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

Old Harmony Borax

by Nicholas Kockler

1962

Keepsake: 5


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 (English)

by Hugh C. Tolford

1985

Keepsake: 25

This Place Called Death Valley (German)

by Hugh C. Tolford

1985

Keepsake Number: 25

This Place Called Death Valley (Japanese)

by Hugh C. Tolford

1985

Keepsake: 25

This Place Called Death Valley (French)

by Hugh C. Tolford

1985

Keepsake Number: 25

This Place Called Death Valley (Japanese)

by Hugh C. Tolford

1985

Keepsake: 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

2002

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

Death Valley & Manly – Symbols of Destiny

by Ardis Manly Walker, edited by Marvin Jensen and Jean Pickard

2010

Keepsake Number: 50

Death Valley Cabins-Sentinels of Stone & Wood 

by Stanley W. Paher, Jim Graves, Ron Bolyard, Marvin Jensen, Mark Hall-Patton, Doug Shearer, Dave Blacker, Mike Donoho, & Dave Heffner

2011

Keepsake: 51

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

by The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe

2018

Keepsake: 58

Burros of Death Valley

Mark 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