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August 1-3—Burro Race, Apple Valley
to Big Bear Lake, California.
August 2—Old Pecos Dance, Jemez
Pueblo, New Mexico.
August 2-4—Rough Riders and Cowboys'
Reunion, Las Vegas, N.M.
August 3 — Smoki Dances, Prescott,
Arizona. (See page 11).
August 3-4—Billy the Kid Pageant,
Lincoln, New Mexico.
August 3-4—Horse Show and Gymkhana,
Pine Valley, California.
August 3-September 15 — Hubbell
Collection (Indian Portraits), Museum
of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff.
August 4—Corn Dance, Santo Domingo
Pueblo, New Mexico.
August 7-10—Harvest Days, Midvale,
Utah.
August 8-10—Black Diamond Stampede,
Price, Utah.
August 8-11 — Inter-Tribal Indian
Ceremonial, Gallup, New Mexico
(See back cover).
August 9-10 — Northern Arizona
Square Dance Festival, Flagstaff.
August 10 — Western Saddle Club
Gymkhana, Phoenix.
August 10—Fiesta de San Lorenzo,
Pfcuris, Laguna and Acoma pueblos,
New Mexico.
August 10-11 — State Championship
Cutting Horse Contest, Santa Rosa,
New Mexico.
August 12—Annual Fiesta and Corn
Dance, Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M.
August 13-15—72nd Annual Rodeo,
Payson, Arizona.
August 14-17—V-J Day Rodeo, Artesia,
New Mexico.
August 15—Assumption Day Fiesta
and Corn Dance, Zia Pueblo, N.M.
August 15-17—County Fair and Rodeo,
Logan, Utah.
August 16-18—Horse Show, Santa Fe.
August 17 — Barber Shop Quartet
Association Harmony Jamboree,
Prescott, Arizona.
August 17-25 — Pony Express Days
and Nevada Fair of Industry, Ely.
August 18—Tour to Gran Quivira,
from Alamogordo, New Mexico.
August 22-24—Annual Fiesta, Holbrook,
Arizona.
August 24—South Phoenix, Arizona,
Riding Club Gymkhana.
August 24 — Becker Lake Regatta,
Springerville, Arizona.
August 28—San Augustin Fiesta and
Dance, Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico.
August 29-30 — County Fair, Duchesne,
Utah.
August 30-September 2 — Annual
Fiesta, Santa Fe.
August 30-September 2—County Fair,
Elko, Nevada.
August 31-September 2 — Mohave
County Fair and Elks Rodeo,
Kingman, Arizona.
August 31-September 2—Kids' Rodeo,
Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
August 31-September 2—Nevada Rodeo,
Winnemucca.
August 31-September 2—Rodeo, Fallon,
Nevada.
Late August—Hopi Snake Dances at
Walpi and Mishongnovi, Arizona.
(See page 29.)
AUGUST, 1957
Volume 20 AUGUST, 1957 Number 8
COVER
PHOTOGRAPHY
CALENDAR
INDIANS
POETRY
GARDENING
FICTION
CEREMONIAL
CONTEST
TRUE OR FALSE
WATERHOLE
EXPLORATION
EXPERIENCE
LETTERS
HISTORY
PERSONALITY
NATURE
CLOSE-UPS
NEWS
MINING
LAPIDARY
HOBBY
COMMENT
BOOKS
INDIANS
"Mike" and Harry Goulding of Monument Valley
(see story on page 4) By JOSEF MUENCH
Pictures of the Month 2
August events on the desert 3
With Harry Goulding in Mystery Valley
By RANDALL, HENDERSON 4
The Cholla's Deceit and other poems . . . . 8
Red Blossoms in Your Desert Garden
By TED HUTCHISON 9
Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 10
When the Smokis Dance at Prescott
By THOMAS B. LESURE 11
Picture-of-the-Month Contest announcement . . 12
A test of your desert knowledge 14
Yaqui Well, by WALTER FORD 16
We Found a Way into an Ancient Cliffhouse
By JOYCE ROCKWOOD MUENCH . . . . 17
Prayer Stick Vengeance, by D. D. SHARP . . 21
Comment from Desert's readers 22
Mission San Xavier
By JOSEF and JOYCE MUENCH 23
She Paints With Gem Stones
By NELL MURBARGER 24
Parasites of the Desert World
By EDMUND C. JAEGER 27
About those who write for Desert 30
From here and there on the desert 30
Current news of desert mines 34
Amateur Gem Cutter, by DR. H. C. DAKE . . . 37
Gems and Minerals 38
Just Between You and Me, by the Editor . . . 42
Reviews of Southwestern literature 43
Gallup Ceremonial back cover
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