Death Valley Junction, California

Death Valley Junction is a tiny settlement in the Mojave Desert in Inyo County, California at the intersection of California State Route 190 and California State Route 127 east of Death Valley National Park. The zip code is 92328 and the height 622 m and the population is 20 The U.S. Geological Survey lists a historical variant of the name Amargosa for the settlement on. It also stands as the main name on an official map of the state of Nevada in 1971. His existence and his name is officially confirmed by the USGS feature ID 1656477.

Death Valley Junction is home to the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel, where the resident Marta Becket on stage dance and pantomime shows held since the late 1960s. The hotel is open and the shows go on at the Opera House, but beyond that the settlement is in a state of disrepair. There is no gas station and just a restaurant. The only restaurant called T & T Cafe is a part of Amargosa Opera House and Hotel, but is not operated by the hotel.

The settlement lies on the eastern Death Valley in the southern Amargosa Valley near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. South of the town lies Shoshone. The shortest distance to the Nevada border measures approximately 8 km to the northeast.

Administrative documents show an attempt by the administration of the Shoshone tribe of the Timbisha to acquire a 29 km ² area in the area. These areas include areas for residents and have an official permission to carry out traditional ceremonies. It is unclear whether these efforts documented in the Congressional Record were successful.

History

1914 drove for the first time the Death Valley Railroad between Ryan and Death Valley Junction. It transported until 1928, when the mining stopped, borax. From 1923 to 1925, the Pacific Coast Borax Company building built in the place, as described here by John Mulvihill:

"From the 20s to the 40s of the last century Death Valley Junction was the headquarters of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, which built the city for workers at a railroad crossing. They changed the name of the original hamlet of Amargosa ( means something like " bitter water " ) in Death Valley Junction and hired the architect Alexander Hamilton McCulloch to construct an intermediate station. In the center of the place was a U-shaped, built in the Mexican colonial-style hotel, an office complex and a recreation hall. The town flourished during the 40s of the last century and then came to an end. In 1967 it was very devastated when the dancer Marta Becket travel went there for a job. She was fascinated by the possibilities of the theater ruins, which was built in the year in which she was born. With a shoestring budget, they hired first and then bought the complex. Benefactors helped - because Amargosa now owned by a non-profit organization - but it was she who restored the power supply for the theater and hotel. Your personality makes a visit to a special experience. It is an ideal destination if you mean by travel, to understand what makes this place different. "

1980 the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Death Valley Junction Historic District.

Policy

Death Valley Junction is located in the 18th district of the Senate and is represented by Republican Roy Ashburn. It is located in the 18th Assembly District and is represented by Republican Bill Maze. Death Valley Junction is located in the 25th district of the Congress in California and is represented by Republican Buck McKeon.