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Well of the Scribes $10,000 Reward

$10,000 Reward for Lost ‘Well of the Scribes’ Sculpture

THE VANISHED

lew welch, illustration

Alta Folio: ‘I Went Southwest’

dennis day, mouseketeer, murder, oregon, daniel burda

The Missing Mouseketeer

castenda cover

The Case of the Missing Chacmools

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illustration of investigators at the 1980 ventura county crime scene where jane doe was discovered near westlake high school in thousand oaks.

She Has a Name

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THE ARTIFACTS

The Well of the Scribes before it was removed from the outside of the Los Angeles Public Library.

Whatever Happened to the Well of the Scribes?

Minus its crew, U.S. Navy blimp L-8 floats over Daly City, Calif., on Aug, 16, 1942, several hours after taking off from Treasure Island on a sub-hunting mission.

Misled Zeppelin

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The Lost Galleon of the California Desert

A scene from Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments.”

DeMille’s Lost City

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THE MYSTERIES

mark hylkema, franklin point

She Was Buried Facedown

private eye

Descendants of Philip Marlowe

norman snake brooks, roy dirks , oregon cult

‘Things That Could Not Be Avoided’

TTS audio available

Replica of the Russian satellite Sputnik.

Like ‘a Falling Star’ from Outer Space

The airship that passed over Sacramento Tuesday evening, as described by scores of eyewitnesses.

Sacramento’s E.T.

Ronni Chasen with director Danny Boyle.

Hollywood Mystery

An 1856 illustration of San Francisco’s Mission Plank Road.

Death of a Californio

“on leaving the united states for california” was published in issue 8 of the californian

The Anonymous Bard

crater lake, murders

The Search of a Lifetime

alta live: the disappearance and afterlife of beat generation poet lew welch

Alta Live: The Disappearance Lew Welch

jane lathrop stanford

‘A Horrible Death to Die’

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The Lost Galleon of the California Desert

Well of the Scribes $10,000 Reward

‘The Well of the Scribes’ Quest Resurfaces

fort benson

Biddy Mason and Hannah Embers Were Here

hamlin garland

Hamlin Garland’s Quest for the ‘Buried Crosses’

alta live crater lake murder mystery

Alta Live: Crater Lake Murder Mystery

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