Death Valley Suite California state centennial (1850-1950). The original performance was conducted by Grofe with the Hollywood Bowl Symphony on December 3, 1949 in the Desolation Canyon area of Death Valley National Monument (Now Death Valley National Park). The music was used in the background as a procession of covered wagons entered the area. Actor James Stewart narrated the pageant celebration. The 1949 pageant was attended by 65,000 people. The movements are titled: Total length of composition is 17 minutes and 11 seconds. Background information of Ferde Grofe's commissioned with the State of California and the Death Valley 49ers history, historical background, pageant
Death Valley Days (radio program) every one of the "Death Valley Days" scripts for 31 years -- which amounts to more than 1,000 stories." For most of its time on the air, "Death Valley Days" was sponsored by the Pacific Borax Company, manufacturer of 20 Mule Team Borax. Dunning wrote: "The show immediately established its ties to the sponsor." The third episode dealt with finding borax at Furnace Creek, and several episodes dealt with 20-mule teams. Procter & Gamble and American Chicle Company became sponsors of "The Sheriff" in 1951. Death Valley Days (radio program) Death Valley Days was a radio Western in the United