This leading to Supai, are prehistoric petro- water is so heavily laden with lime and
is the land of the blue-green water and glyphs chipped into the red wall sand- calcite that it forms travertine dams where-
the little known Havasupai Indians are stone, many of them thickly coated with ever there is the slightest obstruction to
its people. The world of Havasupai is desert varnish. One of the most striking, its flow. These travertine dams create
one of contrasts, a world of endless vari- and one whose location precluded my beautiful pools and spillways along the
ety, of vastness and confinement. photographing it, portrays a man fighting whole course of the stream. The drifting
Cataract Canyon, now more properly what appears to be some type of dino- spray constantly drenches the trees grow-
known as Havasu Canyon, cuts across Ari- saur. Theoretically, dinosaurs were ex- ing at the base of the falls. The spray de-
zona's northern plateau from the Bill Wil- tinct eons prior to man's appearance on posits lime and calcite on tree limbs to
liams Mountains on the south to the earth. The original discovery of these such an extent that in the spring the trees
Grand Canyon. Twenty years ago, the petroglyphs caused considerable conster- have difficulty budding. In the past, when
Hualapai, Zuni, and Topocoba trails led nation in the scientific world. Either man the stream changed course after the some-
to Supai village located deep in Havasu had been on the earth longer than was times devastating spring floods, it left
Canyon. Today, however, only the Huala- originally allowed, or dinosaurs were pre- huge scalloped travertine draperies swag-
pai and Topocoba are used, the Zuni trail valent long after they were thought to be ged against the cliff sides.
being nearly impassable. The seclusion extinct. Havasu Falls became the base for my
of the Havasupai is so complete that their I was seriously beginning to doubt the activities, not only for its excellent camp-
only connections with the outside world wisdom of hiking to the village when I ing grounds, but it is an ideal swimming
are a rather intermittent telephone line came to the junction of the Topocoba and place. It is even possible to walk around
and a mail service packed in from Peach Hualapai trails. At this point spring-fed behind the falls and shower in the spray
Springs, 72 miles to the west. The post Havasu Creek is full grown and the trail hind the plunging curtain of water. Run-
office in Supai is one of the last whose changes from a dry water course to a path ning laterally from Havasu Falls is Car-
mail is still transported by pack animal. along the creek bank, shaded by willows bonate Canyon. I found an old vanadium
Tunring off Highway 66, seven miles and cottonwoods. After thrice fording mine and several placers, well hidden by
south of Peach Springs, I drove 65 miles the creek, I received a welcoming fanfare the jumble of rocks and boulders. There
along a graded dirt road to Hualapai of barking and growling from the village is evidence of small scale mining opera-
Point. At the trail head at Hualapai dogs of Supai, two and one-half miles tions and exploration throughout the my-
Point is an ancient crank phone. Not from the Forest Service campsite below riad of canyons branching from Havasu
being properly versed in the intricacies of Havasu Falls, which was my destination. Canyon. One evening about dusk I was
this weathered instrument, I had difficulty Havasu Canyon derives its fame and standing at the mouth of the old vana-
operating it. After a number of vigorous beauty from the blue-green stream which dium mine when thousands of bats
cranks and a startling jolt when I ex- runs the full length of the canyon to swarmed out of its gaping mouth. As I
perimentally poked the dry cells, I man- empty into the Colorado River. But the learned later, most of Arizona's bat popu-
aged to raise Alfred Hanna, the Indian most striking feature of the canyon is lation is found in these canyons.
Tourist Manager at Supai. Depending the series of four waterfalls spanning the About a mile downstream from Havasu
upon the adventurousness of your mood, creek's length. The first one below the Falls is Mooney Falls. Mooney is higher
it is possible to arrange for horses to ride village is Navajo Falls, followed by Hava-
than Niagara and in my mind has an un-
to Supai, or to hike. Alfred agreed to su Falls, Mooney Falls, and then just four
challenged grandeur and beauty. Cas-

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cading more than 220 feet, Mooney's torrent. From Mooney Falls an old and
waters plunge into an extremely deep and not always distinct trails leads to the
constantly agitated pool of the purest tur- Colorado, eight miles distant. Marking
quoise. The force with which the falling the half-way point is Beaver Falls. Actu-
water strikes the pool creates breakers ally a series of spillways dropping 40 feet,
which are dashed and broken against the Beaver Falls provides a peaceful contrast
sheer walls hemming the pool. In terms to Mooney's thundering might. Ferns,
of power and awesomeness, Mooney is lush grass and the omnipresent spicy wild
overwhelming. The falls received its celery abound, providing an excellent
name in 1910 when a prospector named camp site. The hike to the Colorado re-
Mooney fell to his death while being quires a full day, but it makes a good
lowered on a rope to its base. exploratory trip and photographic possi-
Covering the granite bedrock of Moo- bilities are endless.
ney's cliffs are deep, relatively soft depos- What of the Indians inhabiting this
its of travertine and porous limestone. In hidden canyon? They are called the
times past, an ingenious prospector dug a Havasupai which, translated, means
series of tunnels through the soft deposits. "people of the blue-green waters." Over
After crawling along the outer face of a thousand years ago, the Havasupai either
the cliff and scrambling through the tra- migrated or were driven by fierce rim
Above: The stone monoliths of Wig-eva vertine tunnels, he drove steel eye-bolts tribes into Havasu Canyon. There are
and Wiggali figure prominently in the into the cliff sides. Still a good hundred archeological evidences strewn through-
Havasupai legends. feet above the foot of the falls, he carved out the canyon whose ages pre-date the
shallow steps into the rock facing and thousand year estimation. Until the early
threaded a wire cable through the eye 1900s, there was little contact with them,
bolts. With the aid of this jury-rigged excepting the Spanish explorer Cardenas
ladder, I clambered down Mooney's spray- in 1540 and Garces, a Spanish mission
slickened sides. Where the pool spills priest, in 1776. From the Indians them-
over the travertine dams is a small island selves, I have heard stories about a grave
with lush grass and patches of wild of a man in full armor. I've attempted to
celery growing in profusion—it's an ideal find the grave several times, but the
spot for a rest and picnic. stories are not sufficiently specific as to
After his death, Mooney's unnamed location, and the Havasupai are reluctant
friends began to mine lead and silver from to give explicit directions. On my last
one of the most inaccessible mines I have trip I found an old Havasupai graveyard
ever seen. They detected a promising ore on the secondary esplanade above Navajo
outcropping 250 feet above the canyon Falls. The graves were marked by prickly
floor. In order to have samples for assay, pear cactus which had been planted over
they shot off chips of the exposed vein them as protection from animals. I'm
with their rifles. The vein proved to be reasonably sure that if the grave of the
rich enough to mine. The determination presumably Spanish explorer exists, it is
of these unsung prospectors was so great in this particular graveyard. Because of
that they built a ladder straight up the its age, the rock border surrounding the
towering wall. At the head of the ladder, graveyard has all but disappeared and the
Above: Indian rockwall painting.
they drove a 30-foot tunnel and proceeded Havasupai only vaguely remember it. I
Beloiv: Mooney Falls, is higher than
to mine their hard won ore. had neither the time nor the permission
Niagara.
Transportation was so difficult however, of the Havasupai to dig, so for the time
that in 16 years of labor, only 100 tons being, at least, this evidence of the extent
was mined. From their skyline mine, the and determination of the Spanish explor-
miners lowered the ore in baskets. The ers must remain a mystery.
ore was then carried 200 yards to the foot For those desiring to make a trip to
of the next rampart and lifted 150 feet to Havasu Canyon, the Indians rent horses
the trail level. Here it was loaded on to their increasingly frequent visitors, and
burros and packed 75 miles to a railroad it is possible to take extensive exploratory
head and then shipped to the smelters. trips into the numerous lateral canyons.
With all profits consumed by transporta- For information about the Havasupai and
tion costs, the indefatigable miner finally prices for horses, write the Bureau of In-
quit or died. The ladder still clings to dian Affairs in Phoenix. They will send
the sheer cliff and is a telling monument you a two-page mimeographed sheet con-
to his fantastic effort. taining all the necessary information. To
Eight miles below Mooney Falls, the arrange for riding and pack horses
blue-green waters of Havasu Creek pour directly, simply write to the Indian Tour-
into the churning Colorado. Turquoise ist Manager, Supai, Arizona. Allow plenty
streamers shoot into the chocolate current, of time, however, since time moves slowly
only to be swirled away in the stronger in Supai. •

