Recommended Reading

I am often asked how I find all of the places on this site. One of the ways is through book research. What follows below is a selected recommended reading list. I own all of these books and more. I’ve even read some of them.

Books

• 140 Great Hikes in and Near Palm Springs by Philip Ferranti
• 40 Classic Day Hikes of Joshua Tree National Park by Kevin Powell
• 4WD Adventures: Colorado by Peter Massey

• Adventures with the Mojave Phone Booth by Godfrey “Doc” Daniels
• Afoot and Afield: Inland Empire by David Harris
• Afoot and Afield: Las Vegas and Southern Nevada by Brian Beffort
• Alpine Sierra Trailblazer by Jerry Sprout, Janie Sprout
• The Amateur Archaeologist in the Great Basin by L. J. Ettinger
• Ambush The Story of Bill Keys by Art Kidwell
• Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau by Steven R. Simms
• Ancient Ruins of the Southwest by David Grant Noble
• Ancient Universal Language of Man: Deciphering Petroglyphs by Chris Hegg
• Ancient Visions: Petroglyphs and Pictographs of the Wind River and Bighorn Country, Wyoming and Montana by Julie Francis, Lawrence L. Loendorf
• Antique Mining Equipment and Collectibles by Ron Bommarito, David W. Pearson
• Anza-Borrego Desert Region: Your Complete Guide to the State Park and Adjacent Areas of the Western Colorado Desert by Lowell Lindsay, Diana Lindsay
• Arizona’s Rock Art: Guide to Rock Art Sites by Robin Scott Bicknell
• Atlas of The North American Indian by Carl Waldman

• Backcountry Adventures Arizona by Peter Massey
• Backcountry Adventures Northern California by Peter Massey
• Backcountry Adventures Southern California by Peter Massey
• Ballarat, 1897-1917, Facts and Folklore by Paul B. Hubbard, Doris Bray, George Pipkin
• Base Camp Las Vegas: 101 Hikes in the Southwest by Deborah Wall
• Best Easy Day Hikes Las Vegas by Bruce Grubbs
• Best Short Hikes in California’s North Sierra by Shane Shepherd, Owen Wozniak
• Between the Rivers: A History of Early Calaveras County, California by O. Henry Mace
• Bill Mann’s Guide to 50 Interesting and Mysterious Sites in the Mojave, Volume 2 by Bill Mann
• Bill Mann’s Guide to Big Bear and Its Hidden Treasures by Bill Mann
• Bill Mann’s Guide to the Remote and Mysterious Saline Valley by Bill Mann

• The Cahuilla Indians of Southern California by Lowell Bean and Harry Lawton
• Calaveras Gold by Ronald H. Limbaugh, Willard P. Fuller
• California Ghost Town Trails by Mickey Broman, Russ Leadabrand
• California Indians and Their Environment: An Introduction by Kent G. Lightfoot, Otis Parrish
• California Mountain Wildflowers by Philip A. Munz
• California – Nevada Ghost Town Atlas by Robert Neil Johnson
• California’s Fourteeners: A Hiking and Climbing Guide by Stephen S. Porcella, Cameron N. Burns
• Canyon Country: Prehistoric Rock Art by F. A. Barns
• Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau by Michael Kelsey
• Canyonlands National Park Favorite Jeep Roads & Hiking Trails by David Day
• Chuck Dodd’s Guide to Getting Around in the Black Rock Desert & High Rock Canyon by Chuck Dodd
• The Civilian Conservation Corps In Nevada: From Boys To Men by Renee Corona Kolvet, Victoria Ford
• Cliff Dwellings Speak by Beth Sagstetter, Bill Sagstetter
• Climbing California’s Fourteeners: 183 Routes to the Fifteen Highest Peaks by Cameron Burns, Steven Porcella
• Colorado Desert Wildflowers by Jon Mark Stewart
• Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps by Sandra Dallas
• Cowboys and Cave Dwellers: Basketmaker Archaeology in Utah’s Grand Gulch by Fred M. Blackburn, Ray A. Williamson

