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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 visit:
Peg Leg Smith
at Desert.com |
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