M
OR seven summers my becomes extremely narrow, but may be

husband and I have va- traveled in a passenger car. The scenery
cationed in Kanab, Utah, has an eerie quality—smoky plumes of
for we are incurable arti- tamarisk against ghostly formations of
facts hunters atjd this blue-gray clay cliffs with stripes of dark
area is a lucrative one. brown, wrinkled and puckered as an
Last summer we concentrated on visiting aged Indian's face. The road leads
spots we had missed on prior trips, par- through the center of the movie set and
by Val Leetch ticularly the old Mormon townsite of continues on to a sad, little cemetery lo-
Paria, or "Pah-reah," as the natives call cated on a rise to the left. Here is re-
it. corded heartbreaking proof that many
What is left of this tiny town is situ- were not equal to the unbelievable hard-
ated near the junction of Paria and Cot- ships. Four families are mentioned speci-
tonwood creeks, about 42 miles east of fically. Many of their children died the
Kanab and 35 miles north of historical very day they were born.
Lee's Ferry, as barren and unlikely a A bit farther along you must ford a
spot as can be imagined. docile stream or park your car and wade
One Peter Shurtz was the first hardy across it. On the opposite side is a log
soul to settle here. In 1865 he located a cabin with a single room, its fireplace
claim and when the village was estab- still intact and shelves built along the
lished, he built a substantial stone house walls. Paria was a refuge for the multiple
which he occupied until danger from wives of the Mormon polygamists during
Indians and outlaws caused the Mormon a time when the government was giving
church to order the few settlers in the them trouble. What a lonely existence
area to leave. Shurtz refused to go, de- this must have been for those women!
termined to take care of his own, until In the center of the village was a com-
a posse was sent to take his family to munal corral divided into small pens.
safety. Everything was tithed, from crops to
Later, in 1870, nine families resettled cattle. Stone for the cabins had to be
in the isolated area. For some unaccount- hauled a considerable distance from the
able reason the village was begun in the great cliffs in the background. Since the
very bed of the dry creeks. After the settlers were furnished absolutely nothing
settlers had planted their meager crops, by the Church, they manufactured every-
thing they used, down to the very nails
they were forced to move to higher and
for their pitiful buildings. One cabin is
higher ground, as floods inundated the
still partially papered with yellowed news-
the townsite. By 1892, floods had so rav-
papers, on which no trace of a date can
aged the village that one by one the set-
be found. Fireplaces and roofs have crum-
tlers lost courage and left. In 1929 only bled, but there remains enough to com-
a single man remained. A year later memorate the tragedies and the loves
Paria was bereft of him. these stubborn people endured. Was there
Many famous movies have been made ever gaiety here? Did children ever laugh
against its scenic backdrop of vivid cliffs and play?
and a Western movie set still remains,
which is used from time to time. To In this day when everything is so easy
reach the ghost town of Paria you travel for the human race, it behooves you visit
east on Highway 89 from Kanab until the desolate little township of Paria, if
you reach a sharp left turn onto a nar- for no other reason than to count your
row dirt road marked "Paria." The road blessings. •

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A TRUE LOST MINE
MYSTERY NEVER BEFORE
PUBLISHED . . .
UTAH'S OLD
SPANISH MINE
by Gale Rhoades
ARLY SETTLERS in Utah s
Valley were familiar with v aa Artfi?/cA«
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the story that a decade
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before they arrived there,
valuable gold and silver >>v VINT A T
mines in the surrounding NATIONAL
mountains had been worked by the v
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Spaniards. Even as late as the 1860s,
settlers occasionally saw Spaniards pass-
ing through the valley with their long
strings of pack mules. The settlers sup-
posed that these Spaniards mined some-
where in their mountains, but they said
nothing, for in those days they had their
hands full protecting their families from
the restless Indians. Yet, they often
heard of fierce encounters between the
Ute Indians and the Spaniards.
In speaking of these Spanish miners
and their huge pack trains, Mr. Mormon
V. Selman, a Mormon misionary to the
Indians, related the following: "My
father used to tell me of a time in the
early days when a pack train came down
from the mountains and camped by his
place for a few days to rest up their small MINES
pack mules. He said they loaded these
animals with a heavy pack load that did or drove then from the mountains of
not appear to be very large, but it was northern and central Utah.
all those mules could carry. The above bit of history lends sub-
"The men kept an armed guard at their stance to a legend which has intrigued
camp and no one was allowed near. He residents of Utah Valley for several gen-
said that they stayed a few days and then erations. Long ago a man of Spanish
went south. A few days later there was blood who had migrated from Utah to
a report that some Indians had killed Arizona spoke of the long pack trains of
those men down on Chicken Creek (Le- burros which, in his childhood, made
van, near Nephi) and had stolen the annual treks heavily laden with gold from
mules and horses and whatever those ani- the Utah Valley. The old Spaniard de-
mals were loaded with. No one suspected scribed the mines as being about 30 miles
that Indians would steal a pack train, so from a large body of water (Utah Lake).
everybody decided that it was someone To find them you would have to follow a
who had dressed up as Indians." river up a canyon through the mountain
Such stories were not at all uncommon to the first large stream that emptied into
during the 1860s, for about that time the the river. The old man also told of how
Ute Indians rebelled against the Span- the miners had abandoned their mines
The entrance to the south shaft. iard's Indian slave labor tactics and killed when they were driven away by the re-

