Erma Mae PeirsonThe author's lifelong interest in historical matters is reflected here, as it was in her earlier books, Kern's Desert (1956) and The Mojave River and Its Valley (1970). Following a decade of teaching, Mrs. Peirson turned to journalism and public relaions work, becoming the editor of the weekly paper Rocketeer (1945-1950) of the China Lake Naval Weapons Center and later the editor of the Apply Valley Bonanza (1965-1967). Her experience has also been noted in her editorial work and historical feature writing for the newspapers of Apple, Valley, Hesperia, Victorville, Barstow, Ridgecrest, and Fresno. A member of several historical societies and of the National League of American Pen Women. In 2024, Fresno's Past was published posthumously which originally appeared as a column in the Fresno Guide newspaper from 1963 to 1965 and which she was cultivating it into a book at the time of her passing in 1971. In 2025 the book From Missouri to the Mojave was published where she reflects on her early life, beginning in the late 1890's to the late 1940's through a collection of life stories. Read More Read Less