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Death Valley Named For Desperate Exodus And Scorching Wasteland
The tale recounts the Santa Fe era trek across the Mojave ending in the panicked cry Good-by Death Valley as two scout youths return with food and a route out. It notes Death Valley later becoming a national monument and the borax boom sparked by Aaron Winters finding green-burning borax. It chronicles Death Valley Scotty, Lou Beck the Good Samaritan, and Dad Fairbanks the rescuer, shaping the valley’s mythos and early tourism.
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Death Valley
Middle West
California
Minois
Asahel
Bennett
Will Manley
John Rogers
Manley
Rogers
Mojave
Panamint Range
Asahel Bennett
Aaron Winters
Rosie
Ash Meadows
Nevada
Winters
Furnace Creek
Rufus
Colorado
Pasadena
Chicago
New York
The
Good Samaritan
Lou Westcott
Beck
Valley of Death
United States Geological Survey
Dad” Fairbanks
Dad