The author is standing about 20 feet in- M. Rhodes, stumbled upon what we be-
side the north shaft. lieve to be the old Spanish mines. He was
hunting deer in the area of Spanish Fork
FROM
Canyon and Diamond Fork junction, just
off Highway 50 and 6. At the time of
his discovery he knew nothing of the
Spanish legend. He had been hunting
GOLDAK
deer along the mountain side when he
came across several fresh bobcat tracks.
These he followed through the snow,
until they led him to their den. When
he reached the den, it turned out to be two
RICHES!
very old mine shafts. At that time he did
not investigate the mines as the snow
with the All New
was deep and he had no flashlight. COMMANDER' 720
Instead, he returned during the follow-
ing sumer, making frequent visits and
gathering many rich ore samples which
assay reports revealed to be gold and
bellious Ute Indians after many of their silver. The bottoms of the shafts looked
numbers had been murdered and their as though they had been filled in and
bodies mutilated and thrown into the sounded as though they were holldw un-
shafts. derneath. At the bottom of one, he Treasure Locator!
The Indians, too, told stories of bru- found several (three or four) old Span- The 'Commander' 720
tality. For many years the Spanish forced ish shoulder yokes which had been used unsurpassed for locating
them to work in the mines as slaves. The to haul the ore from the shafts. These buried treasure, coins, Civil
Indians near Utah Lake, however, were were about three feet long and had been War relics and for beach-
more tight-lipped about the incident, say- cut from the heavy wood of a Cedar tree, combing, features the
ing only that they had killed and buried but through the years they had deteriora- "Tell-Tone" Signal. Locates
the Spaniards at the bottom of the shafts. ted and were now as light as driftwood. any metal object under dirt,
One who had taken a large part in the At the center of each yoke, a notch had sand, mud, rock, etc. No
massacre when he was a young warrior been cut to allow a place for the miners cumbersome cords —
later told a Mormon pioneer that the necks and at each end metal hangers had completely transistorized,
mines were up "Pick-quanah-pah We- been placed to hold the heavy ore buckets. battery powered.
woods," which means "Spanish Fork The hangers were so badly rusted that
Canyon." parts fell way at his touch. Not far from EFFECTIVE DEPTH RANGE
When the story of Spanish Fork Can- the weather-beaten yokes were several ore (Under Normal Conditions)
yon leaked out, many a pioneer left his buckets and these also were badly rusted
plow to journey into the mountains in and full of holes.
3" Bullet
search of lost treasure. However, none Dad didn't do any digging in the bot-
ever found the mines and the secret loca- 7" Penny
tom of the shafts as he was afraid they Silver
tion remained a mystery—at least until 8-12"
were hollow underneath. In view of this, Dollar
the fall of 1956 when my father, Clark there has been little work done in the 18" Pistol
mines since he discovered them. 24" Jar of
After that summer of 1957, the mines Coins
were not visited again until 1964, after 30" Kettle
I had talked my brother into showing me 36" . .. Placer Gold
Deposit
their hidden location. It was only a one-
48" . . . Metal Chest
day journey and we were accompanied by
60" Large Metallic
my cousin, Garry Rhodes. We left Salt Object
Lake City at 10:00 that morning, parked
the car near the Spanish Fork and Dia-
mond Fork junction at 12:00 noon, and
started our hike up the mountain side.
It was a comparatively short hike, being
only about one-and-one-half miles from THE GOLDAK COMPANY, INC.
1544 West Glenoaks Blvd..
the car, but the mines are difficult to Glendale, California 91201
find because one part of the mountain Gentlemen: Please send free literature on Goldak
looks much like another. treasure locators.
• I enclose $1.00 for my American Treasure
Hunters' Guide (reg. $2.00 value).
I would like to explain everything we
saw, what we did, and what we found. Name —
The openings of the north and south By doing so, it is my intention that the Address
shafts are overgrown with brush and are reader may get a much better picture of City
hard to find. the area, and, perhaps, a better under- State _ . Zip Code
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standing as to how the Spaniards had so that the climb in and out was made alike the two shafts were. They even
mined here in the early days. less difficult. At one point—about 20 made a slight curve, in the same direction,
Both shafts were just over the far side feet from the entrances—the two shafts at about the 50-foot level. Both appear-
of the ridge and were about 15-20 feet were connected by a hole only large ed to have been filled in at the bottom
distant from each other—being only enough for a man to crawl through. The and they both sounded hollow under-
about 15 feet below the top of the size of the shafts varied, but their aver- neath our feet—at the very bottom. There
ridge. Both were parallel to the other age size was about 3-4 feet in width and was a small room at the bottom of one.
and both entered the mountain at about 5-6 feet in height. The north shaft was A dump ran down the hillside from the
a 45-degree angle. And, like many other about 90 feet deep whereas the south two mines, but it was covered with oak
old Spanish mines, they had been mined shaft reached a total depth of about 110 bushes and could not be seen from the
in such a way that steps had been formed feet. It was interesting to me how much adjacent ridge.
The only other evidence of age was an
old spike about six inches long and one-
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iron •*•
by Weldon Woodson
PAL and Dan Bowlin of "In the 30s," Mrs. Bowlin said, "we had a grooved base and a grooved top
Yucca Valley, California, could buy an iron for 50c to $2.00. Now shaped like a rocker, but a later model
are constantly on a hunt- they run from $3.00 to $65.00, and they was equipped with a handle and a re-
ing expedition; not in are going up." Their longest search was volving fluter. The Bowlins' specimen,
quest of game, however. for a Chinese iron of ancient vintage manufactured by the American Machine
Their quest is for the an- which in 1946, they found in an antique Co. of Philadelphia, bears the date No-
tique sad, or flat, irons which comprise a shop in Beaumont, California. The bowl vember 2nd, 1875.
collection ranging from the English Char- of this particular iron is made of solid Among the collection are three "Mr.
coal Iron, Danish Iron and the American bronze, has a flat base and was used in Sensibles." Each has a spring steel on
Colonial Type Iron to the Tailor's Iron, a circular movement. The sides of its the trigger release of the handle, with an
Wedding Gift Iron and the French Iron. bowl are etched with Chinese designs and open, Model-T-Ford-wrench type grip at
When persons hear of Mrs. Bowlin's letters. Within the bowl was placed char- the bottom of the trigger. The handle is
collection, they always ask about the ori- coal, as in a brazier, to provide heat. It recessed into the body of the iron, held
gin of the "sad" part of "sad iron." This originally had an ivory handle upon there with wooden grips supported by
expression dates back to the era of our which were inscribed Chinese characters metal uprights. The largest and heaviest
great grandmothers when the pressing which told a legend or a portion of the of the set is made of cast steel, the sur-
iron was of a weighty and cumbersome family or clan's history. As the Chinese face plate tapering from 2I/2 inches at
shape. Blue Monday signified washday; worked, he repeated the legend in a sing- the rear to l/2 i ncri a t the point. The bot-
after that came the ironing when ladies, song voice. The fact that the handle was tom is shaped like an elongated tear drop,
weary from pushing the awkward device removed and a wooden handle substi- the long end rounded. Its designer fash-
to and fro, associated it with sadness. tuted indicates that the original had very ioned it especially to press pleats and
Hence the nickname, "sad iron." real significance. ruffles.
In most instances these old irons have One of the most novel exhibits in the A find with a title which affords a
acquired a heavy coating of rust. To clean collection dates from the California Gold clue to its period is the "Leg-O-Mutton
them, knock loose the rust with a file or Rush days. Its ironing surface is of shale Iron." This, obviously, came out when
piece of iron and then use a wire buffer and limestone. The metal handle was fashion featured dresses with the leg-o-
on a drill, a bench grinder or a steel made from part of a wagon rim bolted mutton sleeve. It is shaped like a small
brush to acquire a smooth finish. If the across to keep it tight. This instrument wooden Dutch shoe. Another exhibit with
iron isn't chrome or nickel-plated, apply was heated on a bed of coals. Another a name to peg its date is the Celluoid
black shoe wax; then rub it off. As an prize is a "ribbon and lace iron," which Iron. Its invention was a concession to the
alternative, coat the iron with black paint, exemplifies the labor saving urge of the male around the turn of the century who
using a soft cloth, but don't let it shine. period. Cartridge shaped, it measures embellished himself with the ultra-fash-
Rub to keep rough, then dry. eight inches in length and weighs U/4 ionable celluoid collar. The instrument
Frequently the Bowlins have driven as pounds. It was heated with a piece of for pressing this adornment was semi-
much as 300 miles to negotiate with an metal inserted into the cartridge. The collar shaped with a wooden handle.
antique dealer who had a rare sad iron lace and ribbon were drawn over the
To the Bowlins, their sad irons are not
but often they have made their best dis- surface.
just pieces of steel. Each one is something
coveries in city dumps, ghost towns and The Bowlins also possess a pair of a pioneer housewife owned, cherished and
secondhand stores. Friends traveling to hand fluters. These arose to iron the the strenuous homemaking efforts of
Asia and Europe have also acquired un- fluted costumes in vogue before and dur- used—an antique to be preserved to honor
usual irons for their collection. ing the Civil War. The original model Early Americana. D
July-August, 1967 / Desert Magozine / 37

