 | | Journal (issue) | | On the Saddle By RICHARD B. DIXON Del Mar, California First prize winner in the monthly photographic...Adams, El Centra, California. "Cat Canyon Jungle" by Dick Freeman, Los Angeles, California. DESERT CRLEnDflR...religious customs, at Silver City, New Mexico. 4-5 Ramona Pageant, Hemet, California. Final performances of...Pioneer May day festival at Twentynine Palms, California. Featuring Desert Rat convention and archery...shoot. 4-5 Annual wildflower show at Julian, California. Also May 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, 30. 5-6 Nevada |  | | Journal (issue) | | By CORNELIUS COLE SMITH Riverside, California 1 must go now to the places where the sunset Throws shadows...wind-blown sand with its golden sheen. Los Angeles, California To him who keeps his soul so small It cannot... DEATH VALLEY By LORNA DAWSON Los Angeles. California Vast desolation stretching unending; Oven-hot...MOUNTAIN By ELSIE MCKINNON STRACHAN Santa Ana, California With roots embedded deep in centuries past, Baboquivari... 9 REFLECTION By EVELYN PIEPMEIER ROSS Kansas City, Missouri Oh, remember the desert as it looks at |  | | Journal (issue) | | Leadabrand, Field Trips Jerry and Luisa Klink, Baja California M.R. Zarubica (1894-1980), Librarian 26 27 ...Beautiful William and Nancy Harrison THE CACTUS CITY CLARION Edited by Mary E. Twyman Desert ROCKHOUND...WILD FRUIT 40 Wayne P. Armstrong HOW OLD IS CALIFORNIA MAN? 43 Herman W. Ronnenberg SELDOM SEEN SLIM...and Hile resorts/marinas Name Address „ I I _ City _ Lake Powell Resorts B marinas DM THE GREAT LAND...weekends, 1,700 visitors, that sits placidly on Baja California Norte's east coast some 130 miles from Mexicali |  | | Journal (issue) | | 3California, just off Highway U. S. 80, is the "El Centro...State Park has become a reality by action of the California State Park Commission. D Extending from the...DEPARTMENT El Centro Chamber of Commerce EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA Maps, folders, and complete information are available...to desert lovers the natural charm of the great Imperial Valley and surrounding area. ROBERT HAYS, SECRETARY-... DESERT Gcdendai MARCH 25-26—Sierra club of California to camp in Red Rock canyon on Mojave desert and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Searchlight was treated by Dr. Woodberry of this city, •who said before treatment that the Gila monster... MARY R. HYDE. Lost Gold . . . Los Angeles, California Dear Sir: I enjoy your magazine very much as...brother. After driving a short distance past the California state line the party took a short cut on a little...thanks to your efforts. WALTER LEE WOLFE. Selma, California Dear Mr. Henderson: Here is one more alleged...SUZANNE C. DEAN. Ingot of Gold . . . Cupertino, California Dear Mr. Henderson: I feel that I must take issue |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mojave deserts and also in other than desert California regions. Very similar is Linanthus bigelovii...Logan-Cache airport, Logan, Utah. 11-13 Arizona City Days, annual Elks' fiesta, Yuma, Arizona. Wm. Tinsley...season. Elk: Nov. 1-30. Quail: Nov. 15-Dec. 3. California— Pheasants: Nov. 15-24. Quail: Nov. 15-Dec. 31...CANYON, Andreas Canyon, California, Photo by Loyd Cooper, Claremont, California. BOTANY Fairy Mist on Desert...Publishing Company, 636 State Street, El Centro, California. Entered as second class matter October 11, 1937 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ARE INCUJDED IN NEW TRITON MOTOR. OIL. (op OF CALIFORNIA ASK your Union Oil Minute Man about the amazing...conducted by Desert Museum from Palm Springs, California. May 1—All day trip to Painted Canyon, conducted...conducted by Desert Museum from Palm Springs, California. Bring lunch and water. May 1 — Lecture, "Common...Lawrence M. Klauber, Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California. May 1—Annual fiesta and green corn dance, San...Mexico. May 1-16—Annual Wildflower show, Julian, California. Mrs. Myrtle Botts, chairman. May 2—Annual horse |  | | Journal (issue) | | CENTS Voice 0/ the By CECILE BONHAM Glendale, California I am the desert; I possess the key To that eternal...MEXICAN SALES-CHILD By BLANCHE M. IRVING Mecca, California All heaven's bright and turquoise blue; No matrix...PLACE APART By RAY W I L S O N Monterey Park, California O Master, let me walk with Thee Into a place...free. • • • THE GREATEST TEAM Los Angeles, California Forgotten by the trail this ghostly town Rears...DESERT CANTEEN By N E L L MURBARGER Costa Mesa, California You may choose to drink from a mountain lake |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Resident Owners) Hwy. I l l , Palm Desert, California midway between lndio and Palm Springs. All Electric...STREET LOS ANGELES 44, CALIF. DESERT CAVALCADE of Imperial Valley DESERT CAVALCADE HOURLY TOURS OF FABULOUS...Join in the festivities with friendly, thriving Imperial Valley as your host. Take a winter holiday in...Southwest! March 18, 19. 