Reconnoitering in the Eastern Sierra Nevada & Great Basin by 4WD

4X4 SIERRA NEVADA DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA TOYOTA TACOMA 4WD FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE EXPLORING GHOST TOWNS HISTORY RAILROAD RAILROADS INYO MONO ESMERALDA TEST MULES FUTURE AUTOMOBILES JEEP TRAILS
RECONNOITERING* IN THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA & GREAT BASIN BY 4-WHEEL-DRIVE *Hosted and Powered by* 4WDTrips.net EMAIL THE SAGEBRUSH RECONNOITERER

4X4 SIERRA NEVADA DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA TOYOTA TACOMA 4WD FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE EXPLORING GHOST TOWNS HISTORY RAILROAD RAILROADS INYO MONO ESMERALDA TEST MULES FUTURE AUTOMOBILES JEEP TRAILS

RECONNOITERING* IN THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA & GREAT BASIN
BY 4-WHEEL-DRIVE
Hosted and Powered by 4WDTrips.net

EMAIL THE SAGEBRUSH RECONNOITERER

*Reconnoiter - To make a reconnaissance. — Syn.: inspect, survey, scout out.

“The Sagebrush Reconnoiterer” Image taken 1987 near Lundy Lake, eastern Sierra Nevada, California.	The Great Basin and the Eastern Sierra Nevada region. Wide, open, full of opportunities to reconnoiter. The Great Basin covers eastern California, southeastern Oregon, Nevada and western Utah; and I've traveled through much of it. Whether on foot, hoof or tires, there are trails and roadways that feed the wanderlust within one's psyche. Though this website is four-wheel-drive focused, it includes various trails that offer the adventurer fun, history and scenic beauty – no matter their mode of transportation, if any at all. Also in this website are travelogues of the historic or interesting places that I've been to – for a day or more than a week. In addition to exploration, I also present a wide variety of historical topics from my years of historical research for my own writing projects and that for others. Hours of pleasure can be obtained from reading old newspaper accounts from yesteryear.
Through words and photos it is my endeavor to give the potential traveler enough information to plan their own escapades into the region, as well as be forewarned of any potential for problems due to trail obstacles or remoteness. The heaviest emphasis is on the eastern regions of east-central California and Nevada; however bits and pieces of the western United States are represented on this website. Enjoy your reconnoiter through the region. ~ D.A. Wright

“The Sagebrush Reconnoiterer”
Image taken 1987 near Lundy Lake, eastern Sierra Nevada, California.

The Great Basin and the Eastern Sierra Nevada region. Wide, open, full of opportunities to reconnoiter. The Great Basin covers eastern California, southeastern Oregon, Nevada and western Utah; and I've traveled through much of it. Whether on foot, hoof or tires, there are trails and roadways that feed the wanderlust within one's psyche.

Though this website is four-wheel-drive focused, it includes various trails that offer the adventurer fun, history and scenic beauty – no matter their mode of transportation, if any at all. Also in this website are travelogues of the historic or interesting places that I've been to – for a day or more than a week.

In addition to exploration, I also present a wide variety of historical topics from my years of historical research for my own writing projects and that for others. Hours of pleasure can be obtained from reading old newspaper accounts from yesteryear.

Through words and photos it is my endeavor to give the potential traveler enough information to plan their own escapades into the region, as well as be forewarned of any potential for problems due to trail obstacles or remoteness.

The heaviest emphasis is on the eastern regions of east-central California and Nevada; however bits and pieces of the western United States are represented on this website.

Enjoy your reconnoiter through the region. ~ D.A. Wright

Website Menu

4WD Trails

Descriptive pages of 4WD trails and semi-maintained roads through historic and scenic locations. Plenty of photos and maps. Advise on trail difficulties that may be encountered as well.

