California Landmark 441
Burned Wagons Point
Death Valley National Park; 100 Feet South of Highway 190 (Milepost 85.9),
Stovepipe Wells
20 February 2007 (Click Photos to Zoom)
Burned Wagons Point
Near this monument, the Jayhawker group of Death Valley Forty-Niners, gold seekers from Middle West, who entered
Death Valley in 1849 seeking short route to the mines of central California, burned their wagons, dried the meat
of some oxen and, with surviving animals, struggled westward on foot.
State Registered Landmark No. 441
Marker Placed by California Centennials Commission
Base Furnished by Death Valley 49ers Inc.
Dedicated December 3, 1949
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