| Title |
Scotty's Castle, Death Valley National Park [09] |
| Photo Number |
p1081n1446 |
| Description |
Photo shows an interior view of Scotty's Castle in Death Valley, California |
| Creator |
McConkie, Wayne Russell |
| Date |
1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 |
| Textual Date |
Circa late 1930s, 1940s |
| Keywords |
Scotty's Castle; Death Valley Ranch; Furnishing; California |
| Subject |
Scotty's Castle (Calif.)--Photographs; Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Scottys Castle (Calif.); Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.); Inyo County (Calif.) |
| Latitude |
37.0321562 |
| Longitude |
-117.3400707 |
| Additional Information |
"Scotty's Castle," the main building of the Death Valley Ranch, was built in the 1920s and 1930s by financier Albert M. Johnson. He was the backer of prospector Walter Scott, "Death Valley Scotty," who claimed to have discovered a gold mine. Scotty was a great storyteller, who convinced travelers that he had built the castle with proceeds from his gold mine (which was nonexistent). After the Johnsons died, the National Park Service purchased and preserved the castle |
| Collection Number and Name |
P1081 Wayne Russell McConkie Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Wayne Russell McConkie |
| Relation is Part of |
Utah River Running Archives |
| Donated By/Purchased From |
Slides loaned for scanning by Sheldon McConkie in April 2004 |
| Rights |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6wq0tb7 |
| Setname |
uum_map_rr |
| ID |
975620 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wq0tb7 |