This portion of a water ivheel used in
Angel's Camp's mining operations is
mounted in front of Angel's Camp
Museum.
S^carcitu of ^Arna
by Barbara and Warren Transue
T WASN'T a band of
winged heavenly inhabi-
tants for whom Angel's
C a m p in California's
Mother Lode country was
named. It was a very
earthly creature known as George Angel
who, in the sumer of 1848, discovered
gold in a creek which ran through the
little community. Nevertheless, Angel's
Camp became a heaven on earth to
hordes of gold-hungry prospectors who
answered to the call of gold.
Angel's Camp, 1500 feet in altitude,
is tucked into the heart of Calaveras
County. It was, indeed, the setting for
Mark Twain's immortal tale, The Cele-
brated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Coun-
ty.' Twain, a wanderer at heart, had
made his way to the Gold Country and
was spending a week at Tryon's Hotel—
later destroyed by fire, but replaced on
the same site by the present Angel's
Hotel. It was at Tryon's that the bar-
tender, Ben Coon, supposedly related the
jumping frog story which the author later
converted into a classic of American fic-
tion. In celebration of the fame which
Twain's frog brought to Angel's Camp,
the town holds a three-day festival every
spring with a frog-jumping contest as the
climax. Frog symbols decorate the town
and appear on bumper stickers and sou-
venirs far and wide. Twain's biggest com-
plaint about Angel's Camp was the French
restaurant's bad coffee, which he called
"day before yesterday's dishwater." With
more grace he tolerated the daily fare of
chili beans.
Writer Bret Harte also made the
Mother Lode famous in fiction. He spent
about two months in the area from Angel's
§
Camp south to Table Mountain in 1855
while looking for a school at which to
teach and panning a little gold along the
way. He used the locale for Mrs. Skaggs'
factured cannon before the Civil War.
The other important oldster is "Jenny,"
on view in front of the privately-oper-
if •%
ated Angel's Camp Museum. "Jenny" is
a wood-burning locomotive carrying 180
i'
pounds of steam. Her boiler was made in
• -'-—• * * ^ v .••
Scotland. "Jenny" was built in 1876 by

Lane, Owen, and Dyer of Illinois for
mining operations in Placerville. In the
'90s, "Jenny" was purchased by N. A.
and J. E. McKay, and came to Angel's
Camp under her own power. Two wagons
loaded with rails were hooked up to her
and were pulled at night up Murphy's
Grade, scaring numerous teams of horses
in the process. The parade came through
Murphys, nine miles from Angel's Camp, collection of mining equipment, a large
at two in the morning and aroused the and beautiful rock and mineral display,
whole town from its slumber. and one of the most extensive collections
Husband and TA*? Bell Ringer of Angel's. A local blacksmith shop changed of hand-painted pitcher and basin sets in
Critics agree, however, that Harte's work "Jenny" into a logging locomotive, an the United States.
showed little intimate knowledge of the innovation violently opposed by log- Today, bright neon signs and Venetian
country or its mines; as a matter of fact, gers using ox teams. One such driver blinds combine with iron shutters and
he freely transposed geographic names and attempted to outlog "Jenny," but in his false fronts to present a unique blend of
places to suit his stories' convenience, thus haste got careless and was killed. "Jen- Gold Rush Days and modern California.
giving historians no end of trouble in ny's" logging days ended in 1904, but Angel's Camp saw some pretty lusty times
their efforts to pinpoint and relate his she poses in splendor at the museum for in its heyday, and it never did completely
locales and activities. Bret Harte was too tourist's cameras. belie its name. It was truly Seventh Hea-
late for the big rush. His stories are of The museum itself is a must for visitors ven to the '49ers who struck it rich, as it
the mid-50s when a flavor of decay hung interested in the lore of the Mother Lode. is today to travelers seeking authentic
about the mining towns. Among other things, it contains a vast western lore. •
A number of the landmarks of the
early days still remain: Selkirk House,
Angel's Hotel, Stickle Store, Scribner's
Store—although the theater where Edwin
Booth once trod the boards has long since
disappeared. Also still on hand is the
famed Utica Mine which originally sold
for next to nothing and turned out to be
a multi-million dollar producer. Unusual
street names catch your eye—there's Fin-
nigan Lane, Hardscrabble Street, and
Raspberry Lane, the latter named for a
colorful character called Bennager Rasp-
berry. Raspberry allegedly discovered a
rich vein of gold when he shot out the
jammed ramrod of his gun to dislodge it.
The ramrod stuck in the ground at the
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berry pulled it out he found clinging to In rough country 'round the world King Winches
it a piece of quartz glittering with gold. ... by Koenig... provide the ultimate in perform-
From this fabulous vein he took $7,700 ance. Rugged strength, top craftsmanship go with
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Two objects vital to Angel's Camp's grades... in mud, sand or snow, you're just more
later economy are still present and are confident with a King up front. Long wearing gear-
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One is the Undershot Water Wheel at or other suitable anchor, engage winch and watch
the south edge of town. It was built on your vehicle move out! Positive, dependable 8,000
the spot where it now stands to operate lbs. pulling capacity from Koenig power take-off on
transfer case utilizes forward and reverse gears There's a King Winch designed specif-
an arrastre, or ore-grinding mill. This of transmission. Easily installed, shipped complete. ically for Land-Rover, 'JEEP', I-H Scout,
picturesque iron giant is the product of Write for Free folder. Give vehicle make, model. Ford, Chevrolet and other vehicles.
a foundry in nearby Altaville. Its manu-
facturers operated one of the oldest
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Holcomb
Lucky Baldwin's Doble Mine.
FEW MILES above Big rush in the 1860s and today abounds
Bear Lake in the pine- with relics of its boisterous past.
covered San Bernardino This high-mountain valley was first
Mountains lies a remote discovered in the spring of I860 by Wil-
area aptly called "His- liam "Billy" Holcomb. According to
toric Holcomb Valley." legend, he was tracking a wounded grizzly
It was the scene of a small-scale gold from Bear Valley up into the mountains

when, quite by accident, he discovered murdered in his cabin. His murderer was cans, mounds of debris and a cemetery
something else. He was resting in the never captured, nor his fabulously rich covered with weeds.
shade after his long climb, idly running mine ever located, although the search An excellent public campgrounds is
his fingers through the loose gravel at for it has continued for almost a cen- maintained by the Forestry Service near
his feet, when suddenly he realized the tury. the meadow where Holcomb made his
gravel was flecked with gold. The grizzly Not far from Van Dusen Canyon is the gold strike. There are 16 camping units,
was forgotten and Billy rushed back to site of a gold strike that certainly wasn't picnic tables and stoves, but water is not
Bear Valley to tell his friends the excit- lost. It was E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin's available and campers are advised to bring
ing news. They scrambled back up the Doble Mine, one of the best gold pro- their own. Also maps of the entire area
mountain and soon had a small placer may be obtained from the Forestry
ducers of the area. Today its gaunt super-
mining operation going in Holcomb's Service.
structure still stands on the side of a high
Valley. Other relics of the short-lived boom dot
bluff. It can be reached by a dirt road
Before long, word of the operation that leads upward into Holcomb Valley. the valley. All are reminders of the days
drifted down into the Mormon settlement when gold and glory were here for the
Here one finds a strange mixture of pine taking and all a man had to do to gain
of San Bernardino. Billy and his friends
cones and cacti amid the pink-streaked wealth beyond his wildest dreams was
found themselves swamped by an influx
of people. More than a thousand miners quartz of its tailings. At the foot of the face the icy blasts of winter, the hostility
are said to have been on the grounds bluff lies what is left of the gold town of the rugged terrain, and the cantanker-
at one time during the boom. of Doble, bits of broken glass, rusty tin ous nature of his own counterparts. •
Belleville, named after the black-
smith's daughter, sprang up on the edge
of a small meadow near the diggin's, Desert Journey
and by a narrow margin missed the honor
of becoming the county seat of San Ber- by Myrtle Myles
nardino County. A raw and ready gold
town, its Hangman's Tree, conveniently
located just outside the city limits, still
bears witness to the town's reputation.
The sawed-off branches of the ancient
juniper are supposed to equal the number
of badmen who met their fate there at
the end of rope. Only a crude mule-
powered ore crusher and scattered rubble
indicate the remains of Belleville today.
Another tree in Holcomb Valley marks <*, • *•••**» • :
- * * -**• - M > , • . . s ' f ••
the site of Belleville's sister city, Clap-

