Death Valley Home | Scotty's Castle (Scotty | Outside | Inside | Notes) | Ubehebe Crater | Furnace Creek | Harmony Borax Works | Zabriskie Point | Artist's Palatte | Badwater | Rhyolite | Around the Valley | Panamint Valley | More Info

Scotty's Castle

Death Valley Scotty (actually Walter Scott, a cowboy, prospector, and all-round con man) was one of the colorful people who came to live in Death Valley. While involved in many things, he became widely known for his "castle," a Spanish-Moorish style villa really built as the vacation home for Chicago millionaire Albert Johnson.

Before visiting the castle, let's take a short look at Scotty's life...

Comments? Please use the contact page form.
Copyright © 2002 Tom Simondi, All Rights Reserved