Name/Title
Print, PostcardEntry/Object ID
2002.17.24aDescription
Color photo postcard of the gravesite of Charles Ferge, prospector, 1889-1968, better known as Seldom Seen Slim. His grave marker includes his names as well as the quote: "Me, lonely? Hell, no! I'm half coyote and half wild burro!"
On the reverse: Grave of Seldom Seen Slim, the last of the old-time prospectors of Death Valley and the Panamints. He died in August 1968 and was bured at Boot Hill in the desert ghost town of Ballarat, which is in Panamint Valley between Trona, Calif., and Death Valley.
Photographer/publisher: Another Chris Card.
The postcard was sent from Naomi to Wandalee Thompson of Lake Hughes. The cancellation stamp is dated November 20, 1989 in Mojave and the stamp is a 15 cent Buffalo Bill Cody.Collection
Muir Thompson Collection