Below is a list of currently available books from the Death Valley
'49ers
50 Years
In Death Valley, Memoirs of a Borax Man
Death Valley '49ers publication #
09
"A collection of reminiscence and anecdotes of the Death
Valley area between 1909 and 1960. Mr. H. P. (Harry) Gower was not only
a resident but had a major influence on the course of events in the
region during those years."
- Dean Lemon, Life Director, The Death Valley
'49ers
"Harry P. Gower was not just a spectator
but often a prime mover in events in Death Valley. Surveying for
railroads, routing claim jumpers, and managing a pioneer resort hotel."
- L. Burr Belden, Past President, The Death Valley '49ers
Harry P. Gower
164 pages
In Soft Cover
The Lost '49er Journal of Louis Nusbaumer
Death Valley '49ers publication #
11
Louis Nusbaumer (1819-1878), was a German immigrant that left New York
City in March, 1849, traveled to Independence, Missouri and there began
his trip overland with William Lewis Manly and John Rogers to
California.
This is the story of his journey, which was kept in two small
notebooks, recovered in 1966, illustrated throughout with drawings,
photos and maps. Made available here by the Death Valley ‘49ers
Organization.
ISBN: 0-912494-13-1
George Koenig
84 pages
In Soft Cover
$ 6.95
A Naturalist's Death Valley
Death Valley '49ers publication #
05
A
Naturalist's Death Valley is a primer to help the thousands of admiring
visitors to Death Valley National Park get a general picture of wild
flowers, trees, shrubs, reptiles, birds, insects, mammals, fossils and
Native Americans.
Dr. Edmund C.
Jaeger was a nationally known naturalist who authored many books on the
flora & fauna of California.
ISBN: 0-936932-04-X
Dr. Edmund Jaeger
76 pages
In Soft Cover
Goodbye, Death Valley! The Tragic
1849 Jayhawker Trek
Death Valley '49ers
publication # 04
This work traces the largest of several
parties who became mired in Death Valley during December 1849. Two
members of this party, Jayhawkers, kept diaries of their trip which have
been preserved. They were consulted by the author along with a scrapbook
and numerous letters kept by the Huntington Library in San Marino,
California.
This work also includes a list of Jayhawkers.
L. Burr Belden
68 pages
In Soft Cover
$ 6.95
Death Valley Tailings Rarely Told
Tales of old Death Valley
Death Valley '49ers
publication # 13
Recaptured within these pages are stories
that will help you to turn back the clock, and relive the historic past.
This is a definitely different collection of Death Valley tales.
Each provide a more complete picture of one of the most fascinating
areas and eras of the Old West.
Subjects discussed
include, missing 1849 Death Valley Argonauts, gold and silver hunters,
explorers, map makers and inscriptions left on rock.
ISBN: 0-930704-23-1 Hard Cover
ISBN: 0-930704-22-3 Soft Cover
George Koenig
132 pages
In
Soft Cover
or
144 pages
First Edition
Hard Cover $29.95
Death Valley Tales Chapters from
the
drama-crammed
past of the Death Valley National Park
Death Valley '49ers
publication # 03
This publication has
been in print since 1955, but in this newly updated edition the work of
fiction, "Hungry Bill Talks" has been removed because all the other
stories are true.
"When Death Valley Took Its First Toll" has been
replaced with the story of John Rogers, which covers the same material.
And we added Mrs. Juliette Briers account of her trek through the desert
in 1849-50 and Russ Journigan's remembrances from 1930s and 1940s.
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