TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Keepsake is published as a collection of historical and antectodal materials
relating to the region known as Helendale, California. It is published by the Helendale
Rendezvous Committee in an effort to preserve the history of the area.
Inner cover page
, Publication Committee
Ode to Helendale by Siegrin Anne Countryman
Bus Tours and Field Trips
Self Guided tour of Route 66 - mileage & notes
Helen Becomes Helendale - 1918
Main Street USA
Helendale Rendezvous by Rae Dawn Olbert
from First Rendezvous 1990
Area Historian Previews Part of Helendale History by John
Swisher
"History Rendezvous" by Ellen Van Curen
Old Timers Share Memories at Helendale, From Second Rendezvous 1991
Mojave River Earliest Pioneers and Point of Rocks Location
A Rendezvous With Our Roots by Margaret Haigh
From third Rendezvous 1992
Line Shacks of the early days
Helendale School History
Teachers of Helendale School and Bus Drivers of Helendale School
Rose is an Ageless Flower by Earle E. Blue
Biography of Rose Wilson, first teacher at Helendale school
History of the Helendale Post Office
About Strong Bemis, born in Helendale March 13, 1877
(plus other bios)
Chris Beck - biography of an Helendale cowboy
Pony Express in San Bernardino County - history
"Mail Pouch Lore" Stories about the Pony
Express
Get Your Kicks on Route 66 by John Swisher
California-Bound '30s Migrants by Jan-Christina Sears
Route 66 Was the Mother Road by Richard Hanner
Helendale's Christmas Spirit by Margaret Haigh
Oro Grande Train Robbers
My Life on Desert, 1926 by Fred Gibson
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SKETCH - Man, American Indian
SKETCH - Covered Wagon
SKETCH - Early days
SKETCH - Roadrunner
SKETCH - Cowboy
SKETCH - Jackrabbit
SKETCH - Horse Buggy
SKETCH - Early days
SKETCH - Pony Express Rider
SKETCH - Saddle Bags
SKETCH - Cowboy
CANNED PHOTO - Helendale Church
SKETCH - Antelope
SKETCH - Cabin
SKETCH - Route 66 Roadsign
SKETCH - Bandit
SKETCH - The Great Oro Grande Train Holdup
SKETCH - The Sheriff
SKETCH - Desert Burro
