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Revised: 30 Nov, 2010

Index to DESERT MAGAZINE Articles Relating to BAJA CALIFORNIA

(x)=Xerox copy. ( D)= downloaded © = scanned into computer

Jan 1941

Jan 1946, Guadalupe Canyon p4. (x)

Aug 1946- Cantu Palms, west side of Laguna Salada. Randall Henderson

Feb 1947: Palms of Palomar (actually, Santa Isabel Canyon), Sierra Juarez) Randall Henderson.

June 1947. Palms of Clouburst Canyon. Randall Henderson. Pp.21-26. (D)

Dec, 1947: Nature’s Onyx Factory (El Volcán). Lewis W. Walker.

May, 1948: Fishing Village on the Gulf (San Felipe). Randall Henderson.

He Fights With his Tail (Scorpions). Richard Cassell.

Fossil Hunters at Catarina (Ammonites). Lewis Walker.

June, 1948: Daddy of the Palm Canyons (Canon del Tajo). Randall Henderson.

Feb, 1949 We found the Cave of Lost Art

July, 1950 pp4-8. Ma Mora Canyon in Baja. Randall Henderson. (D)

Mar 1951: Picacho del Diablo. Norton Allen. P.7. (D)

July 1951- We Camped with the Pai Pais: Arroyo Agua Caliente. Randall Henderson. (D)

Aug, 1951: Mescal Roast. Randall Henderson.

July 1952- Tribesmen of Santa Catarina. Henderson. p. 5. (D)

Nov 1952- Lost Silver Ledge of Santa Catarina. Randall Henderson. v.15#11, pp11-12. © (D)

Jan, 1953: We Climbed El Diablo From the Desert Side (Picacho del Diablo). Randall Henderson.

April 1953 The Ancients Were Here. (NW of San Felipe) Randall Henderson.

Oct 1953 – Mexican Tour – For motorists. Randall Henderson. Sites along Hwy 2 near USA border.

Feb 1955- Cattle Ranch Among the Palms (Palomar Canyon area). Randall Henderson.

Aug, 1955: Three Days in Devil’s Canyon (Canon del Diablo). Randall Henderson.

Oct 1955- Cirio, p 19: Grey Ghosts of Vizcaino Desert (D)

Nov, 1956: Elephant Trees of Vizcaino. Edmund C. Jaeger.

Dec 1956: The Cardón, Largest Cacti in the World (Naturalist XXXII) E.C. Jaeger.

June, 1957: Vacation in Baja Calif. C.R. Appleby.

Sept 1957: Banded Rhyolite in Baja’s Pinto Basin (West of Mexicali). E.L. Conrotto. ©

Oct 1957: Marine Treasures from Punta Peñasco. Helen DuShane.

Apr 1958 – Dirt Road Holiday; pg. 5; Helen DuShane (D)

June, 1958: “Dry Lake” (Laguna Salada area). Edmund C. Jaeger.

Jan, 1959: Trail to a Baja Salt Spring. (near Bahía Gonzaga). Louise Werner. (x)

April, 1959: Stuck in the Sand (and what to do about it). Randall Henderson. (x)

The Palm. Edmund C. Jaeger. (x)

July 1959 Desert Vines. Edmund C. Jaeger.

Aug, 1959: To Baja California with a Naturalist. Edmund C. Jaeger.

Oct, 1959: To the Bay of Angels (Pt 1) by John Hilton.

Nov, 1959: Bahía de Los Angeles (Pt II). John Hilton. (x)

Creosote Bush. Edmund C. Jaeger. (x)

Dec, 1959: Whispering Canyon on Isla Angel la Guarda (Pt III) by John Hilton.

Jan, 1960: Isla Encantada (Pt IV). John Hilton. (x)

Mexico’s Desert Highway. (Mexicali east to Sonora). Nell Murbarger. (x)

June 1960: Of Men and the Road (Driving the Old Baja Road). J.S. Palmisano

The Strange and Wonderful Agave. Edmund C. Jaeger.

Sept, 1960: A Guide to the Missions of Baja California. Helen DuShane.

Five Gem and Mineral Field Trips on the Colorado Desert. Glenn & Martha Vargas.

(Trip #3 is about Pinto Basin Banded Rhyolite and Petrified Wood; west of Mexicali)

Jan 1961 – Science Gains a Beachhead in Baja; pg 22; John Hilton. BoLA Field Station © (D)

Feb 1961 Hunting the Desert Whale. Erle Stanley Gardner. Pp.26-33. (D)

April, 1961: Rugged Roads; Whimsical Whales. Erle Stanley Gardner

May, 1961: Virgin Beach (Isla Arena) Erle Stanley Gardner, p18, ©

also Gadsden Purchase, Randall Henderson, p.41. Ocotillo. Edmund C. Jaeger.

