The Morongo Basin Historical Society will host the Life and Times of Cowboy Billy Mitchell this Wednesday evening at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum. Reporter Kristy Lockhart has details…
The Mojave Desert, rich with cowboy and Indian legends, was settled by people who celebrated life, ranching, mining and cowboy ethics. On Wednesday April 10, at 5:30, meet Billy Mitchell, fourth generation of one of the founding families of Barstow, a rancher, cowboy, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and resident of Johnson Valley. Mitchell will tell his fascinating and compelling story about growing up in the Mojave Desert with his rancher grandfather. With Billy will be Hilary Sloane, a photographer who has been documenting cowboy life in the High Desert.