Contributors The Land of Sunshine

charles fletcher lummis, editor , frequent contributor in history of magazine

throughout existence, land of sunshine had difficulty securing contributions freelance writers, largely because of specific focus on californian , western themes , inability pay standard rates. issue acute when lummis began editing magazine contributed disproportionate amount of content, resulted in him resorting contributing under transparent pseudonyms such c. arloz , c. r. lohs, references nickname don carlos.

in effort recruit writers magazine, lummis organized syndicate of established writers interested in writing western content , paid them stock certificates in land of sunshine publishing co. in lieu of cash payments. members of syndicate, included different types of writers artists, included george parker winship, frederick webb hodge, maynard dixon, william keith, ina coolbrith, edwin markham, theodore h. hittell, david starr jordan, ella higginson, john vance cheney, charles warren stoddard, george hamlin fitch, washington matthews, charles , louise keller, charlotte perkins stetson, joaquin miller, elliott coues, eugene manlove rhodes, sharlot hall, , mary hunter austin.

over history of magazine, lummis contributed content: total of more 250 essays, articles, poems, , stories. after him, next frequent contributors william e. smythe (with 48 total contributions), sharlot hall (42), , julia boynton green (23). in addition writing magazine, lummis founded 2 organizations of similar scope , purpose: landmarks club, dedicated preserving spanish missions in region further deterioration, , southwest society, evolved southwest museum of american indian.