Aug 1962 Jesuit Gold. C. Polzer. pp22-27. (also, history of the expulsion) © (D)

Jan, 1963: We Explored the Dump Yard of the Pacific (Vizcaino Bay). Midge Hamshaw.

Oct, 1963: Nellie Cashman’s Lost Gold (Mulegé) by Louise Auer. ©

Feb, 1964: The Ruthless Road to Baja, by L. Burr Belden.

May, 1964: Bewitched by Baja. By Choral Pepper.

Beachcombing on the Bay. By Jack Pepper (San Felipe)

June, 1964: Bewitched by Baja (Pt 2); Baja’s Pacific Beaches, by Jack Pepper.

July, 1964: Bewitched by Baja (pt 3). San Ignacio & Scammon’s Lagoon). Choral Pepper.

August, 1964: Bewitched by Baja (Serpent Cave); Choral Pepper.

Scorpions; John Goodman.

Sept, 1964: Bewitched by Baja (Mulegé) (final part).

Oct 1964: Moonlight Cruise on a Shrimp Boat. Sam Hicks

Desert Dispensary. (Damiana, etc) Sam Hicks

Dec, 1964 A Whale of a Trip to Baja. Ira Huffman. Scammon’s Lagoon.

Jan, 1965: Baja’s Buried bones. By Jack Pepper. (archaeology in the Mulegé area)

Feb 1965 – Maligned Baja. (Southern Baja Sur) Katherine Taylor

April, 1965: Pai Pai Land. By Betty & Bill MacKintosh

La Paz Ferry. By Cliff Cross.

Desert Dispensary; the Cardón. By Sam Hicks. (pain-killer and disinfectant from Cardón)

June, 1965: Just Below the Border, Baja Triangle Trip, Choral Pepper.

July, 1965: Painted Caves of Baja. Clement Meighan.

The Terrible Tarantula (and Tarantula Hawk). Tim St. George

Nov, 1965 Ghost Pueblo of Baja (El Alamo). John R. Condit.

Dec, 1965 Desert Dispensary. Sam hicks. Higuera Cimarrona (Wild Fig). (D)

Feb., 1966: Lost Santa Isabel Mission; Choral Pepper.

April, 1966: Road to Old Socorro (Meling Ranch).

June, 1966: Magic of Baja (Gardner Expedition, Pt 1, Bahías Gonzaga & L A). C. Pepper.

July, 1966: Magic of Baja (Part 2). Choral Pepper.

Aug-Sept, 1966: Magic of Baja, part 3. Baja Sur.

Oct, 1966: Magic of Baja (pt 4) (San Ignacio area, and Gardner Caves). Choral Pepper.

Santa Maria Magdalena controversy (letter to editor) p. 39.

Nov, 1966: Magic of Baja, part 5. Area around Gardner Cave.

Dec, 1966: Magic of Baja (Gardner Expedition) final part. Choral Pepper.

Jan 1967- Search for the Golden Goddess (Mission Santa Isabela Ed Houck

Land of Spurs and Canyons (western Laguna Salada). Betty MacIntosh

Feb 1967: Search for the White Palm. R. O. Schnabel. (Mainly near Guaymas, Sonora).

Letters from Clement Meighan (yellow crosses in Gardner Cave), and Campbell Grant (Baja Tree).

June, 1967: Mystery of Santa Maria; Morlin Childers.

Baja By Blimp; Choral Pepper.

Feb 1968 p 34. Short Trip to Baja. (San Felipe-Puertecitos) Judith Richardson. P.34 (D)

Sept 1968 Agave; Century Plant. Theresa Maine. P.22

New San Felipe. Al Pearce. p 32

Oct 1968 – Baja’s Plants and Indians; pg. 31-33. Lee de Massey ©

Jan 1969 – Back Country Travel; Bill Bryan; pg. 38

We Conquered Baja; Carol Bryan; pg. 34

Mar 1969 – Southern Baja the Easy Way. Bill Hayden. Loreto, La Paz, Ferries.

Apr 1969 – Baja’s Enchanted Islands (Islas Encantadas, Punta Final). Piet Van de Mark

May 1969 p 20. Jewel of Sierra Juarez. John Robinson. P.20-21. (D)

July, 1969 Scorpions – Desert Dwellers from the Sea. K.L.Boynton. pp.26-29. © (D)

Clamming at El Gulfo. Erle Stanley Gardner. p 12-15, 33: (D)

Aug, 1969: Mucho Fun Along the Border of Baja. Jack Delaney. TJ to Mexicali.

Dec, 1969: How to Avoid a Border Incident. Jack Delaney. Border crossings; customs & immigration.

