Oasis at Death Valley - Death Valley CA
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N 36° 27.407 W 116° 51.993
11S E 511958 N 4034622
The Oasis at Death Valley, formerly called Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort is located off Highway 190, Death Valley, CA
Waymark Code: WM191CE
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2023
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From Wikipedia
"The Oasis at Death Valley, formerly called Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort, is a luxury resort in Furnace Creek, on private land within the boundaries of California's Death Valley National Park. It is owned and operated by Xanterra Travel Collection.
The Inn at Death Valley is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Inn at Death Valley, formerly called The Furnace Creek Inn, was originally constructed by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and opened on February 1, 1927, with twelve rooms. Richard C. Baker – then president of Pacific Coast Borax – sought to open Death Valley to tourism in an effort to increase revenue on the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad originally built by Francis Marion Smith for shipping borax, but in need of new sources of revenue. Twenty additional rooms, as well as a swimming pool and tennis courts were added in the 1930s. The Fred Harvey Company operated the facilities for decades. The Inn now has 66 rooms, located on the hillside, and is open from October through May.
The Borax Museum is located at The Ranch at Death Valley. The museum features borax mining tools and equipment of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, models of twenty-mule team wagon trains, pioneer artifacts and mineral specimens."
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