CA-442 Death Valley 49ers Gateway is a photograph by Jason O Watson which was uploaded on March 14th, 2016.
Title
CA-442 Death Valley 49ers Gateway
Artist
Jason O Watson
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Photograph - Digital Photograph
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DEATH VALLEY 49ers GATEWAY
Through this natural gateway the Death Valley Forty-niners. More than one hundred emigrants from the middle west seeking a shortcut to gold fields of central California, entered Death Valley in December,1849. All suffered from thirst and starvation. Two contingents went southwest from here, the others proceeded northward seeking an escape from region.
State Registered Landmark No. 442
Marker placed by California Centennials Commission. Base furnished by Death Valley 49ers Inc. Dedicated December 3, 1949.
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March 14th, 2016
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