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Desert Magazine BOOK ShopTHE SEA OF CORTEZ by Sunset Staff. Exploresthe Gulf of California, Baja California,andMexico's Mainland Coast. Fine illustrations.$1 1.75.

ART TREASURES IN THE WEST by Sunset Staff.Descriptions and discussions of paint ings, sculp-tures and artists displayed in Western museumsand public places. Hardcover $11.75.

THE COLORFUL BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND STAGEby Richard Pourade and Marjorie Reed. Wi th 20stage coach paintings by Miss Reed, the textconcentrates on Ihe Fort Yuma to San Franciscoru n of the tough Butterf ield route. AlbumFor-mat, heavy art paper, $6 .75 .

IT ALL HAPPENED IN TOMBSTONE by JohnClum. Eye-witness account of famous gun battlebetween Earps, Doc Holl iday and the Clantonsand McLaurys by publisher of TombstoneEpitaph. Margin notes by John Gilchriese.Hardcover, 45 pages, $4.00.

DESERT GEM TRAILS by Mary Frances Strong.Field guide to gems and minerals of the Mo-have and Colorado deserts and adjacent areas.Paperback, $2.00

GOLD IN THE SUN by Richard Pourade. Fifth inseries of historical books about Southern Cali-fornia. Covers Salton Sea, reclamation of Im-perial Valley and gem mining in San Diego andRiverside counties. Large format, beautiful colori l lustrat ions. $9.50.

THE SILVER DONS by Richard Pourade recountsthe wresting of the Franciscan Missionary landby Spanish Dons and then lost to them byAmerican pioneers. Covers Mormon Battlionandfilibusters and war in Baja California. Beauti-ful ly i l lustrated. $9.50.

THE GLORY YEARS by Richard Pourade coversthe early boom period of Southern California

when San Diego's populat ion exploded, thencollapsed overnight. Beautifully illustrated. Partof above series. $9.50.

BOOT HILLby Lambert Florin. Sixth in his seriesof Western ghost town books. Dramatic photoswith epi taphs and true tales out of the t ragic,comic and scandalous West. Large format.$ 1 2 . 9 5 .

GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPSOF CALI-FORNIA by Remi Nadeau. The only good , hard-cover book on the California ghost towns.Werecommend it high ly. $5 .95 .

OLD FORTS OF THE FAR WEST by Herbert Hart.Maps are included with remarkably l ivelyandaccurate accounts of Western forts back to CivilWar times. This volume covers the Southwest.Large format, good photos. $12.95.

HUNTING LOST MINESBY HELICOPTER by ErieStanley Gardner. As fascinat ing as one of hisPerry Mason mysteries, the author takes youinto Arizona s Superstition Mountains lookingfor the Lost Dutchman mine and into the TrigoMountains in search of Nummel 's lost bonanza.Hardcover, color photos. $7.50.

JEEP TRAILS TO COLORADO GHOST TOWNSbyRobert L. Brown. An i l lustrated, detai led, infor-mal history of life in the mining camps deep inColorado Rockies. Fifty-eight townsare includedthe almost inaccessible mountain fastness of theas examples of the vigorous struggle for exist-ence in the mining camps of the West. 239pages, i l lustrated, end sheet map. Hardcover.$5 .50 .

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HERE IS NEVADA by Effie Mack and Byrd Saw-yer. A complete picture of every facet of Nevadain textbook manner. $12.50.

PAPIER MACHE by Mildred Anderson. Instruc-tions and ideas for distinctive objets d' art. Nicegif t for hobbyists . $3.95.

DESERT PLANTS AND PEOPLE by Sam Hicks. Tellshow primitive desert dwellers find sustenance,shelter, beverages and healing medicines innature. Hardcover. $5.95.

ON DESERT TRAILSby Randall Henderson, foun-de r and publisher of Desert Magazine for 23years. One of the first good writers to revealthe beauty of the mysterious desert areas. Hen-derson's experiences, combined with his com-ments on the desert of yesterday and today,make this a MUST for those who real ly wantof understand the desert. 375 pages, i l lustrated.Hardcover. $5.00.

STANDING UP COUNTRY by C. Gregory Cramp-ton. Best book ever written about Utah-Arizonacanyon country. Superb color. $15.

WARNER, THE MAN AND THE RANCH by LorrinMorrison. Tells the story of the colorful t radingpost, stage stop, historical battleground andlife that took place on the famous WarnerRanch. Paper, $2.00.

REMNANTS OF THE OLD WEST by Harriett

Farnsworth. The old West's last living characterswere interviewed by this author and the bookis f i l led w ith ne ver-before published t idbits thatdeserve recording. An attractive book that makesa surprisingly inexpensive and wor thwhi le g i f t .Hardcover. $2.95.

DESERT ANIMALS IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONALMONUMENT by Miller and Stebbins. Excellenthook and first of its kind with thorough textand good illustrations. Color plates.$10.

NAVAHO NEIGHBORS by Franc Johnson New-comb. One of the better books about NavahoIndians by an author who l ived int imately withthem for over 30 years. $5.95.

