About

This project is an effort to create a comprehensive history of the town of Death Valley Junction, California. Many stories exist that touch tangentially on the town or some segment of its history. A lot has been written about mining in the Death Valley area, the Tonopah & Tidewater railroad, and Marta Becket, but there is no history that is focused specifically on this town.

We are always interested in gathering information. If you have photos, documents, or personal recollections that you would like to share, please contact us at [email protected]

This web site is not affiliated with the nonprofit Amargosa Opera House Inc. that owns Death Valley Junction. To contact them, go to https://amargosaoperahouse.org

Scope

Topics may include anything that has to do with events that occurred in and around Death Valley Junction at any time, including:

• Geology
• Early humans
• Explorers
• Surveyors
• Prospectors
• Mining
• Mineral processing and transportation
• Tourism
• Movies, art projects
• Marta Becket

Goals

The output of the project may consist of one or more of the following:

• Web site
• Wikipedia page
• Books
• Exhibits
• Presentations
• Videos

Sources

These resources have been or will be used to gather information:

• Books
• Web sites
• Blogs
• Inyo county property records
• Newspaper articles
• Homestead claims
• Mining claims
• Borax Museum, Furnace Creek
• Borax Visitor Center, Boron
• UNLV photo collections
• Interviews
• Huntington Library Inventory of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Records
• Ancestry.com
• Pahrump Valley Museum
• Shoshone Museum
• Records at the hotel
• US Census Bureau
• Newspapers.com