TRAIL DIFFICULTY GUIDE

California Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – Owens Valley West
Big Pine, California Big Pine to Sanger Meadow (Coyote Flat) via Glacier View The vast alpine region of Sanger Meadow and Coyote Flat southwest of Bishop, California contain a densely packed Mother Lode of 4WD fun and adventure. This route explains a little known way in to the region.	Bishop, California Wheeler Ridge This is a short but fun filled bronc-buster that takes you high into the Sierra Nevada to some old tungsten mines and grand views of the northern Owens Valley and southern Mono County; in the Rock Creek Canyon and Wheeler Ridge northwest of Bishop, California.
Independence, California Division Creek to Armstrong Canyon This road, northwest of Independence, California, zig-zags up the sheer face of the Sierra Nevada and offers superb views of the Owens Valley and superb views of the earth's crust.
California Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – Mammoth Lakes Region
Mammoth Lakes, California Laurel Lakes A short yet scenic trip a short distance south of Mammoth Lakes, California. Perfect for an afternoon of fishing, a picnic or an alpine scenic treat.	Mammoth Lakes, California Old State Highway into Mammoth Lakes, CA Not a true 4x4 trail and only 4.0 miles long, but nevertheless has a lot to offer in the way of scenery, leisure and alternative access to the hustle and bustle of Mammoth Lakes or the recreational areas nearby. Can be used with the soon to come page on the Sherwin Creek road into Mammoth for a scenic loop trip.
Mammoth Lakes, California San Joaquin Ridge-Deadman Pass This short but spectacular route virtually straddles the spine of the Sierra Nevada and is at the very western brink of the Great Basin. In fact, in several short spurts, you actually leave the Great Basin. Watch out that you don't end up in the blue, blue Pacific!	Mammoth Lakes, California Sherwin Creek Another short byway that takes the traveler into Mammoth Lakes, California, this road can be used with the old state highway into Mammoth Lakes to make a scenic loop trip.
California Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – Mono County Southeast
Benton, California Blind Spring Hill Good things do come in small packages! Near Benton, California, Civil War era mines and dwellings are densely packed within this small range of hills.
California Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – The White Mountains
Hammil Valley, California Champion Spark Plug Mine The Champion Spark Plug Mine is a unique feature on the western slope of the rugged White Mountains north of Bishop, California. This 4x4 trail adventure is unique in that a foot trail is also involved and mandatory to reach the mine and associated mine camps. The Black Eagle Camp of the mining operation is still maintained and usable by visitors for camping. A truly unique 4x4 trail!	Hammil Valley, California Champion Spark Plug Mine – A History A companion essay to the 4WD trail page on how to get to the Champion Spark Plug Mine, this page describes the region's rich history and unique features.
Eastern White Mountains, California Mollie Gibson Canyon / Mine A short but interesting little jog in the White Mountains northeast of Big Pine, California. A nice get away for picnics, piñon nuts, exploration, mines and bats.	White Mountains, California White Mountains Traverse A high altitude traverse and straddle of the high and mighty White Mountains of eastern California, east of Bishop, California. This pathway climbs Wyman Canyon and descends steeply down Silver Canyon. At the top of the range a turn north to the end of the public access portion of the summit road along the White Mountains affords flirting with the 12,000 foot mark and tremendous views in all directions, as well as getting up close and personal with the oldest trees on earth.
Eastern White Mountains, California Wyman Canyon to Crooked Creek to Cottonwood Creek to the top of the White Mountains. Written guides and local voices says this very remote road in the White Mountains is impassable, but that doesn't stop the Sagebrush Reconnoiterer from trying! Ride along as my Tacoma and me attempt to penetrate into a fabulous and hidden countryside.
California Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – The Inyo Range
Lone Pine, California Swansea to Cerro Gordo This trail climbs up onto the backbone of the Inyo Range west of Lone Pine, California, and follows the spine of the range through history and ends with a decision. Includes the Swansea Grade, ghost camp of Burgess, the technological wonder of the Saline Valley Salt Tram Summit Station, and the old hell-raising camp of Cerro Gordo. Then comes the decision of which way to go home. But then again, there's plenty of places to stay up here a while in case you don't want to.
California Death Valley National Park Region
Furnace Creek, California Echo Canyon A nice outing from the Furnace Creek complex of Death Valley National Park, Echo Canyon to the Inyo Mine is easy and scenic. At the end is a prize – the Inyo Mine, which provides a look into the earliest days of the 20^th Century.	Eureka Valley, California Eureka Valley to Fish Lake Valley via Horsethief Canyon Located east of Big Pine, California, in the northwestern portion of Death Valley National Park. The Horsethief Canyon 4x4 Trail affords an easy jaunt with solitude and views. Springtime wildflowers and blooming cactus. This 16 mile saunter will take the traveler out of Eureka Valley into the Fish Lake Valley. It can be traveled singly or paired with the Gilbert Summit to Eureka Valley road or North Eureka Road for a loop trip. A small, crossover SUV friendly trail.
Eureka Valley, California Eureka Valley to Gilbert Summit Located in the northwestern portion of Death Valley National Park. A nice, easy jaunt with solitude and vistas. Springtime wildflowers. This 14 miles route offers an easy daytime run out of Big Pine or while camping in Eureka Valley.	Racetrack Valley-Saline Valley, California Lippincott Grade A short but sweet trail that runs between Racetrack Valley and Saline Valley in western Death Valley National Park. It has the reputation for being mean and nasty, but wow! Those gorgeous views!
Saline Valley-Eureka Valley, California Steele Pass Running between Saline Valley and Eureka Valley in northwestern Death Valley National Park, this route is seldom used and runs through some very lonesome country. Includes information on the Saline Valley hot springs complex and campgrounds.

California
Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – Owens Valley West

Big Pine, California

Big Pine to Sanger Meadow (Coyote Flat) via Glacier View

The vast alpine region of Sanger Meadow and Coyote Flat southwest of Bishop, California contain a densely packed Mother Lode of 4WD fun and adventure. This route explains a little known way in to the region.

Bishop, California

Wheeler Ridge

This is a short but fun filled bronc-buster that takes you high into the Sierra Nevada to some old tungsten mines and grand views of the northern Owens Valley and southern Mono County; in the Rock Creek Canyon and Wheeler Ridge northwest of Bishop, California.

Independence, California

Division Creek to Armstrong Canyon

This road, northwest of Independence, California, zig-zags up the sheer face of the Sierra Nevada and offers superb views of the Owens Valley and superb views of the earth's crust.

California
Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – Mammoth Lakes Region

Mammoth Lakes, California

Laurel Lakes

A short yet scenic trip a short distance south of Mammoth Lakes, California. Perfect for an afternoon of fishing, a picnic or an alpine scenic treat.

Mammoth Lakes, California

Old State Highway into Mammoth Lakes, CA

Not a true 4x4 trail and only 4.0 miles long, but nevertheless has a lot to offer in the way of scenery, leisure and alternative access to the hustle and bustle of Mammoth Lakes or the recreational areas nearby. Can be used with the soon to come page on the Sherwin Creek road into Mammoth for a scenic loop trip.

Mammoth Lakes, California

San Joaquin Ridge-Deadman Pass

This short but spectacular route virtually straddles the spine of the Sierra Nevada and is at the very western brink of the Great Basin. In fact, in several short spurts, you actually leave the Great Basin. Watch out that you don't end up in the blue, blue Pacific!

Mammoth Lakes, California

Sherwin Creek

Another short byway that takes the traveler into Mammoth Lakes, California, this road can be used with the old state highway into Mammoth Lakes to make a scenic loop trip.

California
Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – Mono County Southeast

Benton, California

Blind Spring Hill

Good things do come in small packages! Near Benton, California, Civil War era mines and dwellings are densely packed within this small range of hills.

California
Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – The White Mountains

Hammil Valley, California

Champion Spark Plug Mine

The Champion Spark Plug Mine is a unique feature on the western slope of the rugged White Mountains north of Bishop, California. This 4x4 trail adventure is unique in that a foot trail is also involved and mandatory to reach the mine and associated mine camps. The Black Eagle Camp of the mining operation is still maintained and usable by visitors for camping. A truly unique 4x4 trail!

Hammil Valley, California

Champion Spark Plug Mine – A History

A companion essay to the 4WD trail page on how to get to the Champion Spark Plug Mine, this page describes the region's rich history and unique features.

Eastern White Mountains, California

Mollie Gibson Canyon / Mine

A short but interesting little jog in the White Mountains northeast of Big Pine, California. A nice get away for picnics, piñon nuts, exploration, mines and bats.

White Mountains, California

White Mountains Traverse

A high altitude traverse and straddle of the high and mighty White Mountains of eastern California, east of Bishop, California. This pathway climbs Wyman Canyon and descends steeply down Silver Canyon. At the top of the range a turn north to the end of the public access portion of the summit road along the White Mountains affords flirting with the 12,000 foot mark and tremendous views in all directions, as well as getting up close and personal with the oldest trees on earth.

Eastern White Mountains, California

Wyman Canyon to Crooked Creek to Cottonwood Creek to the top of the White Mountains.

