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The Great California Deserts

William Storrs Lee

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Description:(from the cover) Mojave, the Colorado Desert, Death Valley, these compose THE GREAT CALIFORNIA DESERTS. Immense tracts of greasewood, sage brush and alkali, they have also disgorged opulent stores of gold, silver, borax and today include some of the most fertile farm land in the United States.Now W. Storrs Lee has written a definitive "biography" rich in folklore, personal drama and historical significance of this extraordinary western region.Here is the account of the first harrowing expedition across the California deserts undertaken by Spanish missionaries and settlers in late 1775. Here are the tales of the 19th-century explores and Argonauts who wandered in dizzying circles around Death Valley. Here are the adventurers who participated in the gold and silver strikes which made mining towns such as Tonopah, Randsburg and Goldfield legends even in the wild and woolly West.Here too are the exploits of daring and genius which paved the way for the 275-mile aqueduct running through parched and barren wastelands from the foot of Mount Whitney to Los Angeles; for the first overland coach routes and the railroads, which now span thousands of desert miles; for the miraculous canal which transformed Imperial Valley into the richest citrus country in the United States.Today the California deserts are shared by vacationing Hollywoodians, movie companies on "location," the Armed Forces (who have set aside thousands of square miles for missile testing and training bases), farmers, and just plain nature lovers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Great California Deserts. To get started finding The Great California Deserts, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 306

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Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons

Release: 1963

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Description: (from the cover) Mojave, the Colorado Desert, Death Valley, these compose THE GREAT CALIFORNIA DESERTS. Immense tracts of greasewood, sage brush and alkali, they have also disgorged opulent stores of gold, silver, borax and today include some of the most fertile farm land in the United States.Now W. Storrs Lee has written a definitive "biography" rich in folklore, personal drama and historical significance of this extraordinary western region.Here is the account of the first harrowing expedition across the California deserts undertaken by Spanish missionaries and settlers in late 1775. Here are the tales of the 19th-century explores and Argonauts who wandered in dizzying circles around Death Valley. Here are the adventurers who participated in the gold and silver strikes which made mining towns such as Tonopah, Randsburg and Goldfield legends even in the wild and woolly West.Here too are the exploits of daring and genius which paved the way for the 275-mile aqueduct running through parched and barren wastelands from the foot of Mount Whitney to Los Angeles; for the first overland coach routes and the railroads, which now span thousands of desert miles; for the miraculous canal which transformed Imperial Valley into the richest citrus country in the United States.Today the California deserts are shared by vacationing Hollywoodians, movie companies on "location," the Armed Forces (who have set aside thousands of square miles for missile testing and training bases), farmers, and just plain nature lovers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Great California Deserts. To get started finding The Great California Deserts, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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