No one is more closely tied to the mysterious lore of Death Valley than Walter Scott. His tales of fabulous gold mines, record setting train runs, dangerous desperados and opulent desert castles placed him and Death Valley on the front pages of newspapers for over fifty years…and kept historians endlessly occupied trying to sort out the truth from his tall tales. Local historians David and Gayle Woodruff, assume the characters of inscrutable Death Valley Scotty and his benefactor, scrupulous Bessie Johnson in a 55-minute Chautauqua performance