board Town. Here The Tree of the Living ' ' :- -i '' PlIHJlTlhil
Cross has a huge cross carved upon it Ruins of old bakery at Gold Mountain Ruins of San Antone Station built in 1800
which commemorates the fatal duel of
two oldtime miners, Charlie the Chink
and Greek George. Charlie accused OMEWHERE in the desert from central Nevada, now a matter of
Greek George of jumping his claim. southwest of Millers, Ne- only a few hours over paved roads, was
Those were fighting words in those days vada, and only a few a five-day trip by team half-a-century ago.
and, whether true or not, they led to a miles from the aban- Lone Mountain, a longtime landmark,
savage knife fight in which both men doned track of the Tono- stood out boldly to the south and Desert
were losers. They were buried nearby. pah Railroad, is a pile of Wells, with water for the teams, was a
Perhaps the most infamous episode in rocks, the tumbledown walls of an old little to the west. Travelers camped at
the valley's stormy history was the slay- cabin. Here nearly a century ago was San Antone on the first night, at Desert
ing of Jed Van Dusen in the early '60s. located the only watering place between Wells on the second, and the third day
It also started a first-rate lost mine tale San Antone Station at the end of Smoky they made it to Gold Mountain where
which persists to this day; and one that Valley, and the southern mining camps there was a settlement and a store. From
might bear further investigation. A steep of Silver Peak, Lida and Gold Moun- there they crossed the California line at
Oasis and continued on through Deep
canyon, now bearing Van Dusen's name, tain. When or by whom the cabin was
built (and the well dug) is now un- Springs and over Westguard pass, then a
runs below Bertha Peak from Holcomb
known, but the place was called Desert toll road, to Big Pine in Owens Valley.
Valley down to Bear Valley. It was some-
Wells and for many years was in con- Bottle hunters and relic collectors today
where within its rugged precipices that
siderable use by travelers. For a short
Jed Van Dusen and his partner are said time in the early '70s it was a night stop might still find bonanza by picking out
to have found a rich vein. They mined for the "pony" rider carrying mail from this old trail and exploring the camping
secretly and soon collected a fortune. One Minnium's Station (in Smoky) on the spots along it. They might, also, momen-
day the partner, saying he had all the Austin-Belmont stage line to the south- tarily turn back the clock to the days
gold he needed, bade Van Dusen farewell ern camps. Later it was used by cattle weary travelers laughed with relief when,
and departed for parts unknown, leaving and sheep men wintering stock in the at last, they came to the well where they
Jed behind to work the claim alone. A desert. could water their horses and know they
short time later Van Dusen was found To reach Owens Valley, California, were safely on the road to California. •

THE LEPRECHAUN'S TREASURE by George Thompson
HE COLD wind whistling hardly be imagined. Desolation had not leprechaun's treasure. Among the search-
across the rocky summit always been Treasure Mountain's lot, ers were A. J. Leathers, T. J. Murphy,
of Treasure Mountain however, for 90 years ago 7000 people and Edward Marchant, a trio who had
only added to the chill of lived and worked on those barren ridges. been prospecting in the White Pine
the neglected cemetery And twice that number inhabited Hamil- Mountains for several years and had
lying in the shadow of ton City, three miles away and 1500 feet found several outcrops of ore and enough
the peak. A more forlorn place than the lower. encouraging leads to keep them looking
windswept graveyard and crumbling The closing years of the Civil War for a big strike. When their lucky break
ruins of nearby Treasure City high in found an ever-increasing number of pros- finally came, it was not because of their
Nevada's White Pine Mountains could pectors searching the Great Basin for the skill in prospecting, but because Leathers
had befriended a hungry Indian who re-
taliated by showing him a place near the
summit of Treasure Mountain where
winter winds had blown the high ridges
free of snow and exposed an outcrop
of high grade silver.
On January 4, 1868, Leathers staked
the outcrop as the Hidden Treasure
claim. Its richness soon brought a stam-
pede of miners into the area and within
the next two years over 13,000 claims
were filed! One of these, the Eberhardt,
had ore valued at $1000 per ton and
during its operating years produced
silver valued in excess of $3,000,000. One
boulder of silver weighing six tons and
valued at more than $100,000 was dis-
covered and was the largest single mass
of silver ever found.
Treasure City grew up around the rich
claims atop the mountain and Hamilton
rose almost over-night in a sheltered
basin below it. The mill towns serving

the mines were built beside the small Silver State. Although abandoned, Ham-
creeks in the canyons below the peak. ilton is a place of interest for summer
Shermantown achieved a population of
7000 by 1870 and Eberhardt 5000.
Shermantown's booming business dis-
ghost town chasers, although the ghosts
themselves seem to avoid the forgotten
cemetery which clings to the steep slopes
KINGMAN ARIZONA
trict included five mills, two newspapers, of the mountains. Not a name remains
the usual general stores and livery stables,
plus an uncounted number of saloons,
on the decaying wooden headboards.
The cemetery was located on the Large Level Lots
while Eberhardt and Swansea were not rocky slope after high grade ore was WATER AND POWER
far behind in either size or industry. found at more likely spots while graves TO EACH LOT
But it was at Treasure City and Hamil- were being dug. One corpse was moved
ton that the Midas touch really existed,
at least for a time. With a seemingly
endless hoard of the leprechaun's trea-
three times to make way for new claims!
Today, on the deserted streets and in the
abandoned ruins old coins, often gold,
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sure, no luxury was spared. The hand-cut
stone building of the Wells-Fargo Com-
are occasionally found by searchers using
metal detectors, although 'Skeeter' Davis,
a friend of mine, found numerous coins
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stores—Carpenter & Reilly and Pormini- must have existed on a near liquid diet!
cos—catered to every human need, with Early this Spring I watched a retired
prices ten times those of the railroad couple from California recover four
center in Elko, 140 miles to the north. champagne bottles, two large wine jugs,
When Hamilton was made county seat and over a half dozen smaller bottles, all
of newly organized White Pine County, of the old hand blown type, from a PLEASE ZIP!
prosperity seemed assured. But the fickle trench only three feet long and a foot
gods who control the fate of mining deep. Desert Magazine and Uncle
camps had other plans. There are even stories of buried trea- Sam can handle your orders
After only a few years the high grade sure and hidden high grade in the can- a day faster if you will in-
surface ore gave out. Shafts were sunk yons around Shermantown and Eberhardt. clude your zip code in ALL
deeper, but the ore value decreased as But whether you seek treasure or relics,
expenses multiplied. Most of the mills are a photographer or rock-hound, or just correspondence. And when
were inefficient California type stamps enjoy poking around the old mines and MOVING please inform us as
which could not profitably process the ruins, these old camps are places of in- soon as possible and include
lower grade ores and soon only the terest. Where once the sound of the stamp both OLD and NEW ZIP
richer mines were operating. To add to mills echoed through the canyons, only CODES.
their troubles, both Treasure City and the hoot of an owl now breaks the silence.
Hamilton suffered disastrous fires that There is little company today for the
destroyed large sections of business and Ghosts of Treasure Mountain. •
residential districts. With fewer mines
operating and idle miners leaving for
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famous act became known to miners of
Western camps as "the crime of '73."
Treasure Mountain received its coup-de-
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The Mysterious Lake Mono Lake figured in the story of The