Written guides and local voices says this very remote road in the White Mountains is impassable, but that doesn't stop the Sagebrush Reconnoiterer from trying! Ride along as my Tacoma and me attempt to penetrate into a fabulous and hidden countryside.

California
Eastern Sierra Nevada Region – The Inyo Range

Lone Pine, California

Swansea to Cerro Gordo

This trail climbs up onto the backbone of the Inyo Range west of Lone Pine, California, and follows the spine of the range through history and ends with a decision. Includes the Swansea Grade, ghost camp of Burgess, the technological wonder of the Saline Valley Salt Tram Summit Station, and the old hell-raising camp of Cerro Gordo. Then comes the decision of which way to go home. But then again, there's plenty of places to stay up here a while in case you don't want to.

California
Death Valley National Park Region

Furnace Creek, California

Echo Canyon

A nice outing from the Furnace Creek complex of Death Valley National Park, Echo Canyon to the Inyo Mine is easy and scenic. At the end is a prize – the Inyo Mine, which provides a look into the earliest days of the 20^th Century.

Eureka Valley, California

Eureka Valley to Fish Lake Valley via Horsethief Canyon

Located east of Big Pine, California, in the northwestern portion of Death Valley National Park. The Horsethief Canyon 4x4 Trail affords an easy jaunt with solitude and views. Springtime wildflowers and blooming cactus. This 16 mile saunter will take the traveler out of Eureka Valley into the Fish Lake Valley. It can be traveled singly or paired with the Gilbert Summit to Eureka Valley road or North Eureka Road for a loop trip. A small, crossover SUV friendly trail.

Eureka Valley, California

Eureka Valley to Gilbert Summit

Located in the northwestern portion of Death Valley National Park. A nice, easy jaunt with solitude and vistas. Springtime wildflowers. This 14 miles route offers an easy daytime run out of Big Pine or while camping in Eureka Valley.

Racetrack Valley-Saline Valley, California

Lippincott Grade

A short but sweet trail that runs between Racetrack Valley and Saline Valley in western Death Valley National Park. It has the reputation for being mean and nasty, but wow! Those gorgeous views!

Saline Valley-Eureka Valley, California

Steele Pass

Running between Saline Valley and Eureka Valley in northwestern Death Valley National Park, this route is seldom used and runs through some very lonesome country. Includes information on the Saline Valley hot springs complex and campgrounds.

Nevada Elko County
Elko-Jarbidge, Nevada Jarbidge, Nevada & Vicinity This region is very remote and scenic beyond description. Located in the isolated region north of Elko, Nevada and nearly on the Idaho line, the tiny hamlet of Jarbidge has electricity and telephone, but not a stitch of pavement anywhere nearby. This page takes you from Elko to Jarbidge, up to some of the remote high country around the village and into Idaho.

Nevada
Elko County

Elko-Jarbidge, Nevada

Jarbidge, Nevada & Vicinity

This region is very remote and scenic beyond description. Located in the isolated region north of Elko, Nevada and nearly on the Idaho line, the tiny hamlet of Jarbidge has electricity and telephone, but not a stitch of pavement anywhere nearby. This page takes you from Elko to Jarbidge, up to some of the remote high country around the village and into Idaho.

Miscellaneous Odds & Ends
Cellular Phone Service in the Region Cellular A brief overview and rating of my experiences with cellular phones in the Great Basin.

Miscellaneous
Odds & Ends

Cellular Phone Service in the Region

Cellular

A brief overview and rating of my experiences with cellular phones in the Great Basin.

