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197002 DesertMagazine 1970 February
Desert Magazine
OCTOBER. 195135 CENTS
BOOKS
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THE
SOUTHWEST
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GUIDE BOOKS
FOR
YOUR MOTORTRAVELS, BOOKS
OF
HISTORY
AND
BIOGRAPHY,
OF
INDIANS
AND OF
LOST TREASURE
IN THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST.
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GUIDE BOOKS
Gl ARIZONA, A
Guide to the Sunset State.American Guide series. Historical, naturalsetting; social, agricultural, industrial development.19 detailed tours containing much history, geology,wildlife, etc. General tourist information, chro-nology, biblio. .Many halftones, maps. 530 pp. $4.50G2 CALIFORNIA, A Guide to the Golden State.American Guide series. Comprehensive cov-erage of the state. Special sections on Death Val-ley, Sequoia, General Grant and Yosemite nationalparks. 14 tours, pocket map, 713 pp $4.50G3 NEVADA, A Guide to the Silver State. Ameri-can Guide series. Same type of coverage asothers in series. 8 detailed tours. Many photos,pocket map. 315 pp $3.00G4 NEW MEXICO, A Guide to the Colorful State.Another complete handbook in AmericanGuide series. 18 tours. Special pocket map. 458pages
$4.50
HISTORY-BIOGRAPHY
H9 JACOB HAMBLJN, Buckskin Apostle, PaulBailey. Mormon trailblazer and missionarywho lived adventure and made history in Navajo-land, the Grand Canyon and along the Old Spanishtrail. An important Southwest book, in a limitededition. Illus., endmaps, 400 pp $4.50H4 DUST ON THE KING'S HIGHWAY, HelenC. White. Entertaining, valuable introductionto a great-hearted Southwestern adventurer—Fr.Francisco Garces, a fictional biography. Life withIndians along the Colorado, experiences with DeAnza expeditions in California, travel amcng theMojaves, the Yavapais, to the Grand Canyon andland of Havasupai. 468 pp $3.50H27 BUCKY O'NEILL, Ralph Keithley.
Sheriff,
editor, judge and Rough Rider, Bucky O'Neillwas one of the most colorful characters in Arizonahistory. This is a sparkling biography of a manwho played a tremendous role in Arizona history.244 pp. Index $3.50THE
ART
OF THE
LAPIDARY,
Francis J.Sperisen. Here is an understandable treatiseon selecting, cutting, polishing and settingprecious stones. Materials and equipment arediscussed. A book for hobbyist and profes-sional. 382 pp., 400 illustrations, index
$6.50
LOST TREASURE
XI APACHE GOLD
AND
YAQUI SILVER,
J
Frank Dobie. Fascinating lost mine and buriedtreasure stories by a master story teller. LostAdam Diggings, the Sierra Madre, Lost Tayopa.Scalp Hunters' Ledge, El Naranjal—and others ofArizona and Mexico. Beautiful color plates andblack-and-whites by Tom Lea $4.50T3 GOLDEN MIRAGES, Philip A. Bailey. Thisis a favorite of lost mine books. PeglegSmith's Gold, ghosts of Vallecito, Lost Ship of theDesert, many lost treasures of the Southwest. In-dex. 553 pp., photos, maps, biblio $4.50T5 LOST MINES OF THE OLD W
r
EST, Howard
D.
