lost ship of the desert

Our own pegleglooker is featured in this very interesting article! He posted a modest link to it in a more general thread. I think it deserves a new thread of it’s own! “In the rugged Colorado Desert of California, there lies buried a treasure ship sailed there hundreds of years ago by either...

Is "The Pearl Ship" the same treasure story as "The Lost Ship of the Desert?" I don't know. If not, they appear to be at least cousins. Major Horace Bell was a "rawhide Californian," who wrote a stirring book about his life and times in the early days of the Golden State. Here's what he had...