In 1926 H.W. Eichbaum obtained a franchise for a toll road from Darwin Falls to Stovepipe Wells, the first maintained road into the valley from the west. It changed the area from mining to tourism and brought about the creation of Death Valley National Monument seven years later.

State Registered Historical Landmark No. 848

Plaque Placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Death Valley '49ers, Inc., November 12, 1971