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For many people, nothing symbolizes Death Valley more than the famous Twenty Mule Teams. These “big teams” first pulled massive wagons hauling borax from William T. Coleman’s Harmony Borax Works near Furnace Creek to the railhead near Mojave, California, a grueling 165-mile, ten-day trip across primitive roads. Although the teams only ran for six years, Read More ...

The industrial phase of Death Valley history began with the discovery of borax by Aaron and Rose Winters and the subsequent purchase of their claims by William T. Coleman in the early 1880s. After establishing a location for the Harmony Borax Works about 1½  miles north of the mouth of Furnace Creek, Coleman next addressed Read More ...

Moonlight anywhere is a delight. But there’s no moonlight in the world that can compare with the moonlight in Grapevine Canyon, our desert canyon, where the Castle stands. — Bessie Johnson, 1932   Hidden in the green oasis of Grapevine Canyon in far northern Death Valley, California, the Death Valley Ranch, or Scotty’s Castle, as Read More ...

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