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REPRINT DEPARTMENTDESERT MAGAZINEPALM DESERT, CALIF. 92260
The Mining Camp
:
The
Mining Town
.:•••
The Ghost Town
WILLIAM KNYVETT,
Publisher-Editor
GEORGE BRAGA,
Art
Director
MARY FRANCES STRONG,
Field Trip Editor
F.
A.
BARNES,
Utah Associate Editor
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BOYNTON,
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Volume 39, Number 4APRIL 1976
CONTENTS
FEATURES
THE COVER:Poppy spread below EagleEye Peak, Aguila, Ariz.Photo
by
David Muench,Santa Barbara, Calif.
TOMBSTONE'S WILD BUNCHINDIAN COUNTRY . . . OREGON'S NEWEST VACATION FACITILYWORLD OF THE SACUAROSWHAT IS AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY?DEATH VALLEY'S TRAIL CANYONBEDROCK CANYON AND BEYONDWILDFLOWER PHENOMENAIDAHO GHOST TOWNS . . . ALIVE AND DOING WELLPEGLEG COLD IN NEVADA2ND ANNUAL PEGLEC MINE TREK10
Deke Lowe
14
Vivian Van Vick
16
K. L. Boynton
20
Wm. JackHranicky
24
Ernie Cowan
28
Mary Frances Strong
32
Paul Johnson
34
Gary Smith
40
Richard Taylor
41
A Liar's Contest
DEPARTMENTS
A PEEK IN THE PUBLISHER'S POKEBOOKS FOR DESERT READERSRAMBLING ON ROCKSLETTERS TO THE EDITORCALENDAR OF WESTERN EVENTS4
William Knyvett
8
Book Reviews
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Glenn and Martha Vargas
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Readers' Comments
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