Heritage in the High Desert

Middle of Everywhere

Heritage is the stuff that makes us -- where we came from, whose footsteps we are following, which stories we tell. In this episode, we talk with Fort Irwin archaeologist Coral Eginton about the landscape that existed here when the first humans arrived. It was a landscape vastly different from our own, when water filled the dry lake beds and mammoths roamed the hills. Then, we hear from Lupe Lopez and the Red Boy Production Company, who earlier this month performed at Fort Irwin's Native American Heritage Month celebration and work every day to keep their heritage alive. Finally, we sit down with Ken Drylie to hear how a burro helped shape the heritage of the National Training Center.