Marshal South Events

Sunday July 26th at 6pm on KQED in San Francisco – Documentary "The Ghost Mountain Experiment"

Learn all about the South family and their 17yr separation from civilization that was ultimately destroyed by isolation and betrayal. For schedule information Visit "www.kqed.org" or order copy of the documentary here.

Meet author Diana Lindsay, Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at 1pm, FREE & Open to the Public

Diana Lindsay, author of Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain Chronicles and Anza-Borrego A to Z: People, Places, and Things, will be presenting "the Indian Use of Local Desert Plants." Using PowerPoint slides and plant material, historian Diana Lindsay will demonstrate how some of the local plants were prepared and used at the Water Conservation Garden's classroom. Copies of Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain Chronicles will also be available for purchase. (Water Conservation Garden, 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West, El Cajon, California, 92019 (619) 660-0614). For more information about the Water Conservation Garden please visit www.thegarden.org.

FIELD PROGRAM FOR THE ANZA-BORREGO INSTITUTE – This field trip will be listed on the www.theabf.org website for fall trips sometime this summer. Registration information will be listed there, or call 760-767-0446 to register by phone.

Marshal South, Ghost Mountain, and Environs
Date: Sunday, November 22, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Blair Valley in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Instructor: Diana Lindsay
Registration Fee Supports the Anza-Borrego Foundation

Seventy-five years ago, Marshal South and his family began a journey to reconnect with the earth and prove that life did not have to be constrained by society's conventions and harried routines. Their experiment in primitive living was chronicled in monthly articles written for Desert Magazine over a nine year period. His articles were the most popular feature of the magazine and the nearest thing to today's "reality" shows. The wisdom and spirit reflected in those articles continue to inspire. The experiment ended abruptly in the fall of 1946, but the controversy surrounding South and his experiment continues today. This field trip will delve into some of the controversy while we explore the ruins of Yaquitepec on Ghost Mountain and an area in Blair Valley that South wrote about in one of his articles. During the Blair Valley hike we will also view the ruins of an F-8 Crusader crash site.

Physical difficulty: Level 3; total mileage—4 miles (2 miles cross-country and 2 miles up and down the steep Ghost Mountain trail) Meet: At the entrance to Blair Valley off Hwy S-2, 5.7 miles south of Scissors Crossing, at 9:00 a.m. We will car pool the 3 miles to the Ghost Mountain trailhead.
Bring: Lunch, knapsack, water, hat, sunscreen, and a camera.
Limit: 20
4WD or high clearance vehicle required.

Instructor: Diana Lindsay, author, historian, desert naturalist. Diana is the co-author of the area guidebook, Anza-Borrego Desert Region, the author of Anza-Borrego A to Z, and the editor and researcher for Marshal South and the Ghost Mountain Chronicles.

COMING THIS FALL – GUIDED TOUR TO GHOST MOUNTAIN AND HOUSE FORGOTTEN LED BY DIANA LINDSAY FOR THE ANZA-BORREGO FOUNDATION. CHECK BACK FOR DATE AND DETAILS.