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A group of European-American pioneers got lost here in the winter of 1849-1850, while looking for a shortcut to the gold fields of California, giving Death Valley its grim name.
The stories of Death Valley's past are rich and fascinating. Read more here!
Death Valley is the lowest, hottest, and the driest portion of North America, noted for its extremes of temperature and aridity. Death Valley was an obstacle to the movements of pioneer settlers and later was a center of borax exploitation; its extreme environment now attracts tourists and scientists.
Death Valley National Park (more) The park’s origins trace to February 1933, when the area was named a national monument. In the ensuing years, it was expanded several times, including in 1937 and in 1952, when Devils Hole, located in Nevada’s Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, was added.
Our goal with Death Valley: Then and Now is to tell the park’s story by matching beautiful and fascinating archival photographs with photos from today. Join us as we reveal the hidden history of familiar locations.
Death Valley National Park is a national park of the United States that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern section of Eureka Valley and most of Saline Valley.
Death Valley may not have gotten its name from a scorching summer’s day. But 174 years after it was named, the barren, salty valley is still as inhospitable as it was in 1849.