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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2985_bennett-arcan-long-camp_CA.html
Near this spot the Bennett-Arcane contingent of the Death Valley '49ers, emigrants from the Middle West, seeking shortcut to California gold fields, were stranded for a month and almost perished from starvation. William Lewis Manley and John Roger…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26P3_coso-rock-art-district_CA.html
This District possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America.
The Coso Rock Art District contains the largest concentration of unaltered prehistoric petroglyphs and associated sites in North Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y6R_road-to-adventure_Stovepipe-Wells-CA.html
The first resort on this site, originally named "Bungalette City," was opened on November 1, 1926. Owned and operated by Herman William (Bob) and Helene Eichbaum, this resort was the first attempt to provide full scale tourist services in Dea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHB_devils-golf-course-historical_Furnace-Creek-CA.html
Interbedded salt and water-bearing gravels are more than 1,000 feet thick beneath the Devils Golf Course. Great horizontal forces exerted by crystallizing salt, push these columns upward wind and rain carve them into fantastic shapes.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S6Q_eichbaum-toll-road_CA.html
In 1926 H.W. Eichbaum obtained a franchise for a toll road from Darwin Falls to Stovepipe Wells, the first maintained road into the valley from the west. It changed the area from mining to tourism and brought about the creation of Death Valley Nat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S6O_old-stovepipe-wells_CA.html
This waterhole, only one in the sand dune area of Death Valley, was at the junction of two Indian trails. During the bonanza days of Rhyolite and Skidoo it was the only known water source on the cross-valley road. When sand obscured the spot, a le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZW_keane-wonder-mine_CA.html
During the first two decades of this century the Keane Wonder Mine was the scene of major investment and development. The products of this labor were the riches - gold and silver.
About 1903, Jack Keane, prospector, discovered gold in this area…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RQA_wagon-wheel-history_CA.html
Traces of civilization remain for a long time on the face of Death Valley. Here, on both sides of the paved highway, you can see tracks of wagons that rolled between the mining boom towns of Rhyolite, Nevada and Skidoo, California.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RI3_shorty-harris-grave_CA.html
Bury me beside Jim Dayton in the valley we loved. Above me write: "Here lies Shorty Harris, a single blanket jackass prospector."
Epitaph requested by Shorty (Frank) Harris, beloved gold hunter, 1856-1934
Here Jas. Dayton, pioneer, perished,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RF0_lone-pine-pioneer-cemetery_Lone-Pine-CA.html
This cemetery was established in 1865 when Mrs, McGuire and her son were killed on Jan. 1, 1865, during the last battle of the 1860's Owens Valley Indian Wars. Those buried here were the Town's founders, including C. Begole and A. Johnson, who alo…