Death Valley Days, 4

Sunday was certainly our best day in Death Valley: we toured the Borax Museum in Furnace Creek. Under the roof it is small and compact, but the yard contains a great variety of implements related to mining, particularly borax mining in the Valley. The woman who staffs the museum was quite knowledgeable and could name nearly all hosts of the famed radio/TV show Death Valley Days. I was impressed.

Thus

You have to be of a certain age...

Actually, there were never more than 18 mules since the last pair, closest to the
wagon, had to be horses; see below

Thus

Wagon routes in the Valley

The last round-up

Many mineral displays

Death Valley Days ran on radio or TV pretty much
continuously from 1930 to the early1970s, certainly the
longest-running western of any sort; looking at the long
list of episodes and actors/actresses, one can see virtually
a who's who of people looking for work in Hollywood in
the 50s and 60s; Reagan both hosted and starred in many
episodes; his last acting gig, unless, of course, you count
his terms as California governor and US president...

Thus

Anyhow, out in the yard, some impressive stuff

Impressive to the impressionable, that is

20 mule team feed wagon

BIG wheels

"Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow..."