DESERT CALENDAR
November 22-25—Southern CaliforniaChapter
of the
Sierra Club plansThanksgiving
at
Furnace CreekCamp Ground, Death Valley.November 23-25—Sierra Club's
Des-
ert Peaks Section field trip
to
MountPicacho
and
Castle Dome, north
of
Yuma
in
Arizona.November 24-25—Brawley
Gem and
Mineral society show, BrawleyUnion High School, Brawley, Cali-fornia.December
1 —
"Shalako" celebrationand house dances, Zuni Pueblo.New Mexico.December
1—International
Children'sXmas Parade, Calexico, California.December
1-2 —
Death Valley
En-
campment, Airport, near FurnaceCreek, Death Valley, California.December
1-31 —
Special Exhibit,Archeological Collection from
the
Highlands
of
Mexico. SouthwestMuseum,
Los
Angeles, California.December 2—Sierra Club, SouthernCalifornia Chapter, trip
to
Kitch-ing Peak, southwest peak
in the
San Bernardino range.December
3—Palm
Springs NationalDog Show, Polo Grounds, PalmSprings, California.December
8-9—Sierra
Club's DesertPeaks Section climb
to
Rabbit Peak,Santa Rosa Mountains.December
10-12 —
Pilgrimage
and
celebration
by
Tagua Indians,
Las
Cruces,
New
Mexico.December 11—Eve
of
Feast
Day of
Nuestro
Senora
de
Guadalupe.Celebrated
in
Taos
and
Santa
Fe,
New Mexico.December
15-16 —
Overnight FieldTrip
to
Parker
Dam and
HavasuLake. Palm Springs Desert
Mu-
seum, Palm Springs. California.December 16—Don's Club trek
to
Fort McDowell, Phoenix, Arizona.December
16-31 —
Nightly pageantprocessions (Posadas), Mesilla,New Mexico.December
17 —
Bandollero
Tour
to
Buttercup Valley. Yuma, Arizona.December 17—Desert Geography
lec-
ture series: "Erosion
on the Des-
ert." Palm Springs Desert
Mu-
seum, Palm Springs, California.December
24 —
Christmas
Eve in
Spanish villages
of New
Mexico.Bonfires
for El
Santo Nino
(the
Christ Child)
in
streets.December
24 —
Night Cedar TorchProcession, Taos Pueblo,
New
Mexico.December 25-28
—
Deer Dance
and
Indian dances
at
Jemez, Santo
Do-
mingo, Tesuque, Santa Clara
and
other Taos Pueblos,
New
Mexico.December
26 —
Turtle Dance,
San
Juan Pueblo,
New
Mexico.December 30—Desert
Sun
Ranchers'Rodeo
at
Rancho
de Los
Caballeros,Wickenburg, Arizona.December
31 —
Deer Dance, SandiaPueblo,
New
Mexico.December 31-January
1 —
AnnualPegleg Smith Lost Gold Trek
and
Liar's Contest. Borrego Valley,California.
Volume
14
COVERPAGEANTRYCALENDAREXPLORATIONPOETRYFIELD TRIPEDUCATIONFICTIONCLOSE-UPSLETTERSINDIANSMININGNEWSCONTESTDESERT QUIZLAPIDARYHOBBYLOST GOLDINDEXCOMMENTBOOKSDECEMBER,
1951
Number
14
DEATH VALLEY
IN
WINTER, Kodachrome picturetaken
by
Josef Muench, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaDsath Valley EncampmentDecember events
on the
desertGolden Treasure
of
Tule CanyonBy NELL MURBARGERSentinels
of the
Desert
and
other poems
. .
Opalite
en the
Road
to
CibolaBy HAROLD
O.
WEIGHTForgotten Children
of the
Great White FatherBy LOUISE GERDTSHard Rock Shorty
of
Death Valley
....
About those
who
write
for
DesertComment from Desert's readersTurtles
for
TewaquaptewaBy HARRY JAMES ........Current news
of
desert minesFrom Here
and
There
on the
Desert
....
Announcement
for
photographers
....
A True-False test
of
your desert knowledge
.
Amateur
Gem
Cutter,
by
LELANDE QUICK
.
Gems
and
MineralsAnnouncement
of
annual Pegleg Gold Trekand Liar's ContestContents
of
Desert
for the
past
14
months
.
Just Between
You and Me, by the
Editor
. .
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