Burned Wagons Point - Stovepipe Wells, CA
N 36° 36.404 W 117° 08.770
11S E 486927 N 4051257
Historical marker number 441 located in Stovepipe Wells, CA, inside Death Valley.
Waymark Code: WM3F27
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2008
Views: 39
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.
Marker Number: 441.00
Marker Name: Burned Wagons Point
County: Inyo
Has Official CA Plaque: yes
Marker Dedication Date: 12/03/1949
Location:
Death Valley National Monument, 100 ft S of State Hwy 190 (P.M. 85.9), Stovepipe Wells
Website: [Web Link]
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