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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: June 12, 2010
Caption: Furnace Creek Ranch
Additional Description: This Building was constructed in 1883 by F.M."Borax" Smith, founder of the Pacific Coast Borax Co. The oldest house in Death Valley, it stood originally in Twenty Mule Team Canyon where it was office, bunk house and ore checking station for miners at the Monte Blanco deposits. In 1954 the building was moved here to serve as a museum. The objects within and around were assembled by the company so that visitors to the Valley might better understand the history of the region. The museum is maintained in the public interest.
Submitted: June 20, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p113670
File Size: 0.178 Megabytes

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