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The earliest tales of a lost Spanish galleon appeared shortly after the Colorado River flood of 1862. Colonel Albert S. Evans reported seeing such a ship in 1863. In the Los Angeles Daily News of August 1870, the ship was described as a half-buried hulk in a drying alkali marsh or saline lake, west of Dos Palmas, California, and 40 miles north of Yuma, Arizona.
Once back on American shores, Riley devoted himself to anti-slavery work but eventually returned to a life at sea.. He died March 13, 1840, on his vessel the Brig William Tell which he was sailing from New York to "St. Thomas in the Caribbean" [a] [5] "of disease caused by unparalleled suffering more than twenty years previous during his shipwreck and captivity on the desert of Sahara".
Calico Print. The Calico Print was a newspaper, established in 1882 and published during the heyday of the silver mining camp of Calico, California prior to 1902. The Calico Print was also the name of a monthly, later bi-monthly, periodical of the mid-20th century, and contained "Tales and trails of the desert West." [1]
Deserts of California. Deserts of the Lower Colorado River Valley. Deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States. Geography of San Bernardino County, California. Geography of Riverside County, California. Geography of Southern California. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata. Wikipedia categories named after deserts.
Kinderhook (town), New York. Occupation (s) Schoolmaster, Attorney, Farmer. Jesse Merwin (April 3, 1783 – November 8, 1852), called the "pattern" or "original" of Ichabod Crane, was a rural schoolmaster in Upstate New York, and a friend of Martin Van Buren and Washington Irving. He taught school at a single-room schoolhouse in Columbia County ...
The magazine focused on the desert country of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, and covered a broad range of desert subjects including: regional travel and exploration; the visual arts of painting, drawing, and photography; prose and literature; cultural history; prospecting and mining; natural history including geology, wildlife, and flora; river running, and lifestyle ...
[5] [6] The Design 1060 ships were propelled by one triple expansion engine of 1,350 indicated horsepower (1,010 kW) with steam power from two coal fired Scotch marine boilers. [6] The ship was completed at a cost of $827,648.48 (equivalent to $16,752,000 in 2023). [5]
Crawley P. Dake. Crawley P. Dake (September 15, 1836 – April 9, 1890) was a lawman and business owner best known for having served as the U.S. Marshal for the Arizona Territory from 1878 to 1882, during a time of notorious lawlessness in frontier towns like Tombstone. A veteran of the American Civil War, Dake was noted for his creativity and ...