Death Valley Junction is a small community of unrelated Mojave Desert in Inyo County, California, at the intersection of SR 190 and SR 127, in the Amargosa Valley and east of Death Valley National Park. The zip code is 92328, its elevation is 2.041 ft (622 m), and the population is less than 4. The default format for the cable phone numbers in this community is (760) 852-xxxx.
Death Valley Junction is home to Amargosa Opera House and Hotel, where the inhabitants of Marta Becket performed dances and pantomimes from the late 1960s to his last show in February 2012. Becket died in 2017. The hotel is still operating next to the opera house, but at beyond these defended areas, the city is in disrepair. There is no gas station, and only one restaurant, Cafe Amargosa. The city is owned by non-profit Amargosa Opera House Inc. which runs the Opera House, the Hotel, and the Cafe
The community location, 27 miles (43 km) east-southeast Furnace Creek Inn, on the east side of Death Valley is in the southern Amargosa Valley of Nevada and near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. East/Southeast, 27 miles, is Pahrump, Nevada. South in SR127 is the city of Shoshone, California. The nearest straight line to the Nevada state line is approximately five miles northeast.
Government documents showed attempts by the Shoshone Timbisha government to obtain about 7,200 acres (29Ã, km 2 ) in the area during 1999 to 2000. These included residential areas and official federal sanctions to use some government land for traditional ceremonies. In 2017 the tribe built a marijuana facility growing on land.
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Histori
The city was created in 1907 when Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad were built through the Amargosa Valley and spurred off their main line built into the Lila C. borax mine in the hills to the west. The city was originally owned by Robert Tubb, who operated a salon, shop, and brothel. The city first appeared on the USGS topographic map of 1910 Furnace Creek Quandrangle.
In 1914, the Death Valley Railroad began operating between Ryan, California, and Death Valley Junction. It carried borax until 1928, when the operation stopped. From 1923 to 1925, the Coastal Pacific Coast Corporation built buildings in the city, hired architect Alexander Hamilton McCulloch to design the Spanish-based Colonial revival whistles at hotels, office buildings and office complexes, now known as the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel.
The city began to decline in the mid-20th century. However, in 1967 dancer and actress Marta Becket happened to visit because there was a car repair. She becomes enamored with the theater, and with the help of a philanthropist, she hires, then buys, hotels and theatrical complex.
The Death Valley post office was opened in 1908 and transferred to Furnace Creek Ranch in 1961. The Amargosa post office opened in 1962, renamed Death Valley Junction in 1968.
In 1980 the city was included in the National Register of Historic Places as the "Valley of the Valley of the Valley's Historic Districts."
When Death Valley Railroad was founded in 1914, it used 3.19 miles (5.13 km) from the tracks belonging to Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad east-southeast of Death Valley Junction to Horton.
Phone history
Local cable phone was a manual telephone service until the 1980s. To reach the phone in Death Valley Junction when the area is under the service manual is required call the operator and ask for "Death Valley Junction, California, Toll Station" (and single digit number). Placing the required outgoing calls lifts the recipient and waits for the operator. The answering operator is in Los Angeles (over 150 miles away). Death Valley Junction is now in area code 442 and 760.
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Politics
In the state legislature, Death Valley Junction is in the 18th Senate District, represented by Democrat Robert Hertzberg, and the 26th Assembly District, represented by Republican Devon Mathis.
Federal, Death Valley Junction is in California's 8th congress district, represented by Republican Paul Cook.
Famous people
- "Shotgun" Kitty Tubb - wife of city's original owner, Robert Tubb
- Marta Becket - retired actress, dancer, choreographer and painter
- Harry Rosenberg - engineer who is instrumental in creating useful titanium alloys
References
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External links
- The city that Zane Gray helps wake up
- The Amargosa Opera House and Hotel
- Ghost Town of Death Valley: Death Valley Junction
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