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Joe de Kehoe
Author/Historian
2610 Nimbus Drive
Estes Park, Colorado 80517(970) 586-4697
Cell: (661) 665-1230
trailsendpublishing@yahoo.com
Author/Historian
2610 Nimbus Drive
Estes Park, Colorado 80517(970) 586-4697
Cell: (661) 665-1230
trailsendpublishing@yahoo.com
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The Silence and the Sun, by Joe de Kehoe.
This book is an historical record of towns, mining communities and railroad stops in a remote area of the eastern Mojave Desert of California - places that for the most part are now abandoned, or nearly so, and with one notable exception are slowly but inexorably being reclaimed by the desert. This book is also an amalgamation of stories I have collected over the last few years from taped interviews with several dozen desert “old timers” along with hundreds of old photographs from their family albums.
The book is intended to familiarize the casual traveler with the remnants of the historic Route 66 corridor in the Mojave Desert of California between Danby and Ludlow, and some of the other interesting communities in the general area. The maps and descriptions are based on the author’s research and are as comprehensive as possible as of the publication date. However, changes do occur and I am continually learning new things about the area.
The origin of the title of the book is a little obscure. I have heard at least two railroad engineers use the expression in describing their first impression of the stretch of track between Barstow and Needles, California, and in my travels to desolate back canyons and abandoned mines I have found that this expression – The Silence and the Sun - is an apt description of the setting in which the stories in this book take place.
Click here to visit the Silence and the Sun's website.
This book is an historical record of towns, mining communities and railroad stops in a remote area of the eastern Mojave Desert of California - places that for the most part are now abandoned, or nearly so, and with one notable exception are slowly but inexorably being reclaimed by the desert. This book is also an amalgamation of stories I have collected over the last few years from taped interviews with several dozen desert “old timers” along with hundreds of old photographs from their family albums.
The book is intended to familiarize the casual traveler with the remnants of the historic Route 66 corridor in the Mojave Desert of California between Danby and Ludlow, and some of the other interesting communities in the general area. The maps and descriptions are based on the author’s research and are as comprehensive as possible as of the publication date. However, changes do occur and I am continually learning new things about the area.
The origin of the title of the book is a little obscure. I have heard at least two railroad engineers use the expression in describing their first impression of the stretch of track between Barstow and Needles, California, and in my travels to desolate back canyons and abandoned mines I have found that this expression – The Silence and the Sun - is an apt description of the setting in which the stories in this book take place.
Click here to visit the Silence and the Sun's website.
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