Charles and Stella Brown, Shoshone.
Station at Rhyolite, Nevada, long a ghost town.
COURTESY FRASHER’S PHOTO. POMONA, CALIF. Monument in Death Valley honors Shorty Harris.
BURY ME BESIDE JIM DAYTON IN THE VALLEY WE LOVED. ABOVE ME WRITE: “HERE LIES SHORTY HARRIS, A SINGLE BLANKET JACKASS PROSPECTOR.”—EPITAPH REQUESTED BY SHORTY (FRANK) HARRIS BELOVED GOLD HUNTER. 1856-1834. HERE JAS. DAYTON, PIONEER, PERISHED 1898.
TO THESE TRAILMAKERS WHOSE COURAGE MATCHES THE FOUNDERS OF THE LAND THIS BIT OF EARTH IS DEDICATED FOREVER.
Pete Harmon, prospector. He walked more than 400 miles in July to visit Shorty Harris when he heard that he was ill.