Lost Cement Mine, a vein of cement-like
Uc-"' by Marian Harvey rock full of gold. Samuel Clemens saw
a piece in 1862 and reported, "Lumps of
virgin gold were as thick in it as raisins
in a fruit cake." The Lost Cement Mine
—fe.
was found and re-found through the
years. But each discoverer met with foul
play, or could not find it again.
When gold miners began mining on
the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada,
Mono Lake again gained attention. With
the need for lumber to build new camps,
lumber was transported from the Mono
mills on barges to the northeast end of
the lake. From here it was loaded onto
teams and taken to the roaring mining
camp of Bodie (now a National and State
Historical Monument) 16 miles northeast
of Mono Lake. Then, in 1881, with the
completion of a narrow-gauge railroad
called the Railroad in the Sky, commer-
cial transportation on Mono Lake was no
longer necessary, but stories are still told
about how Chinese cooks during the lum-
bering era cleaned silverware by merely
dipping it into the lake's corrosive waters.
Descending glaciers formed Mono Lake
YING IN the uppermost miles east of the Pacific Ocean. The gulls 20,000 years ago. Volcanic action contri-
region of California's of Negit are protected by the State of buted to the strange, silent land surround-
vast desert land is a California. ing it. A few miles south, ash heaps of
strange inland sea called No other life exists in Mono Lake, pumice rise gray and forbidding. In near-
Mono. This third largest except a small salt water shrimp, white by Inyo National Forest lie the Mono
body of water in Califor- and feathery, and the larva of the small Craters.
nia, Mono Lake, lies in bleak grandeur ephydra fly. One source states that the Winters are severe. An old timer states,
at the eastern foot of Yosemite National Mono Indians who once lived here were "Only one who has experienced winters
Park's twisting Tioga Pass. called Monachi, meaning fly people, as here can realize how the fury of the blind-
In his book, Roughing It, describing they existed on the pupae of this fly. ing snow, driven by the wintry blasts, can
his journeys in the West, Samuel Cle- There is doubt whether this diet was con- sweep those barren slopes. Nor can one
mens calls Mono Lake one of the sidered a necessity or a delicacy, and whe- imagine the depth of snow which can
strangest spectacles on earth. "Mono ther the Indians were Mono or Paiute. pile up in a few hours." Winter tempera-
Lake lies in a lifeless, treeless, hideous There are no fish, no frogs, no other life tures are often below zero.
desert, eight thousand feet (6,409) above beneath the calm surface of Mono Lake. Samuel Clemens wrote that Mono Lake
the level of the sea, and is guarded by Except for the sea gulls, only wild ducks lay off the usual routes of travel. This is
mountains two thousand feet higher, skim its glass surface. still true. The spectacular passes through
whose summits are always clothed in Mono Lake has no outlet; no water Yosemite National Park, in addition to
clouds. This solemn, silent, soundless flows from it, although a few small other passes between Reno and Bakers-
sea—this loneliest tenant of the loneliest streams flow into it. Its level is receding field, are closed in winter. Mono Lake is
spot on earth—is little graced with the now because of diversion of water for 2 5 miles south of Bridgeport and 70 miles
picturesque," he wrote. the Los Angeles Aqueduct long before north of Bishop, California. Lee Vining is
Yet, Mono Lake is picturesque in a it reaches Mono Lake. Early observers Mono Lake's nearest town. U. S. 395
weird, unearthly way. Its gray, sluggish state the water level appeared then neither passes Mono Lake on its long, lonely way
water, saturated with alkali, is beached by to rise nor fall. Where the water went down the length of California's eastern
by jagged white alkaline deposits. Two was a mystery. side.
barren islands rise from the torpid water. There is little information on Mono Camping and picnic sites, as well as a
The largest, Paoha, sends eerie clouds of Lake in gold rush or travel literature. In boat-launching ramp, are available at
vapor over the surface of the still lake 1852, 46 years before Samuel Clemens Mono Lake. Nearby camping facilities are
from its unceasing hot springs. Nearby mentioned it, gold was reportedly discov- in the Toiyabe and Inyo National Forests,
a cold spring bubbles. A herd of once ered near Mono Lake by soldiers in pur- which almost surround the Mono Lake
domestic goats, left there years ago by its suit of Indians. It was these soldiers who, region.
former inhabitants, roam this lonely is- at that time, also discovered Yosemite "Mono Lake," concludes Samuel Cle-
land. The smaller island, Negit, is a Valley. Nothing ever came of the dis- mens and probably anyone who has seen
volcanic crater. Its solo inhabitants are covery at Mono Lake, but the beauty of it, "is one of the strangest freaks of
seagulls who come annually to nest, 100 Yosemite Valley lured others who came Nature to be found in any land." •