20. 1955 CALEXICO. CALIFORNIA DEATH Enjoy this luxurious desert oasis for...O. Box 187, Calexico, California Stove Pipe Wells Hotel Death Valley California Home of the Famous Annual |  | | Journal (issue) | | enthusiastic research in the field of Carmel, California, where her chief occupation just now is experimenting...of California, during those excursions when she loads NINA PAUL SHUMWAY of Coachella, California, has...association convention, at Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City. Lawrence F. Mollin, Denver, Colorado, assistant...Springs Tennis club and Racquet club, Palm Springs, California. 31-FEB. 1 Gila River Round-up at Safford, Arizona...mesa. Photograph b y Loyd Cooper, Claremont, California. CONTRIBUTORS Writers of the Desert • 2 CALENDAR |  | | Journal (issue) | | regulations do not extend to other common minerals—agate, obsidian and jasper—which are of interest to rockhounds...Gold Hill, Rosamond, Calif., Oct. 3-4. San Diego County Gemboree at Del Mar, Calif., Oct. 10-11. Fiesta...October, Nevada Centennial Celebrations at Carson City. Month of October, Fiesta of Nations, House of Pacific...Palm Desert, California CALIFORNIA GHOST TOWN GUIDE New guide to over 100 California ghost towns Unique...Desert Magazine / October, 1964 OLD MINES OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA By R. W. Raymond For ghost town chasers |  | | Journal (issue) | | hard money which made San Francisco a fashionable city. Comstock dollars also helped defray cost of the...1860s, the rush was on. By 1873 Virginia City, principal city of the bonanza, had a population of 35,000...Sierras. Today, far from being a ghost town, Virginia City is a popular tourist center — and plans to re-open...recently were revealed by a mining company. Virginia City stands on the eastern slope of Mt. Davidson. DESERT...Centro, California. Jan. 18—Desert Museum Field Trip to Palm Canyon, from Palm Springs, California. Jan |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lf, Qltunxdt By FRED H. RAGSDALE Los Angeles, California Winner of first prize in Desert Magazine's April...DESERT, photo b y E d w a r d J. Fisher, Mojave, California. PHOTOGRAPHY First prize w i n n e r in April...THE DESERT By JUNE LEMERT PAXTON Yucca Valley, California In the distance they stand like clouds of smoke...to Desert Magazine, 636 State St., El Centro, California. JUNE, 1943 Smoke Bulk By X A N M. HAMMOND...By CARROLL DF. W I L T O N SCOTT San Diego, California Now sinks the red-ball sun behind blue walls |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hot Springs, California. January 10-12—Third Annual Lettuce Festival, El Centro, California. January 12-13—Yuma...12-13—Yuma County Chamber of Commerce's Bandollero Tour to San Felipe, from Yuma, Arizona. January 13—Western...Golf Association Tournament, P a l m Springs, California. January 18—Southeastern New Mexico Hereford...Phantom Canyon and Enchanted Valley, near Thermal, California. January 20—Trek to King's Canyon for Winter...Mountains, between Twentynine Palms and Amboy, California. January 27—Buffalo Barbeque, Mesa, Arizona, |  | | Journal (issue) | | GRIEGER'S • 1633 E. WALNUT ST. • PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA OUR STORE IS OPEN EVERY DAY 8:30 A.M. UNTIL 5:00...near Cathedral City. Desert Museum, Palm Springs, Calif. Dec. 13-14 — Southern California Chapter, Sierra...Show. St. George. Utah. Dec. 18-31 — Illuminated "City of Bethlehem" Christmas panorama in Climax Canyon...Christmas Eve, 1775, the first white child born in California. Dec. 24 — Night Procession of the Virgin, with...Diego Chapter and Desert Peaks Section, Southern California Chapter of Sierra Club trip to Mitchell's Caverns |  | | Journal (issue) | | when he was being held by Spanish padres in California, suspected unjustly of causing mission Indians...Mexican rodeo and has exciting experiences in Ghost City in a deserted church. Published in August by Longmans...educational. Blazing the trails from Utah to California with Jedediah Strong Smith in 1826, young Bob...y Fred R a g s d a l e , Los A n g e l e s , California. BOOKS J e d e d i a h Smith, a n d other r...Publishing Company, 636 State Street, El Centro, California. Entered as second class matter October 11, 1937 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 4-5—Saugus, California, Annual Rodeo. May 4-5—Desert Panorama Exhibits, China Lake, California. May 4-5...River Regatta, Parker, Arizona. May 5—Blythe, California, Women's Riding Club Stampede and Rodeo. May...University Rodeo, Portales. May 10-12 — Lone Pine, California, Stampede. May 