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Home California Inyo County County Stovepipe Wells Burned Wagons Point

Burned Wagons Point

Death Valley National Monument 100 ft S of State Hwy 190 (P.M. 85.9), , Stovepipe Wells, CA , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 36' 22.23", -117° 8' 47.8572"
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Near this monument, the Jayhawker group of Death Valley '49ers, gold seekers from the Middle West who entered Death Valley in 1849 seeking a short route to the mines of central California, burned their wagons, dried the meat of some oxen and, with surviving animals, struggled westward on foot.

Last updated: 2/15/2016 21:05:00
 
   
 
 
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