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 on the Grit network in the United States. Two episodes of "Death Valley Days" are shown weekdays beginning at 6:35 p.m. Eastern on the Encore Westerns Channel. In the 1955–1956 season, NBC offered "Frontier", an anthology Western series similar to "Death Valley Days" hosted by Walter Coy. Though "Frontier", a springboard for the Western actor Jack Elam, was nominated for an Emmy Award, it was cancelled after a single season. Death Valley Days Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930