MINERVA HAMILTON HOYT
"APOSTLE OF THE CACTI"
HER TIRELESS EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH JOSHUA
TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT CONTRIBUTED TO
A HEIGHTENED APPRECIATION, NOT ONLY OF
THE JOSHUA TREE, BUT OF THE TOTAL DESERT
ENVIRONMENT.
BILLY HOLCOMB CHAPTER
ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER OF
E CLAMPUS VITUS
OCTOBER 5, 1980