• Dawson’s Guide to Colorado’s Fourteeners, Vol. 1: The Northern Peaks by Louis W. Dawson II
• Dawson’s Guide to Colorado’s Fourteeners, Volume 2, the Southern Peaks by Louis W. Dawson II
• Day Hiker’s Guide to Southern California by John McKinney
• The Photographer’s Guide to Death Valley by Shellye Poster
• Death Valley and the Amargosa: A Land of Illusion by Richard E. Lingenfelter
• Death Valley Cabins, Sentinels of Stone & Wood by Stanley W. Paher
• Death Valley: Geology, Ecology, Archæology by Charles B. Hunt
• Death Valley History Revealed, Proceedings Sixth Death Valley Conference on History and Prehistory by Jean Johnson
• Death Valley SUV Trails by Roger Mitchell
• Death Valley, The Facts by W. A. Chalfant
• Death Valley to Yosemite: Frontier Mining Camps & Ghost Towns–The Men, The Women, Their Mines and Stories by L. Burr Belden, Mary DeDecker
• Death Valley Wildflowers by Roxanna S. Ferris
• Deep Enough by Frank Crampton
• Desert Fever by Russell D. Hartill, Gary L. Shumway, Larry M. Vredenburgh
• Desert Foragers and Hunters by William J. Wallace, Edith Wallace
• Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey (not research but required reading)
• Desert Summits by Andy Zdon
• Desert Wildflowers of North America by Ronald J. Taylor
• Deserts (National Audubon Society Nature Guides) by James Macmahon
• Drills and mills: Precious metal mining and milling methods of the frontier West by Will Meyerriecks

• Early Rock Art of the American West by Ekkehart Malotki, Ellen Dissanayake
• East Bay Trails: Hiking Trails in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties by David Weintraub
• Edible and Useful Plants of California by Charlotte Bringle Clarke
• Emigrant Wilderness by Ben Schifrin
• The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park by T. Scott Bryan, Betty Tucker-Bryan
• Exploring Eastern Sierra Canyons: Sonora Pass to Pine Creek by Sharon Giacomazzi

• Fading Images: Indian Pictographs of Western Riverside County by Gerald A. Smith, Steven M. Freers
• Familiar Trees of North America: Western Region by Jerry Franklin
• Feather River Country Adventure Trails by Tom Demund
• Field Guide to Pacific States Wildflowers by Theodore F. Niehaus, Charles L. Ripper
• A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest by Alex Patterson
• The Forgotten Artist: Indians of Anza-Borrego and Their Rock Art by Manfred Knaak

• Gem Trails of Nevada by James R. Mitchell
• Gem Trails of Northern California by James R. Mitchell
• Geoglyphs of the Desert Southwest by Harry Casey, Anne Morgan
• Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley by Robert P. Sharp
• Geology Underfoot in Southern California by Robert P. Sharp
• Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California by Remi Nadeau
• Ghost Town of Colorado by Philip Varney
• Ghost Towns of Idaho by Bruce A. Raisch
• Ghost Towns of Nevada Through the Eyes of Nick Ali and His Camera by Nicholas Ali
• Ghost Towns of the Mountain West by Philip Varney
• Ghosts of the Glory Trail by Nell Murbarger
• Gold Gamble by Roberta Martin Starry
• Gold Mine in the Sky by Frank Cassidy
• Golden Treasures Of San Juan by Temple H. Cornelius, John B. Marshall
• Guide to 50 Interesting and Mysterious Sites in the Mojave, Volume 1 by Bill Mann
• Guide to Arizona Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails by Charles A. Wells
• Guide to Moab, UT Backroads & 4-Wheel-Drive Trails by Charles A. Wells
• Guide To Northern California Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails by Charles A. Wells
• Guide to Rock Art of the Utah Region: Sites With Public Access by Dennis Slifer
• A Guide to Rock Art Sites: Southern California and Southern Nevada by David S. Whitley
• Guide to the Colorado Mountains by Randy Jacobs
• A Guide to the Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Nye County, Nevada by Shawn Hall
• A Guidebook to Mining in America, Volume 1: The West by John R. Park
• Guidebook to the Mojave Desert of California by Russ Leadabrand

• Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 8: California by Robert F. Heizer
• Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 9: Southwest by Alfonso Ortiz
• Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 10: Southwest by Alfonso Ortiz
• Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 11: Great Basin by Warren L. D’Azevedo
• Helldorados, ghosts, and camps of the old Southwest by Norman D. Weis
• Hidden in the Chaparral by Phyllis L. Gernes
• High Mountains and Deep Valleys: The Gold Bonanza Days by Lew Clark, Ginny Clark
• The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails by R. J. Secor
• High Sierra SUV Trails: Volume 1 The East Side by Roger Mitchell
• High Sierra SUV Trails: Volume 2 The Western Slope by Roger Mitchell
• High Sierra SUV Trails, Volume 3: The Far North Country by Roger & Loris Mitchell
• High Sierra SUV Trails Volume IV The Southern End by Roger Mitchell
• Hiking and Exploring the Paria River by Michael R. Kelsey
• Hiking and Exploring Utah’s San Rafael Swell by Michael R. Kelsey
• Hiking, Biking and Exploring Canyonlands National Park and Vicinity by Michael R. Kelsey
• Hiking California’s Desert Parks by Bill Cunningham, Polly Burke
• Hiking, Climbing & Exploring Western Utah’s Jack Watson’s Ibex Country by Michael R. Kelsey
• Hiking Death Valley: A Guide to its Natural Wonders and Mining Past by Michel Digonnet
• Hiking from Here to WOW: Utah Canyon Country by Kathy Copeland, Craig Copeland
• Hiking Grand Staircase-Escalante and the Glen Canyon Region by Ron Adkison
• A Hiking Guide To Cedar Mesa by Peter Francis Tassoni
• Hiking Nevada by Bruce Grubbs
• Hiking Northern California by Ron Adkison
• Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by Dave Wilson
• Hiking the Great Basin by John Hart
• Hiking the Mojave Desert by Michel Digonnet
• Hiking Western Death Valley National Park: Panamint, Saline, and Eureka Valleys by Michel Digonnet
• Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks by Erik Molvar, Tamara Martin
• The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns by Stephen L. Carr
• Horned Snakes & Axle Grease by Jerry D. Spangler, Donna K. Spangler

• Images from the Past: Rock Art by Robin Scott Bicknell
• Indian Rock Art of the Southwest by Polly Schaafsma
• Introduction to Rock Art Research by David S. Whitley

• The Jepson Desert Manual by Bruce G. Baldwin, Jepson Herbarium
• The Jepson Manual by Willis Linn Jepson
• John W. Searles: California Mining Pioneer by James L. Fairchild, David T. Robinson
• Joshua Tree National Park Geology by D. D. Trent, Richard W. Hazlett

• Lava Beds Caves by Charlie Larson, Jo Larson
• Loafing Along Death Valley Trails by William Caruthers

• Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West by Michael Moore
• Mine in the Sky by Joseph M. Kurtak
• Mines, Mountain Roads, and Rocks by George E. Moore
• Mining Camps Speak by Beth Sagstetter, Bill Sagstetter
• Mining the Hard Rock in the Silverton San Juans by John Marshall
• Mohave Desert OHV Trails by Florine Lawlor
• Mojave Desert Wildflowers by Jon Mark Stewart
• Mojave Desert Wildflowers by Pam MacKay
• Mojave Road Guide by Dennis Casebier
• Mono Diggings by Frank S. Wedertz
• Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps by William W. Whitfield
• My Adventures with Your Money by George Rice

• National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils by Ida Thompson
• National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees–W: Western Region by Elbert L. Little
• National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Rocks and Minerals by National Audubon Society
• National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways by National Geographic
• Native Plants Of Southern Nevada by David Rhode
• Native Trees of Southern California by Victor P. Peterson
• Nevada Ghost Towns & Desert Atlas, Vol. 2 Southern Nevada-Death Valley by Stanley W. Paher
• Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps by Stanley W. Paher
• Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps Illustrated Atlas Volume One-Northern Nevada by Stanley W. Paher
• Nevada History Through Glass: The Nevada Bottle Book by Fred N. Holabird
• Nevada Wilderness Areas and Great Basin National Park by Michael C. White
• Nevada Trails Southern Region by Peter Massey
• Nevada Trails Western Region by Peter Massey
• The Newspapers of Nevada: A History And Bibliography, 1854-1979 by Richard E. Lingenfelter, Karen Rix Gash
• Non-Technical Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau by Michael R. Kelsey

• Oaks of California by Bruce M. Pavlik, Pamela Muick, Sharon Johnson
• Old Heart of Nevada, Ghost towns and Mining Camps of Elko County by Shawn Hall
• One Hundred Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest by Janice E. Bowers
• Out from Las Vegas by Florine Lawlor, Andy Zdon