11-12—Santa Barbara and Riverside...Monument, California. Camp at Hidden Valley. May 11-26—31st Annual Wildflower Show, Julian, California. May...Nevada. May 18-19—Grubstake Days, Yucca Valley, California. May 18-19—Tucson Festival Events: Children's |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kayenta, Arizona, by Nell Murbarger of Costa Mesa, California. At one time the yucca was very important to...San Felipe de Neri, Albuquerque. June 1—Lincoln County Homecoming Day, Caliente, Nevada. June 1—Sheriffs...Mexico. June 7-8—Hesperia Days, Victorville, California. June 8—Parade, Kaysville, Utah. June 8—Tour...12-15 — 41st Annual Cherry Festival, Beaumont, California. June 13—San Antonio de Padua Corn Dances, Taos...15 — Kamas Valley Livestock Show and Parade, Park City, Utah. June 15 and 22—Procession of La Conquistadora |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hetzel. EL SAGUARO By CORA L. KEAGLE Pixley, California Candelabra of the Giants, When Gargantuan feasts...JOSHUA TREE By M O N T E HUMPHREYS San Diego, California Ghost-white glow of an argent moon Paints frosty... Pa/a Ven.de By GRACE CULBERTSON San Diego, California Upon my wall a palo verde tree Breaks into bloom...desert smiling in my city room. SONNET By JAMES B. DUMMER Los Angeles, California If I must live alone...DESERT RATTLESNAKE By J. C. DAVIS San Bernardino, California Leaving his winter lair, Out from that secret |  | | Journal (issue) | | APRIL. 1940 By DICK FREEMAN Los Angeles, California First prize winning photograph in the February...Young of Long Beach, California. "Desert Spring" by Jim Leonard, Los Angeles, California. "Peace" by Lester...Los Angeles, California. Ute Sandi (at Twentynine Palms) By DUANE CLARK Alhambra, California Awarded second...Indians. 7 Traditional Swiss Swing, Holtville, California. Paul Eggler, Swiss club president. 9-10 Arizona...Springs, 60 miles from Santa Fe. 13-14 Victorville, California, rodeo. Cal Godshall, chairman. Intercollegiate |  | | Journal (issue) | | blind manufacturers. PRODUCTS CORP. Los Angeles, California DESERT DattiL AUG. 31 Dig-N-Dogie Days, annual...Mexico. (3 days) 31 Sierra Club of Southern California takes boat trip on Lake Mead and lower gorge...Russell Hubbard, 2071 Balmer Dr., Los Angeles, California. (3 days) COVER CALENDAR S e p t e m b e r...o e m s 31 SEPT. I Southwest Museum, geles, California, opens hibit of Indian drawings F. Comins. Open...Acoma. 2-3 Duchesne county Stampede, Duchesne, Utah. 6-7 Peach Day at Brigham City, Utah. Reenactment |  | | Journal (issue) | | FOSTER Information Wanted . . . Santa Paula, California Dear Editor: Do any of your "rock hounds," travelers...Score for the Double Circle Ranch . . . Anaheim, California Dear Sirs: Congratulations on another very fine...—R.H. Worse'n Dishwater . . . Santa Monica, California Dear Mr. Henderson: Was amused to read your diatribe...chlorinating, once in L. A. and again at our own city supply on Franklin Hill. If you don't think the...HILL Rough Roads Cull 'em Out . . . Pasadena, California Dear Mr. Henderson: You are to be congratulated |  | | Journal (issue) | | "Courage" Out of Place in D. M.? . . . Banning, California Editor Desert Magazine: For the first time since...Bombers Blast Rockhound Field . . . Hinkley, California Dear D.M.: Can't help writing a few lines of...MILLIGAN Finds Clue in Photograph . . . Inglewood, California Dear Sirs: Your article in July D.M. about Lurt...Valley. Knew Death Valley Chief . . . Santa Cruz, California Dear Friends: I always read Desert Magazine with...hunt." A few years ago, while searching in Wayne county, Utah, he chanced upon a link in the 150-year old |  | | Journal (issue) | | Parade, El Centra, California. Dec. 2 — Annual Christmas parade, Barstow, California. Dec. 2-3—8th Annual...Mission, Tucson, Arizona. Dec. 3 — Palm Springs, California, Desert Museum field trip to Split Rock Canyon...Dec. 3-4—Sports Car Road Races, Palm Springs, California. Dec. 6—Dons Travelcade to Miami copper mines...Santa Claus Parade, Lancaster, California. Dec. 10—Palm Springs, California, Desert Museum field trip (destination...Thunderbird Invitational Golf Tournament, Palm Springs, California. Dec. 17—Arizona Snow Bowl opens for winter season |  | | Journal (issue) | | President Serving Palm Springs, Coachella and Imperial Valleys CREED OF THE DESERT By JUNE LE MERT...of the trek committee. MAR. 5-6—Sierra Club of California to camp overnight at 48 Palms and visit Inscription...Monument area. MAR. 513—Imperial Valley Midwinter Fair at Imperial, California. Agricultural and livestock...Santa Fe, New Mexico. MAR. 26-27—Sierra Club of California to camp overnight at Martinez canyon in Coachella...Publishing Company, 597 State Street, El Centro, California. 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