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CALEXICO and Mexicalion the California border thetownspeople of the two com-munities, one on the American andthe other on the Mexican side of thefence, are making plans for the pre-sentation March 21 and 22 of the 13thannual showing of the InternationalDescr: Cavalcade, a historical pageantwhich each year has brought increas-ing numbers of visitors to the outdoorstadium in Calexico.On two successive evenings specta-tors v/ill witness, in a rugged naturalsetting, the pageant of history as itwas enacted from Captain Juan Bau-tista de Anza's first expedition acrossthe Colorado desert until the ultimateconquest of the unharnessed ColoradoRiver in 1907.It happened that Calexico and Mexi-cali were built near the route followedby the trail-blazers and frontiersmenof the pioneering period — De Anzaand the Padres Font and Garces, theCalifornia gold-seekers from Mexico.Kearny's Army and the Mormon Bat-talion, the Butterfield stage — andeventually the engineers and developerswho converted the arid Imperial des-ert into a productive agricultural em-pire.The Cavalcade was conceived or-iginally by Calcxieo people, the scriptprepared by a committee of localwomen, and for 12 years the spectaclehas been presented entirely by a eastof 35(1 persons selected from Calexicoand Mexicali—with no paid profes-sional talent.Much of the music and the costum-ing is in Spanish, for it was the Span-iards who first trekked across thisdesert region.On Friday, preceding the first show-ing of the pageant, 2000 school chil-dren of Calexico and Mexicali will takepart in an international parade, andon Saturday afternoon a Desert Pa-rade v/ill feature the participants andvehicles which take part in the spec-tacle.One of the special features of the
Ernest Cole of Calexico playing the role of one of the wagon train drivers inDesert Cavalcade. Photograph by Padilla Studio.
program is to be a chuckwagon break-fast at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morningat the pageant grounds. This event isopen to the public.Mexican civic groups are planningseveral special daylight progrrms forthe entertainment of visitors o:i Sun-day, March 23, in M:\ica'•.The local organization which sp~~-sors the annual pageant is a non-profitcorporation, and while sdmiss'on ischarged to the pageant grounds. ?1!funds go into expenses, and to thepurchase of additional equipment andcostumes, and toward the imrrovc-ment of the natural stadium which w~spurchrs^d two years ago alon« the""cat New River canyon which theColorado carved across Imperial val-ley in 1905-6-7 when Salton Sea wasformed.Playing le^d'ng roles in the pageantare loc°l P'^n'e. both Mexican and
None Americaros,
c?st as Juan Bau-tista de Anza, Fathers Font and Gar-
ces,
Lieut. Moraga, Chief Palma ofthe Yumas, Gen. Kearny and Lieut.Emory; Dr. Oliver Wozencraft. whofirst saw the agricultural possibilitiesof Imperial Valley; Capt. St. GeorgeCooke of the Mormon battalion;Charles R. Rockwood, who engineeredthe bringing of Colorado River waterto the valley; C. N. Perry. Dr. W. T.Heffernan, Anthony H. Hcbcr arc!George Chaffey, all associated withthe early development of the ImperialIrrigation district.A span of 175 years is covered bythe historical pageant, and the pro-gram, starting at eight in the evening,lasts for two hours. The Winter Fes-tival Association of Calexico, organ-ized 14 years ago to stage the Caval-cade,suggests that those planning toremain overnight in Imperial Valleymake tVJr reservations for lodgingwell in advanco.DESERT MAGAZINE
 
DESERT
CALENDAR
February 23-March
2 —
California
Mid-Winter
Fair
of
Imperial
Val-
ley. H;)llville, California.March I—Indian Tour, Tucson,
Ari-
zona.March
1
-2 —
Sierra Club, Southern
California
chapter, trip
to
BearCreek Oasis, near
La
Quinta, Cali-fornia.March
1-9 —
Maricopa
County Fairand Horse Show. Civic Center.Mesa, Arizona.March
1-31—Special
Exhibit,
sand-paintings
of
the
Hopi
and
NavajoIndians made
by
David ViaScnor.Southv/est Museum, Highland Park,Los Angeles, California.March
2 --
Round-up Club tour
of
Vullur.: Mine, Wickenburg.
Ari-
March
8 9 —
Sierra Club, Southern
California
chapter, hike
up
MurrayCunyo
l,
near Palm Springs, Cali-fornia.March
9 —
Dons Club trek
to
LostDutchman Mine
in
SuperstitionMountains, from Phoenix. Arizona.March 9—
Bandollero
tour
to
LagunaDam. from Yuma, Arizona.March 9—Desert
Sun
Rancher Rodeoat Rimtida Ranch. Wickenburg.Arizona.March
0-16 —
Seventeenth AnnualPalm Springs Invitational
Golf
Tournament,
O'Donnell
Golf Club,Palm Springs, California.March
14-16
—Gila Bend Rodeo. GilaBend, Arizona.March
15 —
Border Conference
Ski
Meet,
Flagstaff.
Arizona.March 15-16—Western Match Races,Wickenburg, Arizona.March
20-23
—
International DescrlCavalcade. Calexico. California.March
21-23—Phoenix
World Cham-pionship Rodeo.
Phoenix,
Arizona.March
21-23—Coachella
Valley
Min-
eral Society
Gem and
Mineral Show.Rivers
de
County Fairgrounds,
In-
dio,
California.
March 2 3—Dons Club Trek
to San
Carlos Indian Reservation, fromPhoen
x.
Arizona.March :>7-29
—
Jaycees
RawhideRoundup. Mesa. Arizona.March
28-30
-
Tucson
LivestockShow, Rodeo
Grounds,
Tucson,Arizona.March 29-30—
Agua Piedra
Ski Car-
nival. Laos.
New
Mexico.March 29-30
—
Don's Club Trek
to
Grand Canyon, from Phoenix,
Ari-
zona.March 29-30—Sierra Club, SouthernCalifornia chapter, natural sciencetrip
to Red
Rock Canyon, Califor-nia.March
30-31 —
Saddle Club HorseShow. Wickenburg, Arizona.
Volume 15MARCH, 1352Numbsr 3COVERPAGEANTRYCALENDARPHOTOGRAPHYLOST MINEGHOST TOWN
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Spring in Petrified Forest. (Sego Lily) Photographby Josel Muench, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaPageant of Desert History 2March events on the desert 3Pictures of the Month 4Goler's Lost GoldBy ADA GiDDINGS 5When Lead Was Mined at the Cerro GordoBy A. LA VIELLE LAWBAUGH 9Prizes for Camera Pictures 12Saguaro Family in ArizonaBy MOULTON B. SMITH 13Boat Trip on the San JuanBy WALTER H. KOCH 14A test of your desert knowledge 16Death Valley—in 1849, and other poems ... 17Puzzle Rocks of the BadlandsBy HAROLD O. WEIGHT 18Comment from Desert's readers 23Desert's forecast for March 25Current news of desert mines 26From here and there on the desert 27Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 34Gems and minerals 35Amateur Gem CutterBy LELANDE QUICK 41Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 42Reviews of Southwestern literature 43About those who write for Desert 43
The Desert Magazine is published monthly by the Desert Press, Inc.. Palm Desert,California. Re-entered as second class matter Juiy 17, 1948. at the post office ai Palm Desert,California, under the Act of March 3, 1S79. Title registered No. 358865 in fj. s. Patent Office.and contents copyrighted 1952 by the Desert Press, Inc. Permission to reproduce contentsmust be secured from the editor in writing.RANDALL HENDERSON. Editor MARCARET GERKE, Associate EditorHI'.SS STACY, Business Manager MARTIN MORAN, Circulation Manager
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