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Laflin, P., 1995. The Salton Sea: California's overlooked treasure. The Periscope, Coachella Valley Historical Society, Indio, California. 61 pp. (Reprinted in 1999)

THE SALTON SEA 
CALIFORNIA'S OVERLOOKED TREASURE

by Pat Laflin

Canoeing off Date Palm Beach, Salton Sea

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I BEFORE THE PRESENT SEA		Page
	Chapter 1 The Salton Sea-Its Beginnings	3
	Chatpter 2 Lost Ships of the Desert	9
	Chapter 3 The Salt Works	11
	Chapter 4 Creating the Oasis	13
	Chapter 5 The Imperial Valley is Born	17
	Chapter 6 A Runaway River	21
PART II LIVING WITH THE SEA
	Chapter 7 Remembering the Salton Sea's First Years	31
	Chapter 8 Mudpots, Geysers and Mullet Island	33
	Chapter 9 Sea of Dreams	37
	Chapter 10 Speedboats in the Desert	45
	Chapter 11 Fishing the Salton Sea	51
	Chapter 12 Where Barnacles Grow on the Sage	53
PART III WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE?
	Chapter 13 Restoring the Salton Sea	57
	Bibliography	58
	Postscript	59

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