Incident at San Miguel
by Peter Odens
ILL Reed was a sailor frightened sheepherder and his grand-
who came to California son, and when he could tell them nothing
from England in 1846 about hidden gold, they killed them both.
and purchased the Mis- They saw a screaming little boy, just eight-
sion of San Miguel Arc- years old, the brother of Maria Reed. The
angel for a home. Often little man had been on friendly terms
he boasted of his possessions—his beau- with the sailors since they arrived and
tiful wife Maria Antonia Vallejo, their one of them said he could be spared, but
little son, their mission home and most the others told him he was too soft-
of all, gold he claimed to have mined hearted and beat the child to death.
himself. How this lie was to cost his life The dead were dragged into the con-
and that of his loved ones is one of the vent living room where the sailors ex-
bloodiest chapters of California history. pected to set fire to them, but the sun
'1
During the summer of 1795, Padre was rising and the murderers decided to
Buenaventura Sitjar, a Franciscan mis- depart before travelers arrived and caught
sionary, had explored the region between them in the act.
San Luis Obispo and San Antonio as a A four-year old tot who had somehow
possible site for the l6th mission to be had met Reed in the gold mines. Un-
escaped the massacre saw the men ride off
founded in California. The missions were able to find much gold, they, too, had
in the direction of the coast. The little
to be spaced in such a way that each was decided that there were easier ways to get
one staggered toward a neighbor's ranch,
about one day's journey from the next. rich. Recalling Reed's untrue boasts about
but lost his way in the tall mustard weed.
Two years later, on July 25, 1797, the how much gold the mines had yielded to
Meanwhile, Captain J. M. Price and F.
mission was formally founded and for him, they decided to look him up.
Z. Branch, friends of the Reeds', had
the next several years building was added Reed received them with open arms. stopped by the mission on their way back
to building and the Mission San Miguel He was in a happy mood, for his wife from the gold fields and saw the carnage.
Arcangel took shape. But in 1836, the was about to give birth to another baby A posse was organized and caught up
misions were secularized by a decree of and the midwife had already arrived, to- with the murderers in the vicinity of San-
California Governor Pio Pico. In 1845, gether with her married daughter and ta Barbara. A fierce battle ensued in
Reed was able to acquire the mission for a grandchild. which the posse lost one man, Ramon
a paltry $300. His partner in this enter- For several days Reed entertained the Rodriguez, but one of the sailors was
prise was a rancher, Petronillo Rios, deserters. When they were about to killed outright, one jumped into the
whose niece was Reed's wife. leave, he poured a farewell drink, for ocean and was drowned and the other
Reed set up a store in the mission and which they paid with a$20 gold piece. three were captured and hanged.
when gold was found in California he Reed produced his little bag of gold, Before going to the scaffold, one of
did a good business with the miners pass- weighed it to make change and bragged the murderers asked to be allowed to
ing through the Salinas River Valley. about other, heavier, bags he kept se- make his confession and told the whole,
Eventually, Reed and Rios decided to fol- creted in his bedroom. At that, one of sad story. A day later, the tot who had
low the call of the gold. They weren't the sailors attacked Reed with an axe, escaped was found wandering in the mus-
very successful, however, and soon Rios killing him instantly. Then the five set tafd seed and told of what he had seen.
suggested they return home and profit out to find the rest of the gold which they Then this child, too, succumbed to the
from the heavy traffic of miners through thought Reed had hiden. horror and the exposure to which he had
the valley. Reed's wife, who was just getting been subjected. The bodies of the eleven
The winter of '49 was cold and wet ready for bed, the midwife and her men, women and children who died in
and among the "men who went in search daughter and granddaughter were killed the massacre were buried in one grave
of gold were unsavory elements who stole by the sailors who could not be bothered just outside the rear door of the sacristy.
horses and mules and killed cattle for by the screams of the women. Reed's After California had become part of
food. After Reed and Rios each had ac- three-year old son was dragged from his the United States, the missions were re-
quired only one small bag of gold for bed and his head bashed against the turned to the Church and in 1878 a
their labor in the mines, they returned adobe wall. A Negro helper rushed to padre was returned to San Miguel. To-
home and once again Reed took over the assist his mistress and met a similar fate. day the mission is a parish church as well
management of the store while Rios tend- But no matter how thoroughly the mur- as a house of studies for young men who
ed to the ranch. One evening five men derers combed the mission buildings for would like to join the Franciscan order.
arrived at the mission, deserters from a hidden treasure, they found none. It remains one of the best preserved
British warship in Monterey harbor who They came to a room occupied by a missions of California. •

but Casmyer didn't get better. One day
Casmyer tried to tell Huffman about an
18-inch-wide vein of solid gold he had
discovered in the desert and how to find
it, but Huffman thought the patient was
delirious and didn't pay much attention.
Finally Casmyer asked him to examine
the ore samples cached in his bed roll.
Huffman went back to the stable to
work, but that night in bed he remem-
bered some of the things Casmyer had
told him about the ore samples. The
first thing in the morning he opened
Casmyer's bed roll. Instead of ordinary
ore, large chunks of almost solid gold
met his eyes. He hurried over to the
hotel, but Casmyer had died in the
night!
Many have hunted for this 18-inch
vein of gold, but as yet it has not been
found. Some folks say it was covered by
water when the dam on the Owyhee was
built in 1933 and this is entirely possible,
as veins of quartz are exposed when the
lake is low. However, there are good
reasons to disbelieve this theory. First,
Casmyer said he found his gold on the
desert. Had it lain along the river, he
would surely have pinpointed the loca-
tion more clearly.
Haystack Btitte on the Owyhee desert in Oregon. Also, while talking with local residents,
I found there were long narrow ranches
along the river in those days, but they
The Sheepherder^s Lost Gold were cattle ranches. No cattle rancher is
about to let sheep run on his range, in
those days, nor in any day! Granted, the
OMEWHERE in Oregon's In 1912 a young sheepherder named sheep had to have water and it is possible
Casmyer found his vein in a ravine
Owyhee desert there is a Victor Casmyer was working out of a
through which he herded his flock to the
vein of gold so fantasti- sheep camp about 30 miles south of Vale
river, but more often sheep up there were
cally rich you would be a on the west side of the Malheur river. He
watered at a spring or water was hauled
millionaire several times became ill of spotted fever contacted
from sage ticks, which was common in to them in a tank truck.
over if you were lucky
enough to find it. It is called the Lost those days. When he was no longer able Lastly, the quartz veins now exposed at
Sheepherder Mine. Now this is slightly to work, the packer, Peter Rambau, pack- low water near the dam have been pros-
confusing, because it has never been ed him into Vale and left him at the pected thoroughly between the years of
mined and the sheepherder was not lost, livery stable owned by Bill Huffman. 1912 and 1933 when prospectors seriously
but the gold has most certainly been lost Huffman got him a room at the local worked the area.
for some 50 years. hotel and nursed him as best he could, The sheepherder was supposed to have
worked in a 20-mile semi-circle on the
west side of the river. That would put his
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Apaches dug for tur-
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ghost towns in California's deserts and mountains with tire-pump to replace air let out of tires the rocks a warmer hue, blood red. Earliest
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sun-glasses do a poor job of reducing the when the Spanish came on the scene.
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serious eye-strain. Spend an extra few mines to benefit the invaders, the In-
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the panic of 1893 closed them down. He Then owners put the wrecking ball to
then moved to Arizona and went to many of them, including the schoolhouse, THINKING OF
and only a shambles remained. At the BACKPACKING?
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Gleeson enjoyed a long period of pros- guide and showed us all of the sights of Dept. D, P.O. Box 3453
1807 Victory Blvd.
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ging somewhat in 1915, World War I live-oak tree that once served as an emer-
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until enough miscreants had accumulated
country was adobe, but the process of
laying it was too slow so frame buildings to make worth while their transport to HELL'S
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BACK COUNTRY COMPILED BY JACK PEPPER
Truchhauen Road Open

