Desert Gazette

There’s a mountain out in the Mojave about half way between Victorville and Barstow. It’s called Stoddard Mountain. Next to the mountain is a road, Stoddard Wells road. Of course the road runs from Stoddard Wells to Barstow and Victorville. The road, the well and the mountain are named after old man Stoddard, a Mormon pioneer of San Bernardino- But, this story isn’t so much about him. (more…)

(Found Written on the Door of an Old Homestead Cabin)

Mornin’ on the desert, and the wind is blowin’ free
And it’s ours, jest for the breathin’, so let’s fill up, you and me.
No more stuffy cities, where you have to pay to breathe.
Where the helpless human creatures move and throng and strive and seethe. (more…)