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Peg Leg Smith Liars
Contest
Every year on the first Saturday of April the Anza-Borrego Desert
State Park attracts story tellers from all over the globe to compete
in the annual Peg Leg Smith Liars Contest
 Thomas
L. Smith, better known as 'Peg Leg' Smith 1801-1866, was a mountain
man, prospector, and spinner of tall tales. Legends regarding his
lost gold mine have grown through the years, and countless people
have searched the desert for its fabulous wealth. The mine could be
within a few miles of this monument.
All comers are welcome to enter the
contest. Sign up is on arrival at the contest site, which is held at
the Pegleg Smith memorial, about seven miles east of Borrego Springs
on Route S-22. Presentations are done in order of sign up. Stories
should be of no more than five minutes in length (another little
joke). They should be about lost gold and/or Pegleg Smith. Costumes
and other original touches are always appreciated by the crowd and
judges.
Location: Henderson Canyon Rd, 1,000 ft N of Pegleg Rd,
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
For more information on this and other
California Historical Landmarks in San Diego County visit:
http://ceres.ca.gov/geo_area/counties/San_Diego/landmarks.html
For more information on this annual contest
see:
Peg Leg Smith at Desert.com
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