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Heading back south, south of Keough Springs.

Just coming into Lone Pine is this tree and info sign. The tree is a pendunculate oak tree from Sherwood forest, England, and was planted as a sprout about 1900, here on the old Harvey Ranch.

This is a little cemetery honoring the 27 victims of a major earthquake in the area on March 26,1872

Diagonally across the street is this 'normal' cemetery.

Now headed toward Death Valley on Hwy 136 on the east side of Owens Lake. Actually, I'm on Dolomite Loop which runs mostly parallel to Hwy 136 through the town of Dolomite (now gone?).

This marker says the dolomitic limestone mines are still in operation and in fact are the largest in the US. Found in 1862, the remote location delayed actual mining operations until 1885.

Keeler.

Hwy 136 seems old enough. Apparently there is another, older one.

What looks like a building in the previous shot is just a wall now.

As the slightly sarcastic, though accurate, note on the surfboard says, 'the beautiful setting is provided by the LA water district' which diverted most of the water to the Los Angeles region.

Keeler stamp mill.

Working on the power lines near Keeler.

Me and my shadow looking toward Rainbow Canyon at Crowley Point.

I think these are the German tourists who asked me to take a picture of them with their camera.

Crowley Pt view.

This is about 1/4 of Panamint Springs.

This is the main/only restaurant. Just down the road, the only gas station was selling gas for $5.39 a gallon.

Stovepipe Wells is one of the large, touristy areas of Death Valley.

Not sure if the firetruck is part of it, but this is 'Burned Wagons Point', across the street from the Stovepipe Wells center. In 1849, some of the Jayhawk group burned their wagons, killed some oxen for food, and continued on foot out of the valley.

This is the ranger station at Stovepipe Wells, where I paid my $20 entrance fee.

Two miles down the road are the Stovepipe Wells dunes.

Near the same location are these plants in an area known as 'The Devil's Cornfield'.

On a road to the actual Stovepipe Wells is this bit of history. The tracks parallel the edge of the lighter-colored sand.

It should be 'Stovepipe Well' as there is only one. When the shifting sands started to obliterate the well, a length of stovepipe was jammed into it as a marker.

Boarded up now. The skull is a nice bit of tourist attraction.

The fitting comes from Indiana.

South of Salt Creek was this sign of life.

This is the Harmony borax works.

More of the borax works.

One of the info plaques has this photo of how it was when it was.

Visitors read the info about the wagons.

This is the entrance to Golden Canyon.