• Pacific Crest Trail Vol 1: California by Ben Schifrin, Thomas Winnett, Ruby Johnson Jenkins
• Pahranagat Man, Nevada’s Mysterious Anthropomorph by P. B Clabaugh, R. A. Clabaugh
• Photographing the Southwest: Volume 1–Southern Utah by Laurent Martres
• Photographing the Southwest: Volume 2–Arizona by Laurent Martres
• Photographing the Southwest: Volume 3–Colorado/New Mexico by Laurent Martres
• Plants of the East Mojave: Mojave National Preserve by Adrienne Knute
• Point Reyes by Phil Arnot
• Preserving the Glory Days: Ghost Towns And Mining Camps Of Nye County, Nevada by Shawn Hall
• Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest by Arthur H. Rohn, William M. Ferguson

• Rebecca’s Walk Through Time – A Rhyolite Story by Suzy McCoy
• Red Light Women of Death Valley by Robin Flinchum
• Riches to Rust by Eric Twitty
• Riding the High Wire: Aerial Mine Tramways in the West by Robert A. Trennert
• Roadside Plants of Southern California by Thomas J. Belzer
• Rock Art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape by Jonathan Bailey
• Rock Art Along the Way by Janet Farnsworth, Bernadette Heath
• Rock Art at Little Lake: An Ancient Crossroads in the California Desert by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, et al.
• Rock Art in New Mexico by Polly Schaafsma
• Rock Art of Bandelier National Monument by Arthur H. Rohn
• Rock Art of the Grand Canyon Region by Don D. Christensen, Jerry Dickey, Steven M. Freers
• Rock Art Of Utah by Polly Schaafsma
• Rockhounding California by Gail A. Butler
• Rockhounding Nevada by William A. Kappele
• Rockhounding Utah by William A. Kappele
• Rocks and Minerals of California by Vinson Brown, Nicholas Allan, Phillip Brown
• The Rocks Begin to Speak by Lavan Martineau
• Romancing Nevada’s Past: Ghost Towns And Historic Sites Of Eureka, Lander, And White Pine Counties by Shawn Hall

• Sacred Sites: Rock Art of Lincoln County, Nevada by P. Clabaugh, R. Clabaugh
• San Bernardino Mountain Trails: 100 Wilderness Hikes in Southern California by John W. Robinson
• Sandstone Spine: First Traverse of the Comb Ridge by David Roberts
• The Serrano Indians of Southern California by Francis J. Johnson
• Shaft Furnaces and Beehive Kilns by Lynn Robison Bailey
• The Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country by Steve Roper
• Sierra Nevada Byways: 50 of the Sierra Nevada’s Best Adventure Roads by Tony Huegel
• Sierra Nevada Wildflowers by Elizabeth L. Horn
• Sierra North by Thomas Winnett, Jason Winnett, Kathy Morey
• Sierra South by Thomas Winnett, Jason Winnett, Kathy Morey, Lyn Haber
• Some Dreams Die: Utah’s Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures by George A. Thompson
• Speaking Through the Aspens: Basque Tree Carvings in Nevada and California by J. Mallea-Olaetxe

• Tahoe Sierra by Jeffrey P. Schaffer
• Temalpakh: Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants by Lowell John Bean, Katherine Siva Saubel
• These Canyons Are Full of Ghosts by Emmett C. Harder
• Tioga Tramps by John Carroll O’Neill
• Touring California and Nevada Hot Springs by Matt C. Bischoff
• Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah by Steven R. Simms
• Tracker’s Field Guide: A Comprehensive Manual For Animal Tracking by James Lowery
• A Trinity Alps Companion by Wayne F. Moss
• The Trinity Alps by Luther Linkhart, Michael White

• West Side: Narrow Gauge in the Sierra by Mallory Hope Ferrell
• Western Nevada Jeep Trails by Roger Mitchell
• Western Sierra Jeep Trails by Roger Mitchell
• The Whistles Blow No More: Railroad Logging in the Sierra Nevada 1874-1942 by Hank Johnston
• Wild Plants and Native Peoples of the Four Corners by William W. Dunmire, Gail D. Tierney

