Keepsakes
The ’49ers Keepsakes consist of short stories, biographies, information on the culture, geology, flora and fauna of what makes Death Valley such a unique destination to visit. Each Keepsake is approximately 16-40 pages. Many are available to purchase at the Death Valley ’49ers vendor booth during the encampment.
Death Valley Centennial Celebration
by Ardis M. Walker
1949
Keepsake Number: 0
The Wade Story – 1999
by L. Burr Belden
1957
Keepsake: 1
The Story of Death Valley Its Museum and Visitor Center
by Horace M. Albright & Others
1960
Keepsake Number: 2
Freeman Junction
by Ardis M. Walker
1961
Keepsake: 3
Searles Lake Borax 1862-1962
by L. Burr Belden & Ardis M. Walker
1962
Keepsake Number: 4
Ballarat
by Paul B. Hubbard
1963
Keepsake Number: 6
Ralph Palmer Merritt
by Ardis M. Walker
1964
Keepsake: 7
Old Stovepipe Wells
by L. Burr Belden
1968
Keepsake Number: 8
Death Valley ’49ers, The First Twenty Years
by Ardis M. Walker
1969
Keepsake: 9
Eichbaum Toll Road
by Mary DeDecker
1971
Keepsake Number: 9
“23” Skidoo and Panamint Too!
by George Koenig
1971
Keepsake: 11
Wildrose Charcoal Kilns
by Robert J. Murphy
1972
Keepsake Number: 12
The Ties That Binds a biographical sketch of Horace M. Albright
by Hugh C. Tolford with George Koenig
1973
Keepsake: 13
The Pathetic Fallacy
by Easy Sloman
1974
Keepsake Number: 14
The Mississippians & The Georgians of the Death Valley 1849 Party
by L. Burr Belden
1975
Keepsake: 15
Zabriskie Point and Christian Brevoort Zabriskie The Man
by Hugh C. Tolford
1976
Keepsake Number: 16
Fifty Years Ago At Furnace Creek Inn
by Ron Miller
1977
Keepsake: 17
Theodore R. Goodwin
by Ardis M. Walker, Horace M. Albright and Ron Miller
1978
Keepsake Number: 18
Charlie and Stella Brown
by Susan Sorrells
1979
Keepsake: 19
Boom Town Banners
by Richard Crowe
1980
Keepsake Number: 20
“In The Beginning God Created Desolation” Death Valley
by Ernest McGaffey
1981
Keepsake: 21
Dr. E. Darwin French’s Exploration of Death Valley
by Joseph E. Doctor
1982
Keepsake Number: 22
The Founding of Death Valley National Monument
by Walt Wheelock
1983
Keepsake: 23
Adventures of Sol Sweet
by Bill & Louise Kelsey
1984
Keepsake Number: 24
This Place Called Death Valley (German)
by Hugh C. Tolford
1985
Keepsake Number: 25
This Place Called Death Valley (French)
by Hugh C. Tolford
1985
Keepsake Number: 25
Gentle Women Adventurers in Death Valley
by Walt Wheelock
1986
Keepsake Number: 26
Death Valley – Its Impounded Americans
by Ralph P. “Pete” Merritt, Jr.
1987
Keepsake: 27
Dr. Samuel Gregg George – Death Valley Explorer of 1860-61
by Joseph E. Doctor REPRINT
1988
Keepsake Number: 28
The Last of the Twenty Mule Team Freighters
by G. G. Bennett
1989
Keepsake: 29
Spring Break Desert Style
by John Southworth
1990
Keepsake Number: 30
Death Valley Bighorns
by Walt Wheelock
1991
Keepsake: 31
Stovepipe Wells Village, from Dream to Reality
by Harry Tucker
1992
Keepsake Number: 32
White Smith’s Fabulous Salt Tram
by Mary DeDecker
1993
Keepsake: 33
The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and Their Living Valley
by The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
1994
Keepsake Number: 34
Take The Train To Death Valley DV Railroad Ltd.
by Hugh C. Tolford
1995
Keepsake: 35
Dr. J.R.N. Owen, Frontier Doctor and Leader of DV’s Camel Caravan
by Jean & LeRoy Johnson
1996
Keepsake Number: 36
Death Valleys Keane Wonder Mine Adventure
by Richard H. Tullis, M.D.
1997
Keepsake: 37
The Death Valley ’49ers – As I Remember Them
by Bill Bender
1998
Keepsake Number: 38
John Rogers – Death Valley’s Unsung Hero of 1849
by Jean & LeRoy Johnson
1999
Keepsake: 39
The Harmony Borax Works of Death Valley, California
by Dean Lemon
2000
Keepsake Number: 40
Resurrecting a Legend The Return of the Borax Twenty Mule Team
by Preston Chiaro & Bobby Tanner
2001
Keepsake: 41
Journigan’s Tucki Gold Mine
by Russ Journigan
Journigan’s Tucki Gold Mine2002
Keepsake Number: 42
Panamint Gold, Nuggets of Poetry From and About Death Valley compiled
by Phee Sherline Graydon
2003
Keepsake: 43
Death Valley Natural History Association 50th Anniversary 1954-2004
by Esy Fields & Shirley Harding
2004
Keepsake Number: 44
The 1849 Death Valley Pioneers – Where Did They Go? What Did They Do?
by Mary & Marvin Jensen
2005
Keepsake: 45
Strolling Stones The Mystery of Death Valley’s Racetrack
by Jean Johnson
2006
Keepsake Number: 46
The Remarkable Life of 1849 Death Valley Pioneer John B. Colton
by Marvin Jensen
2007
Keepsake: 47
Motor Vehicles in the Death Valley Region
by Kenneth E. Lengner & Danny Ray Thomas
2008
Keepsake Number: 48
Wagons Ho! Corral 14 – A Living Heritage
by Mary Jo Steele 60th Anniversary
2009
Keepsake: 49
The History of Furnace Creek Ranch & Resort
by Marvin Jensen & Bev Malley
2012
Keepsake Number: 52
The Story of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Death Valley
by Letha and Ted Tatro
2013
Keepsake: 53
The Film History of Death Valley -Jayhawkers to Jawas
by Christopher Langley
2014
Keepsake Number: 54
Mammals in Death Valley National Park
by Dennis W. Harders
2015
Keepsake Number: 55
The Passionate Creation of the National Park Service
by Steve Hale
2016
Keepsake: 56
Campfire Tales
By: James Wade Jensen
2017
Keepsake: 57
Timbisha-Shoshone Tribe
Timbisha-Shoshone Tribeby The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
2018
Keepsake: 58
Burros of Death Valley
Burros of Death ValleyMark Meyers
2019
Keepsake: 59
2020 | No Encampment COVID
The Heroes of Death Valley
By John Ellenbecker
2021
Keepsake: 60
Memories and Treasures
By Robert Whipple
2022
Keepsake: 61
The Jayhawkers of Death Valley
By John Ellenbecker
2023
Keepsake: 62