Vehicle "Desert Queen" sailing on a dry lake at Rosamond in the Mojave Desert, 1904 

"The Desert Queen" sailing on the Mojave Desert, 1905 

Mud springs and great sink on Mojave Desert near Rosamond, 1904 

Drawing of the last five-mast ship to sail the Pacific, ca.1898 

A few Joshua Trees (Yucca Mohaviensis) in the Mojave Desert, ca.1903 

Exterior view of the Rosamond Hotel in Rosamond, ca.1910 

Examples of various curious animals found in southern California, particularly the dry desert-like areas 

Man with leggings standing near a Joshua Tree (Yucca Mohaviensis) in the Mojave Desert, ca.1904 

Desert sage and greasewood at Littlerock, Antelope Valley southeast of Palmdale, [s.d.] 

Three women and a boy with an arched Yucca in the Mojave Desert, Antelope Valley, California, ca.1880-1940 

Yucca Mojaviensis, native yucca palm of the Mojave Desert, California, [s.d.] 

View of the desert looking west from the Mojave Mining District, ca.1907 

Navajo Indian standing alone on the Painted Desert, Arizona, ca.1900 

Desert growth in unidentified foothills, ca.1900-1940 

Buzzard's Rock in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, ca.1900-1930 

Navajo family in their hogan on the Painted Desert preparing a meal, showing view from side, ca.1901 

Miner standing next to a pack mule in the desert looking toward Superstition Mountain from the south, ca.1910 

Cyanide tank at the Queen Esther Mining Company mine, Mojave Mining District, ca.1900 

Desert prospector with two mules and a horse, Mojave Desert, 1890 

Screw poll mesquite growing in Colorado Desert, ca.1910