• Yuba Trails by Susan Lamela, Hank Meals
• Yuba trails 2: A selection of historic hiking trails in the Yuba River and neighboring watersheds by Hank Meals

Out of print books

• Abandoned Settlements of the Eastern Mojave by Alan Hensher
• Across the San Juan Mountains by T. A. Rickard
• Adventures with a Desert Bush Pilot by Sylvia Winslow
• American Indian Rock Art, various volumes
• Anasazi Basketmaker : papers from the 1990 Wetherill-Grand Gulch Symposium by Victoria M Atkins
• Ancient Peoples and Cultures of Death Valley by William Wallace, Edith Wallace
• Ancient Rock Carvings of the Central Sierra by Willis A Gortner
• Archaeological Inventory Report of the Owlshead Amargosa Mojave Basin Planning Units of the Southern California Desert Area by Richard H Brooks, Richard Wilson, Sheilagh Brooks
• Archaeology and Rock Art of the Eastern Sierra and Great Basin Frontier by Alan Garfinkel
• Archaeology of Selected Springs and Playas on Fort Irwin and in Portions of the Avawatz Mountains by Russell L Kaldenberg
• Archeological Overview of Great Basin National Park by Krista Deal
• Archeological Survey of the Mojave River Area and Adjacent Regions by Gerald A Smith
• Archeological Survey of the Twenty Nine Palms Region by Elizabeth W Crozer Campbell
• Archeology of Mitchell Caverns by Diana G Pinto
• Archeology of the Death Valley Salt Pan, California by Alice Hunt
• Arches of the Alabama Hills by Orlyn Fordham
• Arches of the Escalante Canyons and Kaiparowits Plateau by Jens Munthe
• Aurora by Alan H Patera

• Background of Historic and Prehistoric Resources of the East Mojave Desert Region by Chester King, Dennis G Casebier
• Basic Bottle Identification by Jim Rock
• Before the Navy by Department of the Navy Staff
• Belmont, Nevada by Alan H. Patera
• Bennettville and the Tioga Mining District by Alan H. Patera
• Between Tonopah and Goldfield. A History of Klondike, Gold Reef and Divide by Alan H. Patera
• Bighorn of Death Valley by Ralph E. Welles
• Blue Mountain City and Mitchell Mill by Alan H. Patera, Wally Motloch
• Boom Town History, Centennial Celebration of Nye County, Nevada and Death Valley Area Mining Camps by Jean Johnson
• Boomtown History II, Celebration of Goldfield-Tonopah Area Boomtowns by Jean Johnson
• Brief Commentary on Cans by Jim Rock
• Burro Bill and Me by Edna C. Price

• Calaveras County Illustrated and Described, 1885 by Charles Clough (editor)
• Calaveras County Mining, Logging and Railroading 1848-Present by Ronald H Limbaugh, Williard P Fuller Jr.
• Can Chronology by Jim Rock
• Carrara and the Mining Camps of Bare Mountain by Alan H. Patera
• Cartago, My Cartago by George Pipkin
• Caves of California by William R. Halliday
• Celebration of Nevada’s Semicentennial of Statehood by Joe Farnsworth
• Cerro Gordo A Ghost Town Caught Between Centuries by Cecile Page Vargo
• Chemehuevi Indians of Southern California by Ron Miller
• A Concise History of Mine Hoisting by Paul Mogensen
• Cultural Resource Overview for the Amargosa Mojave Basin Planning Units by Claude N Warren, Martha Knack, Elizabeth von Till Warren
• Cultural Resource Overview of the Eureka, Saline, Panamint and Darwin Region, East Central, California by Richard H Norwood, Charles S Bull, Ronald Quinn
• Cultural Resources of the California Desert 1776-1980, Historic Trails and Wagon Roads by Elizabeth von Till Warren, Ralph J Roske
• Culture Resource Overview of the Bureau of Land Management Coleville, Bodie, Benton, and Owens Valley Planning Units by Colin I Busby, John M Findlay, James C Bard

• Darwin by Robert P. Palazzo
• Death Valley and Its Country by George Palmer Putnam
• Death Valley Jeep Trails by Roger Mitchell
• Death Valley Splendid Desolation by Stewart Aitchison
• Desert Magazine, various issues
• Desert Sands by George Pipkin
• Discovering Washington’s Historic Mines, volumes 1 – 4 by various

