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"Mysterious Scott" the Monte Cristo of Death Valley : and, Tracks of a tenderfoot
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
In this letter, Walter Scott tells his friend Bill Keys that he got his letter and is out in the mountains with the mules. He would be home in a week and wanted to drop by and tell him what was on his mind. Scott mentions that "they" are going to make a picture and will tell Bill about it when he sees him. Letter is on Walter Scott's letterhead, The Castle at Death Valley, Goldfield, Nevada. Cover is postmarked Goldfield, Nev., 7AM, June 22, 1935. A second postmark on the verso is from Banning, Calif., 8PM, June 25, 1935. Letter is addressed to Bill Keys, Desert Queen PO, White water, Calif. via Banning.
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Manuscripts
"Freind Willard, got my wires cross. Had to come to Castel 9am. leaving tonite for [?]. Will phone you Wensday. Your freind Scott, Castel, Monday Morn Oct 28." Written on letterhead: "Walter Scott, The Castle, Death Valley, Goldfield, Nevada."
mssHM 30946
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A collection of 306 items from 1849 to 1954, it consists of Theodore Sherman Palmer's diary of the Death Valley Expedition (1891), related notebooks, and his research material on the Jayhawker Party of 1849. Correspondents include Theodore Raymond Goodwin, William Lewis Manly, and Carl Irving Wheat. Of note in the collection is an oversize map by William Lewis Manly of the Jayhawkers' trail from Salt Lake City, Utah to San Bernardino, California circa 1890 (mssHM 50895). The collection also contains family letters from Palmer's parents, Henry Austin Palmer and Jane Olivia Palmer; in addition to letters from Palmer's brother, Harold King Palmer (an astronomer at Lick Observatory and at Mount Wilson in 1906), and his aunt, Harriet Day Palmer.
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In this letter, Scott acknowleges Irene's letter of October 20th and thanks her for the invitation to visit. He promises to call on them when he gets in to Los Angeles. He writes that he has been in the mountains with the pack mules, but has been laid up due to injuries. He asks Irene to tell Willard that he is okay. Scott writes that he hears that Johnson is bankrupt and that the government has taken possession of the castle. He's not sure because he doesn't see Johnson very often and hasn't seen him at all since last Thanksgiving. Scott mentions the Borax works and the "so called 'National Park.'" He also declares that he refuses to do anymore "ballyhooing jest for that D.V. [Death Valley] hot dog joint" and says that they are all jealous because he has the castle. Scott writes that there is no one at the castle save himself and the house boy. He relates that he is doing fine and to tell Willard that he can weather any storm. Cover envelope is addressed to Willard c/o City Editor--Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles, Cal. and is postmarked possibly Barstow, Calif., Nov, 15 1928. A second and third postmark on the verso is from Los Angeles, Calif., 8PM, Nov 15, 1928.
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