Guidebook
NO. 442 DEATH VALLEY GATEWAY - Through this natural gateway the Death Valley '49ers, more than 100 emigrants from the Middle West seeking a shortcut to gold fields of central California, entered Death Valley in December 1849. All suffered from thirst and starvation. Seeking an escape from the region, two contingents went southwest from here, while the others proceeded northwest.
Location
Death Valley National Monument, on State Hwy 190 (P.M. 111.8), 1.3 mi SE of Furnace Creek . --or-- North East corner of State Route 190 and Badwater Road
Open Map
NO. 442 DEATH VALLEY GATEWAY - State Marker
NO. 442 DEATH VALLEY GATEWAY - State Plaque
NO. 442 DEATH VALLEY GATEWAY - Pioneer Plaque
NO. 442 DEATH VALLEY GATEWAY - State Stree
NO. 442 DEATH VALLEY GATEWAY