O Oakes, Sir Harry; in Alaska; at Greenwater; at Shoshone; makes strike in Canada; builds palace at Niagara Falls; knighted by King George V; slain by son-in-law, it is said—a renegade French count, in Bahamas, [105], [111]-112 Oddie, Tasker, mining tycoon, [49]-50, [60] Owens Valley, rape of, [147]-148
P Pacific Coast Borax Co., organized, [28]-29 Pahrump Ranch, [23] Panamint City, [166]-167-168 Panamint Tom, story of, [23], [109] Perry, J. W. S., supt. Borax Co., designer of 20 mule team wagons, [31] Pietsch, Henry, shot Ballarat judge, [62] Plato, Joe, on the Comstock Lode, [76] Post Office Spring, early army post, [175]
R Radcliffe Mine, [175] Raines, E. P., genial crook, [165]-166 Randsburg, gold discovered at, [181] Rasor, Clarence, Borax Co. official, [151] Resting Springs, named by Mormons, [96] Rich, Charles, Mormon pioneer, [96] Rickard, sports promoter, [51] “Rocky Mountain” George, prospector, [76], [77] Rogers, John, Bennett-Arcane party, [21] Rosie, squaw, love life of, [88] Ryan, Joe, desert philosopher, [70]-71, [73], [82] Rhyolite, discovery of gold, [54]-55
S Saratoga Springs, [93] Schwab, Charles M., at Rhyolite; at Greenwater, [55], [60] Scott, Bob, discoverer of Confidence Mine, [91] Scott, Mary, squaw, [90] Scott, Walter, “Death Valley Scotty,” [69], [Ch. XIX], [130] Scrugham, James, Governor and U.S. Senator of Nevada, [77] Searles, John, [32]-33, [159] Sherlock, Michael, “Sparkplug,” [180] Skidoo, gold strike, [55]-56 Slim, Death Valley, bad man, [102]-103 Slim, Jackass, [Ch. II], [20]; [Ch. XI], [64]-65 Slocum, Dr. Samuel, [181]-186 Smith, Francis M. (“Borax Smith”), [29]-33, [38] Smith, “Dad,” Old Man of the Mountains; came with Kit Carson, [184] Smith, Pegleg, [97]-98-99 Snake House, [78] Sorrells, Maury, [138] Stewart, Wm. R., Nevada Senator, mines at Panamint City, [23], [170] Stiles, Ed, first driver of 20 mule team, [31], [35], [37] Stump Springs, [23] Stovepipe Wells, [21]
T Teck, Bellowin’, [23] Tecopa Cap, Indian Chief, [78], [79] Tecopa Hot Spring, [79] Tecopa, John, discoverer of Johnnie Mine, [90] Telescope Peak, [22], [93], [139] Temperature in Death Valley, [41], [42] Tonopah, discovery of silver, [50], [51] Towne’s Pass, named, [21] Trona, [33] Twenty-mule team, first driver, design of, [31] Tule Hole, story of, [35], [36]-37
V Vasquez, Tiburcio, bandit terror, [169] Volmer, Joe, [141]
W Wagons, [20] mule team, design of, [31] Wamack, Bob, at Confidence Mine, [91] Weed, Tom, noted Indian, death of, [89]-90 Wichts, Chris, noted Ballarat character, story of, [61], [179] Williams, George, [142] Williams, Bill, preacher and plunderer, [96]-97 Wilson, Cyclone, massacre of Chinamen at Lone Willow, [186], [187] Wingfield, George, famous gambler, luck of, [51] Winters, Aaron and Rosie, discovered borax in Death Valley, [26] Wolfskill, [92]
Y Younger, Tillie, member of Jesse James guerrillas, dies at Shoshone, [73] Yundt, John, Lee and Sam, owners of Manse Ranch, [99]-100
The Author
Nearly every newspaperman looks forward to the time when he can get away from the pressure of his journalistic job and retire to a little cottage by the sea, or a cabin in the mountains, and write a book.