My Trips:
Personal Travel to Historical, Scenic or Other Places

Day Trips By Myself or With Others
Lake Tahoe, Nevada – 1980 Clunk Goes the Wedding Bells A story based upon a 1980 trip to Lake Tahoe, Nevada to photograph a wedding. Full of mishap and madcap adventure.	Death Valley National Park, California - 2000 Goler Canyon / Butte Valley / Warm Springs Canyon / Death Valley Escort of Cliff V. over the Panamint Range of western Death Valley National Park, from Ballarat ghost town to Furnace Creek via Goler Canyon. Includes Barker Ranch, last holdout of the notorious Charles Manson.
Little Petroglyph Canyon, Coso Range, California – 2000 Coso Range Petroglyphs Two trips into the forbidden lands within the China Lake Naval Weapons Center to view the amazing petroglyphs of the ancients who walked this way during the days when sidewinders meant snakes instead of missiles.	Slate Range – Darwin Wash, South central Inyo County, California – 2003 Long Distance Errands: Trash, the Doc, 1800s Remi Nadeau Haul Road, Chinese Sleeping Circles, Darwin Wash Road to Eclectic Darwin Town Imagine – driving 131 miles because I forgot to put out the trash cans for pickup ... oh well, I managed to salvage the day as best as I could!
Death Valley National Park – 2003 Eureka Valley Western Death Valley National Park. A day trip to Eureka Valley sand dunes in a gentle rainstorm.	Tule Canyon, Nevada – 2003 Tule Canyon Esmeralda County, Nevada. Tule Canyon, Roosevelt City, Rachfords, Senner and Gold Point ghost towns; plus Eureka Valley in northwestern Death Valley National Park. Includes contemporary newspaper articles on Tule Canyon townsites.
Silver Peak Range, Nevada - 2003 Silver Peak, Nevada In May 2003, John Mc and I took a trip over into nearby Esmeralda County, Nevada and over Oasis Summit, in the southern Silver Peak Range; then down into Clayton Valley. On the way to Silver Peak, we detoured north into the Silver Peak Range and visited the extensive workings of the Mohawk Mine. After Visiting the Mohawk, we set our sights on the interesting little town of Silver Peak.	Inyo Range, California - 2003 Along the Inyos via Harkless, Papoose and Badger Flats On June 27^th, 2003, my wife, my two dogs and myself took a little daytime jaunt along the spine of the Inyo Range in search for a picnic, scenery and adventure.
Death Valley National Park - 2004 Death Valley Flashfloods of 2004 In August of 2004, I was invited by Death Valley National Park to chronicle the lethal flashflood that hit Furnace Creek area of Death Valley National Park, inflicting destruction to structures, roads, vehicles and people's lives. This page has news reports and my account and photos that I took during my one day visit to the park.	Reno, Nevada to Big Pine, California – 2005 Reno to Big Pine A January, 2005 trip home from Reno turned into a 2-day ordeal and detours due to blizzard conditions most of the entire distance.
Death Valley National Park – 2005 Death Valley Wildflower Bloom of Spring, 2005 On March 2^nd, 2005, my wife and friend Graham C. take a day trip to southern Death Valley to view the tremendous wildflower display and ride the rapids of the raging Amargosa River.	Tule Canyon / Oriental Wash / Gold Mountain, Nevada – 2008 Guiding the Old Trailmaster on the Fringes of Death Valley What comes in a Tacoma sandwich? An Xterra! Ride along as Graham C. and I guide the Old Trailmaster, aka Steve Greene, around the fringes of northernmost Death Valley in the Gold Mountain country in Esmeralda County.
Death Valley National Park – 2008 Western Death Valley National Park w/Panamint Charlie Gang – May, 2008 Western Death Valley National Park – Hunter Mountain, Hidden Valley, The Racetrack, Lippincott Mine, Lippincott Grade. Taken with several members of the Panamint Charlie.com Internet forum. Off site trip account. Due to format of the 4WDTrips.net board, I had to post this trip over four separate postings. Scroll down through all four.	Sonoma Range, Nevada - 2008 Sonoma Range Circuit It's late afternoon. I'm bored and have cabin fever. What to do? Take a quick reconnoiter, of course. A small, 70 mile trip through my new backyard in north-central Nevada!
Sonoma Range, Nevada – February, 2009 Sonoma Range Circuit Part 2 Graham C. came to visit for a week. It's late into his first day in Winnemucca. Where to go for a quick appetizer to what north-central Nevada has to offer? A quick circumnavigation of the Sonoma Range, of course!	Adelaide, Nevada – February, 2009 Out and About Near Winnemucca, Nevada: What's in a Name? The Ghost Towns of Gold Run / Adelaide and a Railroad that Ran To Them – Graham C. and I Reconnoiter Along the Railroad – February 18, 2009 Graham C. and I head across to the east side of the Sonoma Range to visit the ghost town of Adelaide and explore the railroad that ran to it.
Humboldt County Ghost Town Tour – Daveytown, Alabama Mine, Jumbo, Nevada – February 2009 Through the Gumbo to Jumbo A trip account of the travels by my friend, Graham C., DesertJK and myself northwest of Winnemucca into the Awakening Hills. A sloppy mess of mud and snow made it more interesting. This brief account is posted on the 4wdtrips.net forum until I can create my own page.	To the Edge of the Black Rock Desert, Nevada – February, 2009 Jumbo and Sulphur, Nevada An account of a day run over west to the very edge of the Black Rock Desert in far western Humboldt County, Nevada. Graham C. and I visit Jungo and Sulphur. This brief account is posted on the 4wdtrips.net forum until I can create my own page.
The Humboldt Range, Northwestern Nevada – April, 2009 Humboldt Reconnoiter My friend, Bill B., DesertJK and his wife, converge on the lofty Humboldt Range in search of history and scenery. The range delivered on both counts. This brief account is posted on the 4wdtrips.net forum until I can create my own page.
Multi-Day Trips By Myself or With Others
Ione & Grantsville, Nevada – 1984 Central Nevada in Winter A satirical essay based upon an early 1980s trip into Nye County's interior ghost towns of Ione, Berlin, Union and Grantsville in the middle of a heavy winter.	Twinn River, Nevada - 1984 Twinn River, Central Nevada A trip account based upon an early 1980s trip into the Toiyabe Range of Central Nevada that resulted in my literally being washed up.
Death Valley National Park - 1997 Panamint City Ghost Town - 1997 Western Death Valley National Park. An overnight trip to the wild and wooley 1870s hell-roaring camp of Panamint City by Alan Patera and two others in April 1997. It was my first backpacking trip in more than a decade and I was ill prepared. But it was a lot of fun and I got to see a bit of history that I always wanted to see.	Death Valley National Park-Eastern Nevada-Central Nevada - 1999 Trip 1999 Author/Researcher Alan Patera and I take more than a week to explore ghost towns and mining camps in the eastern Death Valley region; then travel through a maze of historic sites and ghost towns in the southern, southeastern and central parts of Nevada.
Death Valley National Park-Nevada Triangle – 2000 Travels with Lew Shorb – the Nevada Triangle We explore the Nevada Triangle of Death Valley National Park – Bullfrog, Gold Bar, Sarcobatus Flat, Phinney Canyon, the Grapevine Range, Strozzi Ranch, the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad and the Happy Hooligan Mine.	Death Valley National Park – 2000 Trip 2000 Three day trip with author/researchers Alan Patera and Alan Hensher into Death Valley. Sites visited are: the Inyo Mine, Schwab ghost town in California; State Line ghost town, Oriental (Old Camp), Tokop in Nevada.
Reilly & Ballarat, California - 2000 Reilly Ghost Town Archaeological Study Reilly ghost town site, in Panamint Valley west of Ballarat, was the scene of an archaeological study. Includes the Wildrose Charcoal Kilns in Wildrose Canyon, plus Mahogany Flat at the crest of the Panamint Range.	Nevada-Oregon-Idaho - 2001 Trip 2001 An eleven day trip wandering through the ghost towns and sagebrush of northern Nevada and southwestern Idaho. Sites visited include: Stillwater, White Cloud City, Unionville, Midas, Paradise Valley, Spring City, Buckskin, National, Rio Tinto, Patsville, Aura, Cornucopia, Tuscaurora, Dinner Station, Metropolis, Jarbidge in Nevada; along with Delamar and Silver City in Idaho.
Greenwater & Willow Creek, Death Valley National Park, California – 2002 Greenwater & Vicinity A three day / two night trip to the ghost of the once wild 1906 copper boomtown of Greenwater in eastern Death Valley National Park. Includes Greenwater (both Kunze and Ramsey sites), Furnace, Gold Valley and Willow Creek.	Central Nevada - 2006 Trip 2006 My buddy Graham C. and I take a quick, 3-day Memorial Day trip through north-central Nye County ghost towns of Ione, Grantsville and Belmont. Memorial Day is the traditional start of summer, but heavy snowfall the first two days out told us winter still had central Nevada in its grip!
Western Death Valley National Park – 2007 Trip 2007-A: Lost Burro / Racetrack / Lippincott / Saline Valley / Steele Pass Just had the very extensive and expensive 90,000 mile service on my Tacoma done and nearly $1,000 of new B.F. Goodrich All Terrain T/As spooned on as well. Tom Harvey posted on the Panamint Charlie Internet forum that he wanted to do Lippincott and Steele Pass in his Land Rover, but wanted some company to help him guide his expensive vehicle through the tight squeeze and dry falls of DeDeckera Canyon. I bit. Graham C. bit also. A fast but fun trip.	Eastern California-Western Nevada - 2007 Trip 2007: Glass Mountain Traverse / Pizona / Truman Meadows High gas prices, limited time and funds, what to do? Take a close look at your own backyard, of course! My buddy, Graham C. and I do just that and find plenty of new trails, good times and wide open countryside to explore within 60 miles of home.
Jarbidge, Nevada - 2007 Trip 2007: Jumping from the Frying Pan into the Fire – Evacuation From Jarbidge, Nevada First, the Inyo Complex Fire nearly torched my home. A week later, the Murphy Complex Fire chased my wife, parents and I out of Jarbidge, Nevada. And in between were the Thompson, Tungsten, US93 Complex and Telegraph Hill Fires. Talk about burning rubber!	Big Pine to Trona – 2002-2004 The Death Valley Journal: Commuting to the Trona Zone - My Work Commute Between Big Pine and Trona 2002-2004 A diary of my travels on my weekly commute to and from Trona during the two years that I lived in Big Pine and worked 131 miles away at Trona. The travels were often filled with unusual oddities, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, a few scary moments, and adventure.
North of Winnemucca – June, 2009 Trip 2009C-1 Graham C., Gordon G. (aka “DesertJK”) and I venture forth into the Santa Rosa District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest north of Winnemucca. We cover such places as Hardscrabble, Bullion, Buttermilk Meadows, Spring City, Hinkey Summit, Lye Creek and Buckskin Mountain on our two-day, one night romp. NOTE: This trip account is hosted on the forum 4wdtrips.net until I can get my own page up, which will include more details and more photos.

