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Historical Markers in Furnace Creek, California
Independence is the county seat for Inyo County
Death Valley National Park is in Inyo County
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ADJACENT TO INYO COUNTY
Fresno County (118) ►
Kern County (337) ►
Mono County (76) ►
San Bernardino County (338) ►
Tulare County (86) ►
Clark County, Nevada (198) ►
Esmeralda County, Nevada (23) ►
Nye County, Nevada (74) ►
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1 ► 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 |
2 ► California, Inyo County, Death Valley National Park, Furnace Creek — Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley — ![]() |
Near California Route 190 near Greenland Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. |
Furnace Creek is a spring fed stream flowing into Death Valley. Native Americans lived here centuries prior to its discovery by lost Forty Niners. In 1881, Aaron Winters found borax nearby, and sold his claims and water rights to William Tell . . . — — Map (db m159457) HM |
3 ► California, Inyo County, Death Valley National Park, Furnace Creek — Old Dinah — 1894 — ![]() |
Near California Route 190, 1 mile north of Badwater Road, on the left when traveling north. |
. . . — — Map (db m159872) HM |
4 ► California, Inyo County, Death Valley National Park, Furnace Creek — Stephen Tyng Mather — July 4, 1867 - Jan. 22, 1930 — ![]() |
Near Airport Road just west of California Route 190. |
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m158620) HM |