• East Mojave Heritage Trail: Fenner to Needles by Dennis Casebier
• East Mojave Heritage Trail: Ivanpah to Rocky Ridge by Dennis Casebier
• East Mojave Heritage Trail: Needles to Ivanpah by Dennis Casebier
• East Mojave Heritage Trail: Rocky Ridge to Fenner by Dennis Casebier
• Eastern Sierra Jeep Trails by Roger Mitchell
• Exploring Joshua Tree by Roger Mitchell
• Exploring Old Mines by Robert L. Desmarais
• Exploring the Sierra Vista National Scenic Byway by Roger Mitchell, Loris Mitchell

• Four rock art studies by C. William Clewlow, Jr.
• From this Mountain – Cerro Gordo by Robert C Likes, Glenn R Day
• Funeral Mountains Mining Camps and Mines by Alan H Patera

• Gabbs Valley, Nevada: Its History and legend by Ruth Fenstermaker Danner
• Ghost Mines of Yosemite by Douglass Hubbard
• Ghost Town of Colorado by Workers of the Writer’s Program WPA
• Gold Mining in the Crafton Hills by Historical Research Group of Yucaipa
• Gold Mountain, Nevada by Alan H. Patera
• Gold Road to La Paz by Delmer G. Ross
• Goldfield’s fabulous boom by Alan H. Patera
• Goodsprings by Alan H. Patera
• Grand Canyon Jeep Trails I North Rim by Roger Mitchell
• Great Basin SUV Trails by Roger Mitchell, Loris Mitchell
• Great Basin SUV Trails – Volume II: Southwestern Nevada by Roger Mitchell, Loris Mitchell
• The Great Understander, True Life Story of the Last of the Wells Fargo Shotgun Express Messengers by William Walter
• Greenwater by Harold O. Weight
• The Guide to Bodie and Eastern Sierra Historic Sites by George J. Williams

• Handbook of the Kawaiisu by Alan P. Garfinkel, Harold Williams
• Hidden Beneath the Mountains: The Caves of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks by Joel Despain
• Hiking and Climbing in the Great Basin National Park by Michael R. Kelsey
• Hiking between Groveland and Yosemite by Hap Barhydt
• Historic Overview, North District Ecosystem Management Analysis Area, Stanislaus National Forest by Carlo M. De Ferrari
• Historic resource study, a history of mining in Death Valley National Monument by Linda W Greene, John A. Latschar
• An Historical Overview of Mining within the Stanislaus National Forest Embracing an Area between the Tuolumne And Merced Rivers by Dana E Supernowicz
• Hornsilver, Gold Point Nevada by Alan H. Patera
• Humboldt Range – Unionville, Star City, Humboldt City, Santa Clara, Lima, Prince Royal by Alan H. Patera

• In the Footsteps of our Ancestors: Guide to Wild Foods by Christopher Nyerges
• Indian Rock Art of Southern California by Gerald A. Smith, Wilson G. Turner
• Inventory and Evaluation of the Cave Resources to be Impacted by the New Melones Reservoir Project by J. Michael McEachern, Mark A. Grady
• Inyo Mono Jeep Trails by Roger Mitchell
• Inyo-Mono SUV Trails by Roger Mitchell

• Journigan’s Tucki Gold Mine by Russ Journigan

• Kelso Conference Papers, 1987-1992 by G. Dicken Everson (editor), Joan S. Schneider (editor)

• The Lost Cement Mine by James W. Wright
• Lundy by Alan H. Patera
• Lundy, Gem of the Eastern Sierra by Jim Hanna

• Mammoth-Mono Country by Lew Clark, Ginny Clark
• Melones, a Story of a Stanislaus River Town by Julia G. Costello
• Memories of El Portal by James Law
• Mines of Death Valley by L. Burr Belden
• Mines of the East Fork by John W Robinson
• Mines of the Eastern Sierra by Mary DeDecker
• Mines of the High Desert by Ronald Miller
• Mines of the Mojave by Ron Miller, Peggy Miller
• Mines of the San Bernardinos by John W. Robinson
• Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada by Francis G. Lincoln
• Mining History and Geology of Joshua Tree National Park by Margaret R. Eggers (editor)
• Mining History Journal, 22 Annual Journal of the Mining History Association by Lysa Wegman-French
• The Mojave Indians by Gerald Arthur Smith

