CONTENTS
[Dedication] 5 [This Book] 9 [I A Foretaste of Things to Come] 11 [II What Caused Death Valley] 19 [III Aaron and Rosie Winters] 25 [IV John Searles and His Lake of Ooze] 30 [V But Where Was God?] 35 [VI Death Valley Geology] 39 [VII Indians of the Area] 43 [VIII Desert Gold. Too Many Fractions] 48 [IX Romance Strikes the Parson] 53 [X Greenwater—Last of the Boom Towns] 60 [XI The Amargosa Country] 64 [XII A Hovel That Ought To Be a Shrine] 82 [XIII Sex in Death Valley Country] 87 [XIV Shoshone Country. Resting Springs] 92 [XV The Story of Charles Brown] 102 [XVI Long Man, Short Man] 109 [XVII Shorty Frank Harris] 113 [XVIII A Million Dollar Poker Game] 125 [XIX Death Valley Scotty] 130 [XX Odd But Interesting Characters] 136 [XXI Roads. Cracker Box Signs] 144 [XXII Lost Mines. The Breyfogle and Others] 154 [XXIII Panamint City. Genial Crooks] 164 [XXIV Indian George. Legend of the Panamint] 171 [XXV Ballarat. Ghost Town] 175 [Index] 189