Death Valley National Park Hosts Death Valley Scotty Radio Play Fundraiser
Metabolic Studio IOU Radio presented Death 
Valley Scotty a radio play at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, January 30, 2016. About 80 people listened in on Death Valley Scotty, written by Ruth Woodman in 1931 and originally airing in 1955 in the Death Valley Days Series. Performers ranging from Bishop to Los Angeles read the play and performed live music and sound effects. We had a blast!
Walter Scott (a.k.a. Death Valley Scotty) was a prospector, a performer with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, a raconteur, a conman, husband and father. In 1885 he met an Easterner who was told he only had a few weeks to live. Scotty helped him to recover and cemented a secretive, life long partnership. In 1905 he beat the cross-country speed record on a train from L.A. to Chicago. Free with his stories and his cash, he quickly became one of the West’s most prominent and mysterious legends and kept reporters and the country on the edge of its seat for decades. His fabulous stories of secret gold mines and his million-dollar oasis in Death Valley (Scotty’s Castle) kept the public and newspapermen eager for the next story.
*We’d like to thank RIO TINTO for providing the material for this program.
* This show will be recorded and broadcast on the internet at: IOURADIO.org at a later date.
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