Death Valley Daze
March 28th 2008 US Borax shut down their mining operation in Ryan back in the 1920s. Since then it has been used as a backdrop in the opening scene of Spartacus and in a few episodes of Death Valley Days. Other than that, Ryan has been a ghost town, gradually succumbing to the baking Death Valley sun. (Note: Ryan is privately owned and visitation is highly restricted. There are
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