Nearly tripling national park entry fees not in the parks' or the public's best interest
John Samuelson was one of our more colorful homesteaders in the Mojave. He was a Swedish immigrant who prospected in the Joshua Tree...
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The Sun Runner
The Journal of the Real Desert
Joshua Tree, California
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Welcome to The Sun Runner, The Journal of the Real Desert, published since January, 1995. In 2014 we began to expand our scope from the California deserts, across the Southwest with both the magazine and our television series, Southwest Stories.
Please also visit our other publications: The Joshua Tree Tortoise Telegraph, The Joshua Tree Gateway Communities Visitor Guide, and the new Palm Canyon Paradise.
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