Walter E. Scott (Death Valley Scotty)
From Kook Science
| Walter E. Scott or, Death Valley Scotty | |
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 Press photo of Scotty posing with a black widow bite on his leg, 1932. | |
| Born | Walter Edward Perry Scott 20 September 1872 Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Kentucky |
| Died | 5 January 1954 (81) Death Valley, California |
| Known for | "Scotty's Castle" (Death Valley Ranch) |
Walter Edward Perry Scott (September 20, 1872 - January 5, 1954), also known in the press as Death Valley Scotty, was an American gold prospector and promoter of claims in California's Death Valley, part of the Mojave Desert, that ultimately proved fraudulent. It has been reported that in his youth, starting at around age 16, Scott was a stunt rider in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.
Selected Bibliography
- Scott, Walter E.; Driskill, Earl C. (1955), Death Valley Scotty Rides Again: Tales Told by Death Valley Scotty, Winter of 1952-1953, at Scotty's Castle, Death Valley, Calif.: E. C. Driskill, https://www.amazon.com/DEATH-VALLEY-SCOTTY-RIDES-AGAIN/dp/B001RG3GWU/?tag=apopheniacs-20
Reading
- Taylor, Charles A. (1906), The Story of "Scotty," (Walter Scott): King of the Desert Mine, New York: J. S. Ogilvie Pub.
- Johnston, Hank (1972), Death Valley Scotty: The Man and the Myth, Yosemite, Calif.: Flying Spur Press, https://www.amazon.com/Death-Valley-Scotty-man-myth/dp/B0006CAVME/?tag=apopheniacs-20
Press Coverage
- Gates, Isabel Likens (17 Nov. 1929), "Inside Death Valley's Palace of Mystery: Washington Woman Travels 800 Miles Through Bad Lands to See the Four-Million-Dollar Desert Home of 'Scotty,' the Source of Whose Income Has Been Kept a Secret for More Than a Quarter of a Century.", The Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.): 17, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1929-11-17/ed-1/seq-111/
- Bell, Brian, Jr. (7 Jan. 1954), "Death Valley Scotty's Secret Of Riches Dies With Him", Evening Star (Washington, D.C.): A-25, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1954-01-07/ed-1/seq-25/