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!
If you have a suggestion for a book I don’t have and should include in my library and the above list, please let me know.
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Last Updated on February 25, 2021 by Guy Starbuck