Meet the Author.
Joe de Kehoe is the son of a career US Navy master chief petty officer and grew up on and near Navy and Marine Corps bases in California, Japan, Florida and South Carolina.
Joe graduated from California State University Northridge in 1970 with a BS degree in Geology and earned an MS degree in Geology from San Diego State University in 1972. It is probably a result of his geologic field work as a student that he acquired an enduring appreciation for the outdoors and a love for the subtle beauty and solitude of the desert. He has written dozens of articles for desert newsletters, has given talks to groups about the history of the Eastern Mojave Desert, and frequently leads groups on trips to visit remote sites for a first-hand look at desert localities.
During a 30-year career as an international petroleum exploration geologist, he worked in overseas posts for Mobil Oil and Diamond Shamrock Petroleum Corp. He has lived and traveled extensively in the United Kingdom, Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, India and Himalayas. He is now retired and although he still makes frequent trips to the Mojave Desert he spends most of his free time driving back roads in his Jeep and hiking trails in the Rocky Mountains from his home in Estes Park, Colorado. J
Joe graduated from California State University Northridge in 1970 with a BS degree in Geology and earned an MS degree in Geology from San Diego State University in 1972. It is probably a result of his geologic field work as a student that he acquired an enduring appreciation for the outdoors and a love for the subtle beauty and solitude of the desert. He has written dozens of articles for desert newsletters, has given talks to groups about the history of the Eastern Mojave Desert, and frequently leads groups on trips to visit remote sites for a first-hand look at desert localities.
During a 30-year career as an international petroleum exploration geologist, he worked in overseas posts for Mobil Oil and Diamond Shamrock Petroleum Corp. He has lived and traveled extensively in the United Kingdom, Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, India and Himalayas. He is now retired and although he still makes frequent trips to the Mojave Desert he spends most of his free time driving back roads in his Jeep and hiking trails in the Rocky Mountains from his home in Estes Park, Colorado. J
Joe de Kehoe is relentless about history. A retired geologist ... de Kehoe loves nothing more than to hang out with ghosts for days at a stretch in the mind-melting Mojave Desert of eastern San Berardino County.
- Kevin Gerrity, The Bakersfield Californian Staff Writer (To read Kevin's full article on Joe, click here.)
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