Furnace Creek Inn
Pacific Coast Borax Company built the Inn in 1927 partly to provide more business for their Death Valley Railroad. The mining company understood Death Valley’s rustic charms could be easily lost without preservation. National Park status for Death Valley would not only limit damage from mining but also control excessive development (and competing hotels.)
Badwater
The park is located in the Mojave Desert in California that has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve to balance the conservation of nature and cultural heritage with sustainable resource development. Death Valley got its name from pioneers who got lost in the area. After their near-death experience, one of the men in the group nicknamed the area Death Valley. It is the hottest and driest place on Earth, with temperatures soaring above 120-degrees Fahrenheit in summer. Furnace Creek recorded 134 F (56.7 C) on July 10th, 2013. On July 15th,...