Day Trips
By Myself or With Others

Lake Tahoe, Nevada – 1980

Clunk Goes the Wedding Bells

A story based upon a 1980 trip to Lake Tahoe, Nevada to photograph a wedding. Full of mishap and madcap adventure.

Death Valley National Park, California - 2000

Goler Canyon / Butte Valley / Warm Springs Canyon / Death Valley

Escort of Cliff V. over the Panamint Range of western Death Valley National Park, from Ballarat ghost town to Furnace Creek via Goler Canyon. Includes Barker Ranch, last holdout of the notorious Charles Manson.

Little Petroglyph Canyon, Coso Range, California – 2000

Coso Range Petroglyphs

Two trips into the forbidden lands within the China Lake Naval Weapons Center to view the amazing petroglyphs of the ancients who walked this way during the days when sidewinders meant snakes instead of missiles.

Slate Range – Darwin Wash, South central Inyo County, California – 2003

Long Distance Errands: Trash, the Doc, 1800s Remi Nadeau Haul Road, Chinese Sleeping Circles, Darwin Wash Road to Eclectic Darwin Town

Imagine – driving 131 miles because I forgot to put out the trash cans for pickup ... oh well, I managed to salvage the day as best as I could!

Death Valley National Park – 2003

Eureka Valley

Western Death Valley National Park. A day trip to Eureka Valley sand dunes in a gentle rainstorm.

Tule Canyon, Nevada – 2003

Tule Canyon

Esmeralda County, Nevada. Tule Canyon, Roosevelt City, Rachfords, Senner and Gold Point ghost towns; plus Eureka Valley in northwestern Death Valley National Park. Includes contemporary newspaper articles on Tule Canyon townsites.

Silver Peak Range, Nevada - 2003

Silver Peak, Nevada

In May 2003, John Mc and I took a trip over into nearby Esmeralda County, Nevada and over Oasis Summit, in the southern Silver Peak Range; then down into Clayton Valley. On the way to Silver Peak, we detoured north into the Silver Peak Range and visited the extensive workings of the Mohawk Mine. After Visiting the Mohawk, we set our sights on the interesting little town of Silver Peak.

Inyo Range, California - 2003

Along the Inyos via Harkless, Papoose and Badger Flats

On June 27^th, 2003, my wife, my two dogs and myself took a little daytime jaunt along the spine of the Inyo Range in search for a picnic, scenery and adventure.

Death Valley National Park - 2004

Death Valley Flashfloods of 2004

In August of 2004, I was invited by Death Valley National Park to chronicle the lethal flashflood that hit Furnace Creek area of Death Valley National Park, inflicting destruction to structures, roads, vehicles and people's lives. This page has news reports and my account and photos that I took during my one day visit to the park.

Reno, Nevada to Big Pine, California – 2005

Reno to Big Pine

A January, 2005 trip home from Reno turned into a 2-day ordeal and detours due to blizzard conditions most of the entire distance.

Death Valley National Park – 2005

Death Valley Wildflower Bloom of Spring, 2005

On March 2^nd, 2005, my wife and friend Graham C. take a day trip to southern Death Valley to view the tremendous wildflower display and ride the rapids of the raging Amargosa River.

Tule Canyon / Oriental Wash / Gold Mountain, Nevada – 2008

Guiding the Old Trailmaster on the Fringes of Death Valley

What comes in a Tacoma sandwich? An Xterra! Ride along as Graham C. and I guide the Old Trailmaster, aka Steve Greene, around the fringes of northernmost Death Valley in the Gold Mountain country in Esmeralda County.

Death Valley National Park – 2008

Western Death Valley National Park w/Panamint Charlie Gang – May, 2008

Western Death Valley National Park – Hunter Mountain, Hidden Valley, The Racetrack, Lippincott Mine, Lippincott Grade. Taken with several members of the Panamint Charlie.com Internet forum. Off site trip account. Due to format of the 4WDTrips.net board, I had to post this trip over four separate postings. Scroll down through all four.

Sonoma Range, Nevada - 2008

Sonoma Range Circuit

It's late afternoon. I'm bored and have cabin fever. What to do? Take a quick reconnoiter, of course. A small, 70 mile trip through my new backyard in north-central Nevada!

Sonoma Range, Nevada – February, 2009

Sonoma Range Circuit Part 2

Graham C. came to visit for a week. It's late into his first day in Winnemucca. Where to go for a quick appetizer to what north-central Nevada has to offer? A quick circumnavigation of the Sonoma Range, of course!

Adelaide, Nevada – February, 2009

Out and About Near Winnemucca, Nevada: What's in a Name? The Ghost Towns of Gold Run / Adelaide and a Railroad that Ran To Them – Graham C. and I Reconnoiter Along the Railroad – February 18, 2009

Graham C. and I head across to the east side of the Sonoma Range to visit the ghost town of Adelaide and explore the railroad that ran to it.

