Treasures of the Lonesome Gods

About the Book

Hershell Eversole´s new book, Treasures Of The Lonesome Gods, is an accurate and interesting history of The Great Southwestern Sonoran Desert. It is a record of both the ancient and modern copper mining town of Ajo, Arizona. There are accounts of wild outlaws, fierce Indians, early pioneers, brave explorers, buried treasures, lost mines, and mysterious legends of the ancient Papago Indians. Titles of a few chapters are listed below:

The Beginning

A Story That Became a Legend

Melchior Diaz

Father Kino

A Land Grant

Montezuma Gold

Another Montezuma Tale

A Papago Indian Legend

Gunsight

Old Ajo & Professor McGahan

Mikul Levy

Majesty of The Desert

Peter Rainsford Brady

The Adams Diggings

The Ajo Area Mines

Desert Caves, Shafts and Tunnels

John Greenway’s Appearance in Ajo

A Desert Water Well

A Man, A Town & Post Offices

The Freight Wagons

Lady Liberata

Mike Curley

Robert Gray

Jasper Meadows

Kitty Wood

A Desert Railroad

The Sonoran Desert

Louis D. Ricketts

Sonoran Desert Roads In the Ajo Area

The Papago Medicine Man

The Gringo Word

John Brown

James H. Williams

Jack Peterson

David S. Wine

Crater Range

Lukeville

Lost Indian Gold

Kangaroo Rats of The Ajo Desert

John The Baptist

The Movers & Shakers

Frank Luke

A Papago Look At Death

Why

The Aloe Vera Plant

John D. Williams

Frances Carrera

Joseph Lemieux

An Ajo Gun Fight

Thomas B. Hinton

Kitt Peak

Legend Of The Vulture

A Bank Robbery

An Indian Legend

Ajo Thundereggs

The Planned Train Robbery

An Indian’s Lost Mine

Camels in The Desert

The Seri Indians

The Lard Can

Dinosaurs On The Sonoran Desert.

There are dozens of other great tales for those who love reading true adventures of the early American West. This is a book that will be read over and over. It will be treasured for many years.

About the Author

Hershell Eversole was born at Sasafras, Kentucky, May 27, 1933, the son of Abner and Bertha Fields Eversole. God called him into the ministry at an early age, so he devoted his life to God and family. He preached in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Arizona, where he finally settled down to raise his 8 children. The Southwestern Sonoran Desert and the small mining town of Ajo, Arizona, became his home for 25 years. An awesome love for his desert surroundings developed within him, changing his life forever. He began the 10-year task of writing this book in 1990 After his son suffered a serious industrial accident in 1996, he moved to Colorado, and now lives near that son and grandchildren. He is a devoted grandfather, an active church member, and still travels as an evangelist. He is a song writer, poet, and plays the guitar and keyboard.