Furnace Creek

Furnace Creek

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In an effort to bring in revenue, in 1927 a the Pacific Borax Company rebuilt its company worker's quarters at Furnace Creek Ranch into a resort and also built the Furnace Creek Inn.

Furnace Creek Inn

The adobe bricks were built on site by Native Americans.

Cat-O-Nine Tails

As evidenced by the cattails you see here, a natural spring feeds water to both the Inn and Ranch sites. You can even find small fish in the creek all year.

Furnace Creek has become a year-round resort, even with its -200 foot elevation.

The Ranch site also contains the Borax Museum where you can see mining tools, a barn that housed the famous 20-mule teams, and various vehicles used for early transportation in the valley.


Gold Arrasure Large rocks were dragged over ore to break it up into smaller pieces that could then be refined.	20 Mule Team Barn One of the original barns used to house the mules that pulled the borax wagons.

Close by is the official Park visitors' center where you can see the history of the valley and browse through informative exhibits.

20 mule team model

Just a short distance away from Furnace Creek is the Harmony Borax Works...

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