Desert Magazine facts for kids

Desert Magazine was a special monthly magazine. It focused on the Colorado Desert area in the Southwestern United States. This magazine was printed from 1937 to 1985. Today, a new version with the same name is published online. It also has a print edition in Palm Desert, near Palm Springs, California.

Discovering Desert Magazine

The Magazine's Journey: From Start to Finish

Desert Magazine began in 1937. It was created by a person named Randall Henderson. He was the magazine's first editor and publisher. He worked on it until 1958. After him, other editors took over. The magazine stopped printing new issues in 1985.

What Was Inside?

The magazine was all about the desert lands. It covered areas in the Southwestern United States and parts of Mexico. It had many interesting topics for its readers:

• Stories about traveling and exploring the desert.
• Articles about art, like painting, drawing, and photography.
• Different kinds of stories and writings.
• History of the desert's culture.
• Information about looking for valuable minerals, like gold.
• Facts about nature, including rocks, wildlife, and plants.
• Adventures like traveling on rivers.
• Stories about people's lives and interesting things they did in the desert.

Desert panorama: view of Mojave Desert and Joshua Tree National Park.

Desert Magazine Online: A Digital Comeback

In 2006, Desert Magazine came back as an online magazine. It's called the Desert Magazine e-zine journal. This online version has all the articles and pictures from the original magazine, from 1937 to 1985. There's also a blog called the Desert Magazine Weblog. It shares news and updates about the magazine.

Another Desert Magazine?

There is also another magazine called Desert Magazine. This one is a monthly magazine about desert lifestyles. It is sent to people who subscribe to the newspaper The Desert Sun in Palm Springs.