Humboldt County Ghost Town Tour – Daveytown, Alabama Mine, Jumbo, Nevada – February 2009

Through the Gumbo to Jumbo

A trip account of the travels by my friend, Graham C., DesertJK and myself northwest of Winnemucca into the Awakening Hills. A sloppy mess of mud and snow made it more interesting. This brief account is posted on the 4wdtrips.net forum until I can create my own page.

To the Edge of the Black Rock Desert, Nevada – February, 2009

Jumbo and Sulphur, Nevada

An account of a day run over west to the very edge of the Black Rock Desert in far western Humboldt County, Nevada. Graham C. and I visit Jungo and Sulphur. This brief account is posted on the 4wdtrips.net forum until I can create my own page.

The Humboldt Range, Northwestern Nevada – April, 2009

Humboldt Reconnoiter

My friend, Bill B., DesertJK and his wife, converge on the lofty Humboldt Range in search of history and scenery. The range delivered on both counts. This brief account is posted on the 4wdtrips.net forum until I can create my own page.

Multi-Day Trips
By Myself or With Others

Ione & Grantsville, Nevada – 1984

Central Nevada in Winter

A satirical essay based upon an early 1980s trip into Nye County's interior ghost towns of Ione, Berlin, Union and Grantsville in the middle of a heavy winter.

Twinn River, Nevada - 1984

Twinn River, Central Nevada

A trip account based upon an early 1980s trip into the Toiyabe Range of Central Nevada that resulted in my literally being washed up.

Death Valley National Park - 1997

Panamint City Ghost Town - 1997

Western Death Valley National Park. An overnight trip to the wild and wooley 1870s hell-roaring camp of Panamint City by Alan Patera and two others in April 1997. It was my first backpacking trip in more than a decade and I was ill prepared. But it was a lot of fun and I got to see a bit of history that I always wanted to see.

Death Valley National Park-Eastern Nevada-Central Nevada - 1999

Trip 1999

Author/Researcher Alan Patera and I take more than a week to explore ghost towns and mining camps in the eastern Death Valley region; then travel through a maze of historic sites and ghost towns in the southern, southeastern and central parts of Nevada.

Death Valley National Park-Nevada Triangle – 2000

Travels with Lew Shorb – the Nevada Triangle

We explore the Nevada Triangle of Death Valley National Park – Bullfrog, Gold Bar, Sarcobatus Flat, Phinney Canyon, the Grapevine Range, Strozzi Ranch, the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad and the Happy Hooligan Mine.

Death Valley National Park – 2000

Trip 2000

Three day trip with author/researchers Alan Patera and Alan Hensher into Death Valley. Sites visited are: the Inyo Mine, Schwab ghost town in California; State Line ghost town, Oriental (Old Camp), Tokop in Nevada.

Reilly & Ballarat, California - 2000

Reilly Ghost Town Archaeological Study

Reilly ghost town site, in Panamint Valley west of Ballarat, was the scene of an archaeological study. Includes the Wildrose Charcoal Kilns in Wildrose Canyon, plus Mahogany Flat at the crest of the Panamint Range.

Nevada-Oregon-Idaho - 2001

Trip 2001

An eleven day trip wandering through the ghost towns and sagebrush of northern Nevada and southwestern Idaho. Sites visited include: Stillwater, White Cloud City, Unionville, Midas, Paradise Valley, Spring City, Buckskin, National, Rio Tinto, Patsville, Aura, Cornucopia, Tuscaurora, Dinner Station, Metropolis, Jarbidge in Nevada; along with Delamar and Silver City in Idaho.

Greenwater & Willow Creek, Death Valley National Park, California – 2002

Greenwater & Vicinity

A three day / two night trip to the ghost of the once wild 1906 copper boomtown of Greenwater in eastern Death Valley National Park. Includes Greenwater (both Kunze and Ramsey sites), Furnace, Gold Valley and Willow Creek.

Central Nevada - 2006

Trip 2006

My buddy Graham C. and I take a quick, 3-day Memorial Day trip through north-central Nye County ghost towns of Ione, Grantsville and Belmont. Memorial Day is the traditional start of summer, but heavy snowfall the first two days out told us winter still had central Nevada in its grip!

Western Death Valley National Park – 2007

Trip 2007-A: Lost Burro / Racetrack / Lippincott / Saline Valley / Steele Pass

Just had the very extensive and expensive 90,000 mile service on my Tacoma done and nearly $1,000 of new B.F. Goodrich All Terrain T/As spooned on as well. Tom Harvey posted on the Panamint Charlie Internet forum that he wanted to do Lippincott and Steele Pass in his Land Rover, but wanted some company to help him guide his expensive vehicle through the tight squeeze and dry falls of DeDeckera Canyon. I bit. Graham C. bit also. A fast but fun trip.

Eastern California-Western Nevada - 2007

Trip 2007: Glass Mountain Traverse / Pizona / Truman Meadows

High gas prices, limited time and funds, what to do? Take a close look at your own backyard, of course! My buddy, Graham C. and I do just that and find plenty of new trails, good times and wide open countryside to explore within 60 miles of home.

Jarbidge, Nevada - 2007

Trip 2007: Jumping from the Frying Pan into the Fire – Evacuation From Jarbidge, Nevada

First, the Inyo Complex Fire nearly torched my home. A week later, the Murphy Complex Fire chased my wife, parents and I out of Jarbidge, Nevada. And in between were the Thompson, Tungsten, US93 Complex and Telegraph Hill Fires. Talk about burning rubber!

Big Pine to Trona – 2002-2004

The Death Valley Journal: Commuting to the Trona Zone - My Work Commute Between Big Pine and Trona 2002-2004

A diary of my travels on my weekly commute to and from Trona during the two years that I lived in Big Pine and worked 131 miles away at Trona. The travels were often filled with unusual oddities, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, a few scary moments, and adventure.

North of Winnemucca – June, 2009

Trip 2009C-1

Graham C., Gordon G. (aka “DesertJK”) and I venture forth into the Santa Rosa District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest north of Winnemucca. We cover such places as Hardscrabble, Bullion, Buttermilk Meadows, Spring City, Hinkey Summit, Lye Creek and Buckskin Mountain on our two-day, one night romp. NOTE: This trip account is hosted on the forum 4wdtrips.net until I can get my own page up, which will include more details and more photos.