TREASURY OF FRONTIER RELICSby Les Beitz. Acollectors guide to western frontier relics withdescriptions, uses and prices. Hardcover. $6.95.

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MINES OF THE EASTERN SIERRA by Mary De-Decker. Facts about the mines on the easternslope of the Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains.Paper. $1.95.

TERRIBLE TRAIL:the Meek Cutoff, 1845 by Clarkand Tiller. Narrates the t ragic tale of the Meekemigrant t rain and lays the groundwork for asolution to the Blue Bucket lost go ld . $ 4 . 0 0 .

LOST DESERT BONANZAS by Eugene Conrotto.Brief resumes of lost mine articles printed inback issues of DESERT Magazine, by a formereditor. Hardcover, 278 pages. $6.75.

MINES OF DEATH VALLEY by L. Burr Belden.About fabulous bonanzas, prospectors and lostmines. Paperback. $1.95.

TIN-CAN CRAFTINGby Sylvia Howard. Patternsand instructions for making f igures, ornaments,and useful objects with tin cans. $3.95.

RARE MAP REPRODUCTIONS fromthe year 1886.Series I includes three maps, Arizona, Californiaand Nevada. Series II includes New Mexico,Utah and Colorado. Reproduced on f ine paper.They show old towns, mines, springs and trailsnow extinct. Each set of th ree , $3 .75 . Be sure tostate series number with order.

BOTTLE COLLECTOR'S BOOK by Pat and BobFerraro. Gives history, descriptions and pr.icelists. Profusely illustrated, 107-pages. Paper-back, $3.00.

EARLY USES OF CALIFORNIA PLANTSby EdwardK. Balls. Tells how native Indians used plantsfor subsistence. Checklist contains both popularand scient if ic names. $1.75.

PIMAS, DEAD PADRES AND GOLD by Paul V.Lease. The author provides fodder to the ideatha t the Black Robes hid amazing amounts oftreasure in Pimeria, which is now Arizona.

Paperback. $3.COOKING AND CAMPING ON THE DESERT byChoral Pepper. Also useful in your own backyard . Contains chapter by Jack Pepper on driv-ing and surviving in back country. Recipes arenamed for ghost towns and lost mines and sug-gest places to go and things to do. Hardcover,$ 3 . 9 5 .

SONORA SKETCHBOOK by John Hilton. Revisededit ion. Art is t Hil ton wri tesof his years of resi-dent in Alamos , the ancient silver capital of Son-ora, Mexico. Interest ing, colorful ly wri t ten.Hardcover, $5.95.

THE ANCIENT PASTOF MEXICO by Alma Reed.A rt and architecture of pre-Conquest civilizationswith up-to-date archeological information. Well-

i l lustrated and writ ten with easy-to-read style.$ 7 . 5 0 .

VISITING AMERICAN CAVESby Howard Sloanand Russell Gurnee. A t ravel book of cavesth roughout the U.S. with information abouthistory, seasons open, facilities for accommoda-t ion etc. $ 4 . 9 5 .

HO W TO RETIRE IN MEXICO on $ 2 . 4 7 a Day byEugene Woods. Presents an enticing pre-retire-ment plan that 's workable. Also, good travelin-formation. Paperback, $1.95.

ANCIENT HUNTERS OF THE FAR WEST basedupon forty years of research by the late Mal-colm Rogers. Brings together what is k n o w n ofEarly Man in North America. I l lustrated in ful lcolor. Large format. $9.50.

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National Date FestivalRiverside County's National Date Festival will be held at the lavish fairgrounds in India, California February 17 through 26. One of the mostunusual and popular fairs in California, the 10-day event has some-thing new every day. Residents of Coachella Valley go all out for theevent, wearing Arabian clothes and staging special sales and events.Write to National Date Festival, P. 0. Box 1387, Indio, California 92201

for brochure and detail events.CONTENTS

Volume 30 Number 2

FEBRUARY, 1967

This Months' CoverDesert SceneBy RALPH PAYTON

4 New Books for Desert Readers

6 Lost Ledge of the SheepholeMountainBy J O H N D. MITCHELL

7 Whatever Happened to HellBy JAMES WALLACE

8 Tempest in SilverBy STANLEY DEMES

12 A Lost Corner of SonoraBy Spencer Murray

15 The Wheel Estate WayBy JACK DELANEY

18 Search for the White PalmsCy R. O. SCHNABEL

21 Fascinating Anza-Borrego DesertBy KA Y RAMSEY

23 Photo: Morning in Carrizo WashBy BILL MacKINTOSH

25 All Aboard for PerrisCy MARIE VALORE

26 Desert SurvivalBy JO E KRAUS

29 Away From It AllBy BILL BARNARD

31 Buzztail LootBy KENNETH MARQUISS

34 Gold Hill, NevadaBy LAMBERT FLORIN

36 DESERT CookeryBy LUCILLEI. CARLESON

37 Hints for Desert TravelersBy BRUCE BARRON

40 Back Country TravelBy JACK PEPPER

42 Letters From Readers

43 National Date Festival

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