Death Valley | Nov 2011

Thanksgiving and 3rd Anniversary trip to Death Valley National Park. Stayed 4 nights in Texas Spring Campground. Blog post with all of my iPhone panoramas from this trip - Death Valley iPhoneography

<span id="title">Twenty Mule Wagon Train</span>
<em>Harmony Borax Works</em>
When borax was first mined in the late 1800s, it was all hauled out on mule trains like this. Apparently the train didn't have to have exactly 20 mules, but that was typical. I assume this tank at the front (or back?) was for water.

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Twenty Mule Wagon Train Harmony Borax Works When borax was first mined in the late 1800s, it was all hauled out on mule trains like this. Apparently the train didn't have to have exactly 20 mules, but that was typical. I assume this tank at the front (or back?) was for water.

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