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NO. 444 BENNETT-ARCANE LONG CAMP - Near this spot the
Bennett-Arcane contingent of the Death Valley '49ers, emigrants from the Midwest, seeking a shortcut to California gold fields, were stranded for a month and almost perished from starvation. William Lewis Manley and John Rogers, young members of
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Historical Marker 444 was erected in 1949 by the California Centennials Commission and Death Valley ‘49ers. The marker is located at coordinates 36°09'48.3"N 116°51'48.1"W on West Side Road, west of Badwater, in Death Valley National Park.
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