It was a national monument beginning Feb. 11, 1933. Eastern edge of southern California near the Nevada border. Upper elevation growth includes bristlecone pines, pinyon, juniper and mountain mahogany. Coyotes roam here, as do bighorn sheep on the mountain ridges. Lizards, snakes and nocturnal rodents abound.
Roadrunners feed on the insects.
Additional fees for some tours. Death Valley National Park, P.O. Box 579, Death Valley, CA 92328. They all left traces of their passing, but none so permanent as traces left by the borax people. One of the first things Housley tells his audiences is that those teammates weren't necessarily all mules. The wheelers, bringing up the rear and bearing much of the weight, had to be muscular.