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- Twenty Mule Team Wagons built here.
 
By Barry Swackhamer, October 12, 2011
Original Marker, with similar text
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1 ► California, Kern County, Boron — Twenty Mule Team —
Near Borax Road 2.5 miles north of California Route 58.
This is one of the original twenty mule team wagon sets, used to carry borax out of Death Valley, through 165 miles of desolate mountains and blistering deserts, to the closest railroad spur in Mojave, California. It took 20 days for the 20 Mule . . . — — Map (db m123897) HM
2 ► California, Inyo County, Death Valley National Park, Furnace Creek — 20 Mule Team Wagon Train — 1885 —
Near California Route 190 1 mile north of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling north.
Used in hauling borax from Death Valley to Mojave, 165 miles - 10 days. The borax weighed 24 tons. The entire weight totaled 36˝ tons. — — Map (db m159870) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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