Possibly one of the most well-known backcountry cabins in the Mojave National Preserve is Riley's Camp.
History
John Riley Bembry was born on February 5, 1899, in Arapaho, Oklahoma. He preferred to be called Riley instead of John because he found it more distinctive. After serving in World War I as a medic, he moved to the Ivanpah Mountain region of the Mojave Desert in the late 1920s to pursue mining. He learned mining techniques and geology from his neighbor Bob Geer, who lived at nearby Geer Camp.
