Formerly called Death Valley Ranch, Scotty's Castle was built, but never completed, in the 1920s. Flamboyant cowboy, storyteller, Walter Scott, convinced Chicago millionaire Albert Johnson to invest in his (fraudulent) gold mine in the Death Valley area. Johnson spent time vacationing and recuperating from illness at the property, which is now a museum. The upper music room at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley, California. The original furniture and handmade tile on the fireplace fills the room. A piano sits in an arched alcove at the side of the room. On the same side of the piano is a magnificent Welte-Mignon theater organ (1,600 pipes) which is also fitted with self-playing musical cylinders as Mrs Johnson was not a very good organist.
Scott, Walter E.--1872-1954--Homes and haunts Johnson, Albert,--1904-1993--Homes and haunts Scotty's Castle Dwellings--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) Interiors--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) Postcards Photographic postcards Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
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