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Burnt Wagons, California

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Near this monument, the Jayhawker group of Death Valley Forty-Niners, gold seekers from Middle West, who entered Death Valley in 1849 seeking short route to the mines of central California, burned their wagons, dried the meat of some oxen and, with surviving animals, struggled westward on foot.
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who abandoned and burnt their wagons at the site. The site is now registered as
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Marker placed by California Centennials Commission.
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The Burnt Wagons Monument
36°36′24″N 117°08′46″W / 36.60675°N 117.14617°W / 36.60675; -117.14617
United States
California
Inyo County
California Historical Landmark
Inyo County
California
Stovepipe Wells
Death Valley
Death Valley Junction
emigrants of 1849
California Historical Landmark
California Historical Landmarks in Inyo County
History of California through 1899


"Burned Wagons Point"



ISBN
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"CA441 - Burned Wagons Point"
"The official website of the Death Valley '49ers, Inc. - Monuments"
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Inyo County, California
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