Historical Stuff
These pages are carryovers from my former website,

Great Basin Research

Old Newspaper Accounts By State and City
Law & Order, Life & Death in the Great Basin This large series reinstated from Great Basin Research: Many pages, state by state, locality by locality. Newspaper articles from the period press and miscellaneous items culled from years of my personal historical research in county courthouses and museums. Updated periodically. The link will open a state list page, selecting a state will open another index page listing each city, town and locality within its borders that I have included old newspaper accounts on.
Historical People
Skidoo, California Lynching of Joe Simpson The lynching of Joseph L. Simpson in Skidoo, California in 1908 has been documented in many books. Read about Joe's life for the years leading up to his murdering a leading Skidoo citizen and the subsequent lynching of Joe, and the aftermath that has spurred legends.	Death Valley, California Shorty Harris An article I originally published in the Beatty, Nevada Historical Society newsletter in 1997, “Diminutive Demise” chronicles the last days of Death Valley legend Shorty Harris.
Historical Places
Eastern Sierra Nevada, California Dogtown, California A manuscript I originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine, this page is an account about one of the first settlements in eastern California.	Eastern Sierra Nevada, California White Death This manuscript, I wrote for THE ALBUM Magazine but was never published, recounts in allegorical fashion the 1911 killer avalanche at Jordan, California; which snuffed out the life of several people except one.
Death Valley, California Stovepipe Well – A Study in Paradox Sand, water, whiskey, Pope-Toledos and B2 Bombers, you'll never know what you'll find at Stovepipe!	Deep Springs Valley, California White Mountain City, California Originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine, my article “Scandal At Big Springs” reviews the account of mysterious White Mountain City, located in Deep Springs Valley in eastern California near the Nevada border. This article takes you back in time and brings you back again.
Deep Springs Valley, California White Mountain City, California #2 Originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine, my article “White Mountain City Revisited” is a playful allegorical look at remote White Mountain City. Imagine, a fully grown man playing cowboys and Indians in the middle of a sagebrush plain!
Historical Transportation Railroads
Bodie, California Bodie Railway & Lumber Company #1 Reinstated from Great Basin Research, this lengthy article discusses the history of the Bodie Railway, that ran from Bodie southward into the dense forests on the southern and southeastern corners of the Mono Lake basin. This article was originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine as “Reach Out and Touch No One: The Wooden Legacy of the Bodie Railway & Lumber Company.” This article was also published in the Link & Pin newsletter of the Friends of the Bodie Railway, a group that restored an old lumber car found along the Bodie Railway grade and is involved in other Bodie Railway activities.	Bodie, California Bodie Railway & Lumber Company #2 Reinstated from Great Basin Research, this article is a photo essay of the remains of the Bodie Railway, including scenes from the depot and offices atop the ridge east of Bodie; as well as scenes along the route south.
Laws & Death Valley Junction, California Death Valley Railroad 1927 Brill Motorcar The '27 Brill was purchased for use on the Death Valley Railroad to bring tourists to the region. Within a few years it went into industrial use, then put out to pasture for many years at Laws Railroad Museum. Several years ago, several industrious people hatched a plan to restore the car, and since then many equally industrious people have played a part in its restoration to running condition.	Bishop, California The “Electric Red Apple” My story of the stillborn Owens River Valley Electric Railway, on DesertUSA website. The railway was partially built to run between Laws and Bishop, California. The Railway grade was constructed but never completed; the remains of the grade are used by dirt road travelers looking for their favorite fishing spots along the Owens River.
Historical Transportation Ships
Mono Lake, California The Venita Originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine, my manuscript about the large pleasure passenger boat that once roamed the waters of Mono Lake but now rots along its emaciated shore.
Historical Research My Tools
Microcassette Recorder Microcassette My use of a microcassette recorder and transcribing my notes.

Old Newspaper Accounts
By State and City

Law & Order, Life & Death in the Great Basin

This large series reinstated from Great Basin Research: Many pages, state by state, locality by locality. Newspaper articles from the period press and miscellaneous items culled from years of my personal historical research in county courthouses and museums. Updated periodically. The link will open a state list page, selecting a state will open another index page listing each city, town and locality within its borders that I have included old newspaper accounts on.

Historical People

Skidoo, California

Lynching of Joe Simpson

The lynching of Joseph L. Simpson in Skidoo, California in 1908 has been documented in many books. Read about Joe's life for the years leading up to his murdering a leading Skidoo citizen and the subsequent lynching of Joe, and the aftermath that has spurred legends.

Death Valley, California

Shorty Harris

An article I originally published in the Beatty, Nevada Historical Society newsletter in 1997, “Diminutive Demise” chronicles the last days of Death Valley legend Shorty Harris.

Historical Places

Eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Dogtown, California

A manuscript I originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine, this page is an account about one of the first settlements in eastern California.

Eastern Sierra Nevada, California

White Death

This manuscript, I wrote for THE ALBUM Magazine but was never published, recounts in allegorical fashion the 1911 killer avalanche at Jordan, California; which snuffed out the life of several people except one.

Death Valley, California

Stovepipe Well – A Study in Paradox

Sand, water, whiskey, Pope-Toledos and B2 Bombers, you'll never know what you'll find at Stovepipe!

Deep Springs Valley, California

White Mountain City, California

Originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine, my article “Scandal At Big Springs” reviews the account of mysterious White Mountain City, located in Deep Springs Valley in eastern California near the Nevada border. This article takes you back in time and brings you back again.

Deep Springs Valley, California

White Mountain City, California #2

Originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine, my article “White Mountain City Revisited” is a playful allegorical look at remote White Mountain City. Imagine, a fully grown man playing cowboys and Indians in the middle of a sagebrush plain!

Historical Transportation
Railroads

Bodie, California

Bodie Railway & Lumber Company #1

Reinstated from Great Basin Research, this lengthy article discusses the history of the Bodie Railway, that ran from Bodie southward into the dense forests on the southern and southeastern corners of the Mono Lake basin. This article was originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine as “Reach Out and Touch No One: The Wooden Legacy of the Bodie Railway & Lumber Company.” This article was also published in the Link & Pin newsletter of the Friends of the Bodie Railway, a group that restored an old lumber car found along the Bodie Railway grade and is involved in other Bodie Railway activities.

Bodie, California

Bodie Railway & Lumber Company #2

Reinstated from Great Basin Research, this article is a photo essay of the remains of the Bodie Railway, including scenes from the depot and offices atop the ridge east of Bodie; as well as scenes along the route south.

