Baja California: vanished missions, lost treasures, strange stories true and tall

PEPPER, Choral

Ward Ritchie Press

Zodiac parties: menus and recipes

Illus. by Al Merryman

Naylor Co

Western Treasure Tales

In the 1800s, J. Ross Browne, that century's most able reporter of western mining lore wrote that old prospectors did more to open up our vast interior territories for settlement and civilization than did all the scientific expeditions ever sent across the Rocky Mountains. By following old trails like Pegleg Smith's across the desert or succumbing to the nebulous moonbeam that beckoned French miners to Colorado, Choral Pepper allows the reader to truly experience the history of our land.Browne's old prospectors were not the first to blaze trails to Western treasure. In the sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors developed mines as far north as Utah. One-fifth of all gold and silver they produced was poured into molds, the Royal Fifth, that belonged to the King. Tax dodging is nothing new, however. Isolated mines like those of the Tumacacori were worked illicitly and often hastily abandoned. Now they enrich our legendary West.Treasure legends are an integral part of Western Americana. It is through them that our country's history is most provocatively told. Pepper has personally researched the treasure tales recounted in her book in the field, turning up hitherto unknown clues to give readers a head start on their own treasure hunts.

History

Americas

Univ Pr of Colorado

The author presents a tour of eight West End districts, introducing the homes, theaters, and pubs of famous English writers

Walks in Oscar Wilde's London

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Gibbs-Smith

Treasure Legends of the West

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Book by Williams, Brad, Pepper, Choral

Lost Legends of the West

Williams, Brad

Genre Fiction

Bbs Pub Corp

Filled with exciting quests and adventures, a intriguing resource provides a wealth of clues for locating such riches as a metal box containing $750,000 worth of diamonds, a five-hundred-pound silver ingot lost in the Mojave Desert, and other treasures waiting to be discovered.

Lost Treasures of the West

Promontory

Hardcover with Dustjacket. 376 pages. A Collection of 21 Legends and Myths of the American West with 16 Pages of Black and White Photographs.

The West: Lost Legends and Treasures

William, Brad

Contemporary

Renowned western writer and former Publisher of Desert Magazine, author Choral Pepper evokes the mystery and magic of southern California's desert, spinning tales of lost mines, Indian myths, legendary characters, strange natural features, and fabled treasure ships. Her self-guiding walks and drives enable the explorer to experience the stories beyond the vistas along byways and trails from the Palm Springs area to the Salton Sea, down the Colorado River, and through the desert parks from Joshua Tree to Anza-Borrego. As in oral and written tradition the world over, these stories have become the essential myth of this fabled land and its people. Choral's lively style samples the range of desert California from often told tales of treasure ships to the first-time report on "the pyramids at the center of the world."

Desert Lore of Southern California

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Sunbelt Pubns

Choral Pepper

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