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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RD9_valley-wells_Homewood-Canyon-Valley-Wells-CA.html
In this area, several groups of midwestern emigrants, who had escaped from hazards and privations in Death Valley in 1849, sought to secure water from Searles Lake. When they discovered its salty nature, they turned northward and westward in despa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYZV_austin-hall_Searles-Valley-CA.html
Austin Hall, the much loved focal point of the Trona community, once stood on this site. Built in 1912 the unique structure, with its one-foot thick concrete walls, boasted 45 arches on three sides, the building provided a cooling shelter from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY99_john-dennis-searles-wagon-routes_Golden-Valley-CA.html
This monument commemorates two wagon routes used by the Searles brothers to haul borax from their plant on Borax Lake (now Searles Lake) to the railhead at Mojave. The southern route traveled west of the Trona Pinnacles to Searles' freight station…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXX0_searles-lake-borax-discovery_Charleston-CA.html
Borax was discovered on the nearby surface of Searles Lake by John Searles in 1862. With his bother, Dennis he formed the San Bernardino Borax Mining Company in 1873 and operated it until 1897. These chemicals in Searles Lake which include borax, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXWJ_welcome-to-the-trona-pinnacles_Randsburg-CA.html
Rising from the bottom of what was once an ancient lakebed, the Trona Pinnacles represent one of the most unique geologic landscapes in the California Desert. Over 500 of these tufa or calcium carbonate spires are spread out over a 14 square mile …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXWI_epsom-salts-monorail_Randsburg-CA.html
In 1917 a deposit of Epsom salts was discovered near the old Wingate Wash Borax Road at the southern end of Death Valley. In 1919 the claims were acquired by Los Angeles florist Thomas Wright. Although close to an existing road, Wright devised oth…