Laws & Death Valley Junction, California

Death Valley Railroad 1927 Brill Motorcar

The '27 Brill was purchased for use on the Death Valley Railroad to bring tourists to the region. Within a few years it went into industrial use, then put out to pasture for many years at Laws Railroad Museum. Several years ago, several industrious people hatched a plan to restore the car, and since then many equally industrious people have played a part in its restoration to running condition.

Bishop, California

The “Electric Red Apple”

My story of the stillborn Owens River Valley Electric Railway, on DesertUSA website. The railway was partially built to run between Laws and Bishop, California. The Railway grade was constructed but never completed; the remains of the grade are used by dirt road travelers looking for their favorite fishing spots along the Owens River.

Historical Transportation
Ships

Mono Lake, California

The Venita

Originally published in THE ALBUM Magazine, my manuscript about the large pleasure passenger boat that once roamed the waters of Mono Lake but now rots along its emaciated shore.

Historical Research
My Tools

Microcassette Recorder

Microcassette

My use of a microcassette recorder and transcribing my notes.

Miscellaneous

Automotive Miscellaneous
Experimental Test Mules Automobile Manufacturer Test Mules The eastern Sierra Nevada and Death Valley is a mecca for automobile manufacturers the world over to come and test their future models. I often see them and occasionally am successful in capturing them.
Automotive My Vehicles
My 2002 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4WD Pickup My personal truck, what I've done to and with it, and how it has held up since I bought it new in '02. Constantly updated.	My Former Truck – 1996 Chevrolet S-10 4WD Pickup The truck that predated my current Toyota Tacoma and seen on some of the pages of this site. “Little Brown Nose” didn't pack the off road prowess my current Tacoma has, but it was just good enough. Sometimes I still miss it.
My 2006 Honda CR-V Though not designed for an sort of serious off road capability, this car has nevertheless been very impressive in inclement winter weather on the roads where I have lived and do now live.	Scanner Frequencies My scanner that I keep in my Tacoma and the frequencies that I have programmed in it.
Miscellaneous – Death Valley Journal Blog by Steve Greene Miscellaneous stories I have written for Steve's Death Valley blog.
Death Valley - Stovepipe Well: A Study in Paradox History and B2 bombers over the original Stovepipe Well	The Death Valley Journal: The 2002 Citroen Traction Avant “Tracbar Rally” Commuting home from work amid a gridlock of old French cars.
The Death Valley Journal: The Death Valley National Park Boundary Signs in Western Death Valley National Park Photo essay of the building of the Death Valley National Park boundary signs near Darwin and in Panamint Valley.	The Death Valley Journal: The Panamint Shark A shark in the Panamint Range of Death Valley National Park? You bet. And he's a Great White Shark, too!
Big Pine to Trona – 2002-2004 The Death Valley Journal: Commuting to the Trona Zone - My Work Commute Between Big Pine and Trona 2002-2004 A diary of my travels on my weekly commute to and from Trona during the two years that I lived in Big Pine and worked 131 miles away at Trona. The travels were often filled with unusual oddities, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, a few scary moments, and adventure.	Rhyolite, 1990 Shooting at Night in Rhyolite Shooting at night in Rhyolite occurred from time to time during its heyday, especially down in the red light section. In years past I also too enjoyed prowling Rhyolite’s dark streets to do some shooting myself. But not with a six-gun, but with a 35mm camera.
Surprise Canyon – 1987-1997 The Marvel of Surprise Canyon A recounting of my attempts and success at getting up Surprise Canyon in the western Panamint Range of Death Valley National Park.
Miscellaneous
My Online Business Card The guy who runs this website, where he's at and what he's done.	Recent Changes Recent modifications to this site and individual pages over the months.
Planned Pages New webpages planned and under construction.	Bibliography A list of my published works 1981 to present. COMING SOON!
Contact This Website Email your comments, questions, etcetera to this website.

Automotive
Miscellaneous

Experimental Test Mules

Automobile Manufacturer Test Mules

The eastern Sierra Nevada and Death Valley is a mecca for automobile manufacturers the world over to come and test their future models. I often see them and occasionally am successful in capturing them.

Automotive
My Vehicles

My 2002 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4WD Pickup

My personal truck, what I've done to and with it, and how it has held up since I bought it new in '02. Constantly updated.

My Former Truck – 1996 Chevrolet S-10 4WD Pickup

The truck that predated my current Toyota Tacoma and seen on some of the pages of this site. “Little Brown Nose” didn't pack the off road prowess my current Tacoma has, but it was just good enough. Sometimes I still miss it.

My 2006 Honda CR-V

Though not designed for an sort of serious off road capability, this car has nevertheless been very impressive in inclement winter weather on the roads where I have lived and do now live.

Scanner Frequencies

My scanner that I keep in my Tacoma and the frequencies that I have programmed in it.

Miscellaneous – Death Valley Journal Blog by Steve Greene
Miscellaneous stories I have written for Steve's Death Valley blog.

Death Valley - Stovepipe Well: A Study in Paradox

History and B2 bombers over the original Stovepipe Well

The Death Valley Journal: The 2002 Citroen Traction Avant “Tracbar Rally”

Commuting home from work amid a gridlock of old French cars.

The Death Valley Journal: The Death Valley National Park Boundary Signs in Western Death Valley National Park

Photo essay of the building of the Death Valley National Park boundary signs near Darwin and in Panamint Valley.

The Death Valley Journal: The Panamint Shark

A shark in the Panamint Range of Death Valley National Park? You bet. And he's a Great White Shark, too!

Big Pine to Trona – 2002-2004

The Death Valley Journal: Commuting to the Trona Zone - My Work Commute Between Big Pine and Trona 2002-2004

Rhyolite, 1990

Shooting at Night in Rhyolite

Shooting at night in Rhyolite occurred from time to time during its heyday, especially down in the red light section. In years past I also too enjoyed prowling Rhyolite’s dark streets to do some shooting myself. But not with a six-gun, but with a 35mm camera.

Surprise Canyon – 1987-1997

The Marvel of Surprise Canyon

A recounting of my attempts and success at getting up Surprise Canyon in the western Panamint Range of Death Valley National Park.

Miscellaneous

My Online Business Card

The guy who runs this website, where he's at and what he's done.

Recent Changes

Recent modifications to this site and individual pages over the months.

Planned Pages

New webpages planned and under construction.

Bibliography

A list of my published works 1981 to present. COMING SOON!

Contact This Website

Email your comments, questions, etcetera to this website.

Last Revision: 7/2/09