{"product_id":"the-nomads-of-the-badlands-continuing-the-wilhelms-adventures-prospecting-the-mojave-deserts-of-arizona-nevada-and-california-in-1915-hardcover","title":"The Nomads Of The Badlands: Continuing the Wilhelm's Adventures Prospecting the Mojave Deserts of Arizona, Nevada, and California in 1915 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalt Wilhelm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJay Barrs\u003c\/b\u003e (Read by), \u003cb\u003eDarelynn Casebier\u003c\/b\u003e (Read by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNomads Of The Badlands: \u003c\/em\u003e Walt continues the autobiographical family story he started in \u003cem\u003eLast Rig To Battle Mountain.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e'Nomads'\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with tales and details vital to a meaningful understanding of the people, places and times that were the Mohave and Mojave Deserts of the Nineteen-teens. Hunting gold in the desert across today's 1,542,776 acre Mojave National Preserve. \u003cem\u003e'Nomads'\u003c\/em\u003e is \"High Grade Ore,\" the very \"Jewelry Rock\" they hunted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn August of 1915 in the Hassayampa mining district by Prescott, AZ Sherman and Dora Wilhelm with seven children, in two 1912 era cars left the Ruth Mine. They prospected for gold across the southern deserts of AZ, NV, and CA. Rarely sleeping under a roof, they drove through desolate desert country with water holes fifty miles apart. Crossing the deserts with no gas stations, or mechanics they were one of the first to drive cars across the Mojave Badlands. They made their own roads when they weren't driving in freight wagon-wheel ruts the cars wheel tracks didn't fit in. Yielding right of way to wagons was treacherous as they pulled off the \"roads\" into the sand, frequently getting stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey prospected Siegelman, Goldroad, Oatman, Kingman and Topock, Arizona driving the Old National Trails Road route, forefather of The Mother Road, U.S. Route 66. They crossed the Colorado on the Atlantic \u0026amp; Pacific Railroad Co. Red Rock Canyon train bridge. They camped, hunted, swam, and prospected along the Colorado now under Lake Mojave. They found gold in an abandoned boat and dugout cave along the Colorado. They had \"school\" \u0026amp; \"church\" with family teachers. They prospected Searchlight, Nelson, 4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of July Pass, El Dorado Canyon, and Cottonwood, Nevada before graded roads and Colorado dams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey met colorful desert characters: prospectors, miners, \u0026amp; mining engineers; tenderfoots', bootleggers, \u0026amp; rustlers; cooks, caretakers, \u0026amp; cowboys; blacksmiths, bartenders, \u0026amp; sporting girls. Creating new friendships while rekindling old ones, Walt vividly describes how the family lived, hunted gold, and searched for the elusive placer miner Arizona. Wintering in a miners shack near the headquarters of the Rock Springs Land \u0026amp; Cattle Co. in Barnwell, CA they prospected the Mojave National Preserve from Hole-in-the-Wall \u0026amp; Government Holes to Ivanpah as well as from Nipton \u0026amp; Goodsprings to Las Vegas staying close to the lifelines of the desert, the Searchlight, Nevada Southern, Atchison Topeka \u0026amp; Santa Fe, and the San Pedro Los Angeles \u0026amp; Salt Lake which Hazel, Eva and Juanita rode to Long Beach for Christmas with relatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 516\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48822408413432,"sku":"9798989758609","price":53.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/R8YTuc0Hif9798989758609.webp?v=1780681834","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-nomads-of-the-badlands-continuing-the-wilhelms-adventures-prospecting-the-mojave-deserts-of-arizona-nevada-and-california-in-1915-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}