Clark. Lost Pegleg, Lost Dutch Oven and20 other lost mine legends of California, Nevada.Arizona and Texas. Illus., 64 pp., ppr., limited.$ .60
INDIANS
A3
BLOOD BROTHER, Elliott Arnold. Vivid rea-listic novel of Apaches in Arizona, 1856-72.Story of Cochise and Tom Jeffords, Indian agentwho worked with the Apache leader to end con-flict and who became his blood brother. Also thetragic love story of Jeffords and his Indian bride.Endmaps, 558 pp
$3.50
A18 SPIN
A SILVER
DOLLAR,
Alberta Hannum.Story of Wide Ruins trading post in Arizona.Delightful account of life with Navajo, highlightedby the Indian boy artist, Little No-Shirt (BeatienYazz), and illustrated with 12 color reproductionsof his work $3.75Al ACOMA, Mrs. Wm. T. Sedgwick. Story of theIndians in New Mexico's Sky City. Based ondiaries, archeological notes of Bandelier, Fewkes,Parsons and Hodge, and legends and folklore. End-maps, photos, biblio., index, 318 pp $2.50A20 NAVAJOS, GODS, AND TOM TOMS, Dr. S. H.Babington, a practicing surgeon, tells of therites and methods used by Navajo medicine men.A careful analytical contribution to literature onthe Southwest. 240 pp., 41 photos, biblo, index $3.50DEATH VALLEY IX '49, William L. Manly.Reprint of Manly's thrilling account of theJayhawkers' historic trek across Death Val-ley in '49. Terrible suffering, desperate brav-ery and high courage recited by a man wholived the experiences. Photos, 524 pp...$6.50
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Palm Desert, CaliforniaDESERT MAGAZINE
DESERT CALENDAR
September 27-29—Quay County Fair,Tucumcari, New Mexico.September 28-30—County Fair, Span-ish Fiesta and San Geronimo cele-bration, Taos, New Mexico.September 28-October 1—OsteopathicConvention, Las Cruces, New Mex-September 29-October 7—New MexicoState Fair, Albuquerque. New Mex-September 30 — Julian's Apple Day.Gold Rush Days relived, Julian.California.October 1-7 — Golden Aspen WeekCarson National Forest — Aspen-
cades,
planned by Forest Office andTaos Chamber of Commerce. Oc-tober 3, Solemn Vespers and Can-dlelight procession.October 4—Fiesta of San FranciscoRanchos de Taos.October 1-31—Paintings of CaliforniaIndian Costumes at Southwest Mu-seum. Artist, Charles Packard.Highland Park, Los Angeles.October 6-7—Cochise County Fair,Rodeo and Horse Show, Douglas,Arizona.October 7 — Colorado River Mara-thon, Needles, California.October 9-13—Eastern New MexicoState Fair and Rodeo, Roswell,New Mexico.October 14—Annual Klobase barbe-
cue.
Deming, New Mexico.October 14-27 — Annual Conventionof California State Hotel Associa-tion, Desert Inn, Palm Springs,California.October 15—Opening of Desert Bo-tanical Gardens, Phoenix. Arizona.October 17-21—Pima County Fair,adjoining Rodeo Grounds, Tucson,Arizona.October 17-20—Grand Chapter O.E.S.convention. Las Cruces, New Mex-
ico.
October 18-20 — Arizona AviationConference. Phoenix, Arizona.October 18-20 — Convention of Na-tional Association of Secretaries,Phoenix, Arizona.October
19-21
— 14th Annual Pioneer
Days,
Twentynine Palms, Califor-nia. Parades, bands, gymkhana,fashion show, bowling tournament.October 21 — Mesilla Valley PecanFestival, Mesilla Park, New Mexico.October 23-28—Gobarino HarvestFestival, Oildale. Mojave Desert.Gay nineties theme.October 26-28 — Tombstone Helldo-
rado,
Tombstone. Arizona.October 29-31 — Western RegionalConference of AAA Motor Club,Phoenix. Arizona.
Volume 14OCTOBER, 1951Number 12COVERCALENDAREXPLORATIONLOST GOLDFIELD TRIPFICTIONINDIANSTRUE OR FALSEGHOST TOWNPOETRYNATUREPHOTOGRAPHYLETTERSBOTANYMININGNEWSCONTESTHOBBYLAPIDARYBOOKSCOMMENTCLOSE-UPS
DESERT RAT. Photograph by T. D. Vencill,Angeles.October events on the desert ....Tra'l to Hawkeye Natural BridgeBy BARRY GOLDWATERLost Ledge of the Sheep Hole MountainsBy JOHN D. MITCHELLGeodes in Lizard GulchBy HAROLD O. WEIGHTHard Rock Shorty cf Dsath Valley . . .When Visitors Came to the HoganBy SANDY HASSELLA test of your desert knowledge . . .Ghost of Muddy ValleyBy GENE SEGERBLOM"What Worth the Desert" and other poemsHe Wears a Collar tor IdentificationBy GEORGE BRADTPictures of the MonthComment from Desert's readers ....Spring Carpet for the DesertBy MARY BEALCurrent news of desert mines ....From Here and There on the Desert . .Prize story announcementGems and mineralsAmateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICKReviews of Southwestern literature . .Just Between You and Me, by the editorAbout those who write for DesertI .os111617
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