Old Dinah

Although mining for gold and silver wasn't too successful, mining for borax was. Originally the borax was pulled out of Death Valley to rail heads more than 70 miles away, by teams of 20 mules. Old Dinah replaced the mules.

Furnace Creek, Death Valley

November 20th 2008
Kept this blog separate so that I could add extra photos: I travelled to Furnace Creek, Sunset Campground with one of my SOLO friends, Lorraine. Lorraine is 80 years old and loves to go into hot spring pools. We left a day ahead of the main group to stay overnight in a little place called Shoshone so that we could enjoy the pools there. The water comes into the pool at 25 gallons/minute from a ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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