March, 1970: Baja’s Canyon de Guadalupe. Sherilyn Mentes.

Jan, 1971: Baja’s Round Valley (near Tecate). Dick Bloomquist.

June 1971 – Baja’s Barely Beaten Byways. (outside of La Paz) George Reiger

Dec, 1971: Restless Colorado River (near Pinacate, San Luis, Puerto Peñasco). Harvey Gray.

Highlands of Baja (Meling Ranch area). Bill Mack.

June, 1973: The Best of Baja. Enid Howard.

April, 1974: Phantom Ship of the Gran Desierto (Santa Ana treasure; Colorado delta). Harvey Gray. ©

Baja for Charter. (Angel la Guarda island). Ernie Cowan.

Rambling on Rocks. (a rockhound drives Hwy 1). Glen & Martha Vargas.

July 1974 – Run on Mexico Hwy 1 (in a motor home). Jim Smullen

Oct 1974 – We Walked a Mission Trail, part I. George Leetch. Agua Verde area ©

Desert Acrobat (Ringtail Cat) ©

Nov, 1974: We Walked a Mission Trail, part II. George Leetch. Loreto Area. ©

March, 1975 Erle’s Beach. C. Wesley Hamshaw. Scammon’s lagoon area. ©

April, 1975: Treasure of San Pedro Martir; Harold Weight.

Alamos, Sonora.

July, 1975: Baja California (south from Puertecitos, L.A. Bay, San Borja, El Mármol). Thos. L. Bryant.

Dec, 1975: Pacific Islands of Baja Norte (Guadalupe, San Benito, San Martin). Betty Mackintosh.

Golo Valley – Nellie Cashman – Santa Rosalia, Choral Pepperp.24

Feb, 1976 Dry Washing for Desert Gold. Harold O. Weight. Pp. 28-31.

Boleo Mine, Vargas, p.42. ©

Collared Lizard

March, 1976 Rambling in Rocks – Boleo mine. Vargas ©

Scorpions

April, 1976 Rambling in Rocks – Santa Rosalía. Vargas ©

May, 1976: Mike’s Sky Ranch – a Baja Bonus. Diane Thomas.

Dec, 1976: Boom Camps of Baja’s Southern Cape. By S. Van Wormer. (mining; San Antonio, El Triunfo)

Oct 1978 – Baja California By Canoe; pg. 12; George Leetch. Puertecitos to Mulegé.

Jan, 1979: Cabo San Lucas. Ruth Armstrong.

Feb, 1979 Wheels for Baja. Don MacDonald ( choosing & outfitting a Baja vehicle )

March, 1979 Wheels for Baja, part 2.

June, 1979 The Boojum of Baja. Barbara Bigham.

April, 1980: San Felipe. Donald MacDonald and Gary Squier.

The Clam Man. Mary Twyman

Cave Paintings. Louisa Porter-Klink.

Aug, 1980: The Missions of Central Baja. by Jane Eppinga.

Oct 1980 – Where are the (Cave) Paintings ? (Letters)

Tale of Two Missions (Santa Clara, Vizcaino Peninsula). Choral Pepper

Feb 1981: p.50: The Top of Baja. John Putney. (about San Pedro Martir) (D)

May, 1981: Sanguinez; Baja’s Prison of Hope. Mary Eileen Twyman. Mulegé.

July, 1981: Desert Insects. Susan Durr Nix.

The Day 20,000 Cans of Tecate Washed Ashore. Brian Wiersema & Sam Young.

August, 1981: The Seri Indians. William Adams. Isla Tiburon.

The Lost Grave of a Neglected Hero. (Capt Melchoir Diaz). Choral Pepper.

Apr-May, 1984: Baja’s Enchanted Islands. Piet Van de Mark. Las Islas Encantadas. © (x)

(This is an identical reprint of the same article in April 1969 Desert mag.)

American Desert Magazine

Jan-Feb 1993 : A Pilgrimage to San Borja. John R. Purcell. © (x)

Cirio, Copalquin y Cardon. Katherine Barrows.

San Javier – Hidden Valley in Baja. Louise Cave. © (x)

Are there Collectible minerals in Baja California ? Glenn & Martha Vargas © (x)

Note: This list is not official , and may omit some issues with articles relating to Baja because they are not in my collection, and I have not seen them. Help for this list was received from Tom Budlong and John Marnell.

If recipients of this list know of other articles, I would appreciate details and a Xerox copy of the article.

A complete index of all articles in all issues of Desert Magazine has been professionally published, but it is now out of print and expensive if found 2nd-hand:

Desert Magazine Index; by Tom Budlong and Joan Brooks. ISBN : 08706-2281-1

Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies. Arthur H. Clark co., Spokane WA