• Native American Basketry of Southern California by Christopher L. Moser
• Nevada, An Annotated Bibliography by Stanley W. Paher
• Nevada, Ghost Towns by Northwest Distributors Inc
• Nevada Historical Society Papers by various
• Nevada Historical Society Quarterlies by various
• Nevada State Historical Society Papers by various
• Nevada Wilderness Areas and Great Basin National Park by Michael C. White

• Old Ores, Mining History in the Eastern Mojave Desert by Robert E. Reynolds
• Old-Timers of Southeastern California by Lester Reed
• One Hundred Years of History in the California Desert, An Overview of Historic Archeological Resources at Joshua Tree National Monument by Patricia Parker

• Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterlies by various
• Pacific Northwest Mining Camps by Alan H Patera
• Petroglyphs and Pueblo Myths of the Rio Grande by Carol Patterson Rudolph
• Pictographs of the Coso Region by Robert A. Schiffman, David S. Whitley, Alan P. Garfinkel, Stephen B. Andrews
• Pilgrims in the Desert, Early History of the East Mojave Desert and the Baker, Calfornia Area by Le Hayes
• The Pinto basin site : an ancient aboriginal camping ground in the California desert by Elizabeth W. Crozer Campbell, William H. Campbell
• Pioneers of Mono Basin by Margaret Calhoun
• Place Names of the Sierra Nevada by Peter Browning
• Prehistoric Rock Art of California by Robert F. Heizer, C. W. Clewlow Jr.
• Prehistoric Rock Art of Nevada and Eastern California by Robert F. Heizer
• Prehistory of Black Canyon by Charley Howe

• Recollections of a Young Desert Rat by Daniel Cronkhite
• Report of an Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Mohave Sink Region by Malcolm J. Rogers
• Reveille District by Alan H. Patera
• Rhyolite’s Demise by Alan H. Patera
• Rochester Nevada – The New Tonopah by Marianne Babal
• A Rock Art Inventory at Hueco Tanks State Park, Texas by John V. Davis, Kay S. Toness
• Rock Art North of Bishop by Christopher Raven
• Rock Art of Black Canyon by Wilson G. Turner
• Rock Art of Owens Valley by Jay C. von Werlhof
• Rock Art Papers by various
• Rock Drawings of the Coso Range by Campbell Grant, James W Baird, J. Kenneth Pringle

• Sierra Centennial: 100 years of Pioneering on the Sierra National Forest by Gene Rose
• Silver Mountain, California; Delamar, Nevada; Lafayette, Oregon by Alan H. Patera
• Silver Stampede by Neill C. Wilson
• Skidoo! by Alan H. Patera, David A. Wright
• Southern California SUV Trails II: Eastern Mojave Desert by Roger Mitchell, Loris Mitchell
• Southern California SUV Trails Vol 1 The Western Mojave Desert by Roger Mitchell, Loris Mitchell
• Southwestern Ghost Town Atlas by H. Cyril Johnson
• Spirits of the Earth Vol. 1: A Study of Earthern Art in the North American Deserts, the North Desert by Jay Von Werlof
• Staking My Claim by Frieda Moores Reish

• Tecopa Mines, Operating during 82 Years of the Death Valley Region Mining Boom by Ken Lengner, George Ross
• That They May Know and Remember, Volume 2 Spirits of the Earth by Jay von Werlhof
• Those Who Came Before: Southwestern Archeology in the National Park System by Robert Hill Lister
• Tim Hafen on Pahrump Valley History by Tim Hafen
• The Tin Can Book by Hyla M. Clark
• Trails Across the Mojave by Grace Jackson, Lucille Matson
• Treasures of the Tavaputs: The Archaeology of Desolation Canyon by Jerry Spangler
• Troy, Nevada & the Grant Range by Jeanne Sharp Howerton
• Twilight of the Jackass Prospector by George R. Cartter
• Tybo, Nevada by Robert D McCracken and Jeanne Sharp Howerton

• White Smith’s Fabulous Salt Tram by Mary DeDecker
• With Infinite Toil, Historical Archaeology in the Beveridge Mining District by Karen K. Swope

More to come!

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Last Updated on February 25, 2021 by Guy Starbuck