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tommy750 Posts: 1040
6/11/2013
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Found an interesting story on how Desert Magazine got its start. Apparently the two publishers, Henderson and McKenney, were brainstorming atop the Santa Rosas while hiking to "the peak" (presumably Santa Rosa or Toro). First issue in Nov 1937 was 25 cents and a year's subscription $2. Sounds worth it to me. Enjoy. Tom
http://www.desertreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DR_Summer_2013.pdf
Desert Mag by tomteske, on Flickr
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anutami Posts: 491
6/11/2013
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That is great! Thanks for sharing
Love this part
"A desert historian once suggested there is a running debate among desert aficionados about whether the desert attracts eccentrics or whether there is some mystical quality that turns normal people into odd- balls once they get there. Perhaps the truth is some- where between the two and always will be some- where between them."
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ziphius Posts: 911
6/12/2013
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Nolan (anutami) wrote:
That is great! Thanks for sharing
Love this part
"A desert historian once suggested there is a running debate among desert aficionados about whether the desert attracts eccentrics or whether there is some mystical quality that turns normal people into odd- balls once they get there. Perhaps the truth is some- where between the two and always will be some- where between them."
Great quote. 
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Bill Haneline Posts: 13
6/13/2013
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One of my favorite things to do is go is to go into our nice cool Borrego Springs library and sit down with the old Desert Magazines!
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ziphius Posts: 911
6/14/2013
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Bill Haneline wrote:
One of my favorite things to do is go is to go into our nice cool Borrego Springs library and sit down with the old Desert Magazines!
That must be kind of a surreal experience, reading about the desert, while in the middle of the desert, in air-conditioning!
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DesertWRX Posts: 135
6/17/2013
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Jim (ziphius) wrote:
Bill Haneline wrote:
One of my favorite things to do is go is to go into our nice cool Borrego Springs library and sit down with the old Desert Magazines!
That must be kind of a surreal experience, reading about the desert, while in the middle of the desert, in air-conditioning!
Last Friday I was sitting at a table with a selection of 40's issues. You feel as though you shouldn't be handling them. The war time issues are interesting because of mining and the war effort and an announcement asking not to use trains for pleasure trips. There is something about reading about the desert while being in it!
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Carrizo Posts: 2
11/10/2013
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There are several web sites that have complete, or almost so, sets of Desert Magazine online as pdf's now.
http://www.mydesertmagazine.com/
http://desertmagazine.com/desert-magazine-archives/
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wintyfresh Posts: 21
11/11/2013
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Carrizo wrote:
There are several web sites that have complete, or almost so, sets of Desert Magazine online as pdf's now.
There goes any hope I had of getting work done today. Thanks!
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rockhopper Posts: 668
11/11/2013
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How True! looks Like a great day to be hiking across the desert varnish in the middle of another adventure.
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