Fine Art Photo Prints
Mojave Desert Photos, Maps, Points of Interest & Information
NEW - Mystery SolvedThe sliding rocks of the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park
NEW - Desert Megaphone
Eight-foot long megaphone-shaped object sits on top of a rocky hill, and no one knows why
NEW - Desert Wildflower Report
News and updates on wildflower blossoms in the Mojave Desert
Joshua Tree National Park
Generally updated - New interactive map. Photo re-edits and new photos. Links added to related pages and sections.
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White Tank Arch
49 Palms Oasis
Indian Cove
Geology Tour Road
Jumbo Rock
Joshua Tree Camping Information - NEW
NEW - Natural histories of lava fields, flows and volcanoes, mostly in the southeastern Great Basin and some in the Mojave ...
Geology
Calico Ghost Town
UPDATED - Minor navigational restructuring and linking. Removal of outdated links.
(Ghost Towns)
Rodents
NEW - Rats, and lots of them. Minor updates, life histories and additional animals added to other sections and pages throughout ...
(Wildlife, Desert Mammals)
Swarthout Family
NEW - The man who sold the present day Clyde Ranch to Almon Clyde was named George Swarthout, and he was more than a simple "settler." ...
(Mormon Pioneers)
2009
Backcountry Roads
4x4 & high clearance roads in Death Valley
Furnace Creek
A Death Valley community
Stovepipe Wells
A Death Valley community
Mojave River
The life blood of the Mojave Desert
Bristlecone Pine
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains, Inyo National Forest
Rainbow Basin
An updated page on the Rainbow Basin near Barstow
Zion National Park
Massive canyon walls ascend toward a brilliant blue sky. To experience Zion, you need to walk among the towering cliffs, or ...
Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
State Park - West Mojave Desert
Oasis of Mara
Springs & Oases - Joshua Tree National Park
Big Bear Adventure Tours
Big Bear, CA - San Bernardino National Forest
The Silver Bell Mine
Gold Mine - Joshua Tree National Park
SUV Tour/Trip Guides
Roads & Trails - Eastern Sierra Nevada
Moorehouse Mine
Talc Mine - Death Valley National Park
Golden Canyon Geology Trail
Geology - Death Valley National Park
Death Valley Wildlife
Wildlife - Death Valley National Park
Joshua Tree National Park Nature Trails
Photo tour
Thoughts of Autumn
Photos, quotes and comments of Autumn...
( Off site link )
Hoover Dam
Lake Mead - Colorado River
Scenic views from the south rim of the Grand Canyon
New Wildlife Slideshows - The Tortoise, Coyote, Chuckwalla & Desert Cottontail
Bird Slideshow
Slideshow & list of resident and migrating birds in the Mojave Desert
Kelso Depot
Historical virtual tour and interactive floor plan of a renovated train station in the Mojave Preserve in the eastern Mojave
OK Mine
Gold mine in the Dale Mining District - South Mojave
Ruth Mine
Gold mine in the Searles Valley - North Mojave
Snow & Joshua Trees
Pictures of snow in the high desert of the West Mojave
49 Palms Oasis
Fan palm oasis in Joshua Tree National Park
Golden Canyon
Canyon trail in Death Valley National Park
Mojave Preserve Satellite
Map index for Mojave National Preserve
Death Valley Satellite
Map index for Death Valley National Park
Camp Cady
Military Outpost in West Mojave
Ash Meadows
National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada
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Previous Feature Tours
Prehistoric Cultures
Man in the Death Valley region before history began ...
A Trip to Death Valley
In Search of the Lost Gunsight Mine in 1869 ...
Indian Slave Trade
Little has been written about the Indian slave trading in the Southwest. It's a story that needs to be told ...
The Mint at the Mescal Mine
The Mescal mine lay on the east slope of one of the largest mountains in the Mescal range...
On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer
The journal of Fr. Francisco Garces as he travels across the Mojave and discovers the Mojave River
Outlaws on the Mojave
San Bernardino began to see an increase in lawlessness, elements of which extended out into the Mojave Desert. ...
Bitter Springs
This little spring with sour water evolved into the Fort Irwin of today ...
Marl Springs
It may have been the last of the desert redoubts to be established, but Camp Marl Springs' history indicates it was ...
Death Valley Regional Geology
A virtual field trip and guide for the Death Valley region in California and Nevada
Myths of the Shoshone Indians
The Shoshone (also spelled Shoshoni) are Native Americans of the Great Basin region, and south and east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. ...
Tribes of the 35th Parallel
Let us accompany Messrs. Whipple and Ives, for the sake of some new and curious acquaintance-for which we shall ...
Desert Indian Languages
The languages of the Indians in the Mojave Desert are rooted in two basic groups, that of the Uto-Aztecan and Hokan Tribes. ...
Angeles National Forest Trails
San Gabriel Mountains, hiking trails in the high country
Southern Paiute
The Southern Paiutes of Las Vegas Valley - Including:
The Paiutes used spring and creek localities in a characteristic fashion. The planting site, up to an ...
The subsistence pattern reflected in the incomplete record of the late prehistoric and protohistoric ...
The lifeway of the Southern Paiute people necessitated that they be mobile and that any shelters they ...
Desert Fever
History of mining in the Mojave Desert. Nearly 100 mines featured!
Ecosystems & Habitats
Tree and shrub dominated habitats in the desert and mountains.
Mountain Meadows Massacre
During the five day siege fifteen emigrant men were killed fighting or attempting to escape. Late in the afternoon on the fifth day ...
Wildflower Photo Guide
Identify desert wildflowers by photos
Desert Food Chains
Who eats what and what eats who in the desert
The Formation of Mitchell Caverns
How the Providence Mountain caves came to be.
Historical Sketch of the California Indians
This sketch covers five major time periods in California history ...
Plant Adaptations
Mojave Desert plants survive only if their adaptations have provided them with a way to either to escape from the the heat and drought or ... ...
Stamp Mill
There was far more to making money off of gold than just discovering it- the ore, after it had been broke out of the ground had to be pulverized, then ...
New Section > Ecological Sections
An area or region of land designated for study purposes that has distinct geology, landforms, soils, flora, and fauna that ...
San Andreas Fault
In detail, the fault is a complex zone of crushed and broken rock from a few hundred ...
An Introduction to Paleontology
Paleontology comes from the Greek word for ancient life. Paleontology studies the remains of ...
A Brief History of the Cajon Pass
The Cajon Pass is the valley that separates the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountain ranges. At one time these ...
Plants & How the Indians Used Them
In the desert, Indians found native plants and other natural objects that not only ...
Raptors
What Makes a Bird a Raptor?
Native Americans
Kitanemuk
Kawaiisu
Southern Paiute
Shoshoni
Cahuilla
Owens Valley Paiute
Yokuts
Tubatulabal
Western Mono
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A Combined Ethnography
Desert Habitats
Desert Wildlife
History
Military in the Mojave
Mining History
Digital-Desert Slideshow
Scenic photos of the desert and mountain regions nearby. Cactus, sand dunes, ghost towns, historic highways and trails plus other attractions.
360° Photo Gallery
Joshua Tree National Park
Aerial Photos
Check out the interactive/aerial National Park section. Click down to ground tours, back up, then on to the next photo.
Death Valley In '49
Autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the green mountains to the gold mines of California;
and particulaly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and chilfren who gave "Death Valley" its name.
Land of Little Rain
Land of Lost Borders by Mary Austin