We've heard so many reports about the
Bill Bryan Truckhaven Road from Highway 86 near
the Salton Sea in California's Imperial
County to the desert resort of Borrego
Springs in San Diego County we decided
When we invited Bill Bryan, an active Now, in the guise of being generous to get first hand information from the
participant in state and national 4WD and trying to please everybody, they pro- Anza-Borrego State Park headquarters.
activities, to write a column we told him pose to spend $2,092,550.00 to "develop"
his material would be edited but not cen- the dunes area in Imperial County over Once only a 4-wheel drive road, the
sored, even though his opinions always a 20-year period providing ONLY FOR new road is being graded and is now pass-
may not be in agreement with those of CAMPING SITES FOR JUST 73 VE- able for both campers and passenger cars,
Desert Magazine—Jack Pepper, Publisher. HICLES. At least this is the proposal en- AS LONG AS YOU TAKE IT EASY.
titled "Imperial Sand Hills Project" dated However, since they are working on the
road there are times when a passenger
It appears that the back country en- November 1966 and prepared by the car cannot get through, so you have to
thusiasts and dune buggy owners are California Department of Parks and take your chances. Four wheel vehicles can'
being hoodwinked again by the State of Recreation. get through anytime.
California. State and national organizations such as
A joint project by Imperial and San
For 10 years hundreds of us have the National Four Wheel Drive Associa- Diego Counties, the road will be com-
camped in the "Yuma Dunes" over New tion are in agreement that something
pletely passable for all vehicles this fall
Years, and over a period of the last 4 should be done to preserve the historic and is expected to be paved within the
years this number has turned into thou- plank road through the Imperial Sand year.
sands. Just drive Hwy. 80 from El Centro Hills. But why spend more than two
to Yuma the last week of each year; million dollars and withdraw 13,000 acres
what you can't see is several hundred from general use by thousands of people the U.S. Forestry Service and the Bureau
outdoors people and families camped to preserve a road 10 feet wide and 10 of Land Management people to acknow-
"just over the hill" and up the road 4 miles long? ledge that over 300,000 four wheel drive
miles in the area of Ogilby. I believe the basic idea of preserving vehicles really exist and that a major por-
tion of these vehicles are used for recrea-
Where do all these people come from? the plank road is great, but why spend
tion. Now these Federal agencies are
The Jack Cooks and Dave Mundays are that amount of taxpayers money just to
enlarge the State of California's domain. realizing this fact, but the state of Cali-
from Phoenix, the Barney Nelsons from
fornia is apparently trying to ignore the
Yakima, Washington, the Russ Smiths The Federal Bureau of Land Management
fact.
from Salt Lake City, Utah, the Al Jen- has had possession of this land for years
sens from Sacramento, California. Why and they have stated they have no inten- Let's let Governor Reagan and our
do these people come to the dunes? To tion of changing its present use for recrea- state representatives know we are out-
meet all their old friends who have a tion. Who needs campsites at a cost of doors people and don't want to be moly-
common interest, to gather around the in excess of $28,600 each? coddled all the way from birth to death.
campfire and discuss the many trips If the state of California has that kind We don't mind hauling water out to the
made into the back country since last year, of money to spend, why don't they pur- desert areas and hauling our trash home.
to keep off the freeways and out of the chase a strip of land from the Mexican We don't need someone to tell us where
way of the drunks, and most of all just border to the Oregon border and allow to go, what to see and where to camp.
riding around in the dunes and enjoying conservation groups such as the Sierra We want to explore on our own and we
the thrill of going over that next dune. Club, California Riding and Hiking Club don't destroy nor will we disrupt the des-
ert half as much as the engineers who
For years the California Division of and the California Association of Four want to make everything so civilized
Beaches and Parks have given us lip ser- Wheel Drive Clubs to map out and con- there won't be any wilderness left for any-
vice and that's about all. For example, ctruct the trail. This way, if a family
one to enjoy.
look at the Pismo Beach dune area. They wished to take a vacation in the back
attended meetings with representatives of country he could cover the length of his If you are interested in protecting
your state and national associations and state. The members of the Fresno Jeep our natural resources why not in-
stated that they would like to cooperate Club have been cooperating with other vest four cents in a post card and
with the thousands of four wheel drive outdoor groups and the U.S. Forest Ser- send it to: NFWDA, P.O. Box
and dune buggy enthusiasts, but when vice for years in the construction of 4 6 1 5 3 , Seattle, Washington
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I am looking for some good prospecting Congratulations on a positive step to- received at DESERT six weeks prior to sched-
ward abating the nuisance of vandalism uled dale.
equipment, such as six or eight h.p. rotary
drill that COULD be carried into posi- in "EDUCATE AND PROSECUTE." A
tions off the road. One that could drill heading for that might be: ARE YOU INDIAN DANCERS, June 16-25, Mission San
to 150 ft. and take cores for sampling. THE KIND OF PERSON OF WHOM Luis Rey, San Diego County, Calif. Navajo,
And, other prospecting equipment. WE SAY, "THE DESERT WAS CLEAN Papago and Pima Indians from Arizona per-
forming seldom seen tribal dances. Five per-
I. V. DANIELS, TILL YOU GOT HERE?" formances daily. Free.
1641 North 17th St., Vandalism has many faces. Years ago
Abiline, Texas 79601. I queried the chief highway engineer of OCEANSIDE HARBOR DAYS, June 17-18,
• • Oceanside, Calif., boat parades, races, festivi-
35 states, 34 of them answered and cried ties in connection with Miss Southern Cali-
My wife and I are trying to plan a on my neck; please say or do anything to fornia contest.
overland trip by Jeep from Fairbanks to help us that's humanly possible. My story,
Nome, Alaska. the Shooting War On Our Highways was PIKES PEAK 4WD Club's annual Khana,
We are in need of detailed maps and June 29 through July 4. Write to P.O. Box
published five times from here to N.Y. 4192, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
would like information on prospecting It featured horrific photos of mutilated
and homesteading.
road signs, official reports of tragedy, NATIONAL 4WD ANNUAL CONVEN-
This is our first trip of this kind so that millions in costs of damage which has to TION, July 1-2, Yakima, Wash. Write to
it would be helpful to have a sponsor. Route Eight, Box 572, Yakima, Wash.
be paid for by other motorists. This and
Would appreciate a reply and any helpful
the damage to historic and scenic spots CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY OF
suggestions.
is NOT done by juveniles, nor do they AMERICA'S Cactus and Succulent Show, July
ROBERT KNOFF, litter camp spots and roadsides with beer 1-4, Los Angeles State and Country Arboretum,
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Arcadia, Calif. Write Box 167, Reseda, Calif.
90335.
The best guide to Alaska is The Milepost, trash so the place will look like home.
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page 37, you have a picture and article We have no favorite sections,—to us, the
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cannot find one in the stores. Could you Exhibit. Write Nyssa, Oregon Chamber of
"our kind of people." We, too, clean up
possibly give me the address of the com- Commerce for details.
messes left in camp by others. May I give
pany (and name also) who manufactures
Mrs. Lockhart a friendly hint? The U.S.
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Willis G. Tilton,
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UFO's . . .
To the Editor: The article on UFOs in the
June isue of DESERT is most interesting, but
I would like to make some comments. I fol-
low all the reports on space activities available
and I don't recall a report referring to "a geo-
Here's Bow
metrical arrangement of lunar pillars . . ."
photographed by Lunar Orbiter II. Perhaps I
missed it.
The comments about Carl Andersen's going
aboard a spaceship are intriguing, but not in
the way he meant. Nirvana, the name of the
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According to Frank Edwards, author of Fly-
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registered as fiction with the Library of Con-
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Clyde Forsythe s
tests and none proved to be telling the truth.
Unfortunately, there are those who insist on
telling tall tales about UFOs; they only succeed
in clouding the true facts about this fascinating
subject. Although a good analysis isn't possible
due to the processes necesary for reproduction,
all the pictures shown appear to be fakes be-
cause of contradictory lighting, improbable
focus variations, etc.
Finally, there is one glaring error in the
article. Dr. Hynek is not in charge of the Uni-
versity of Colorado's team of scientists investi-
gating the UFO problem. That investigation is
under the direction of Dr. Edward U. Condon,
former head of the U.S. Bureau of Standards
and now in the Physics Department of the Uni-
versity of Colorado. Dr. Hynek, director of
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once seen something I can't explain. That was
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formation, equally spaced to form a triangle
with one light leading and the other two fol of how each phase of the
lowing on either side. They seemed to be very
high and no sound could be heard from them series came to be painted is
in the silence of a crisp, clear winter night in
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it occurred when one of the trailing lights began each painting.
to fall, dropped a short distance, then snappec
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other outdoor phenomena I've been able to give
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that one light, I don't know . . . Send your name,
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WESTERN TRAVEL/ADVENTURE/LIVING

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10 Lost Gold and Pearls of Australia

Editor 14 Lost Souls of Moaning Cave

MARVEL BARRETT 18 Ghost Ranch Museum

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HEN Jesus Machad',o poorly educated Indian neophyte named

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PART TWO OF A THREE-PART SERIES COVERING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACH RESORTS

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URING THE Labor Day

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by Barbara and Warren Transue

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the site of Belleville's sister city, Clap-

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