Burnt Wagons, California

Burnt Wagons is a former settlement in Inyo County, California.[1] It was located in Death Valley 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Death Valley Junction.[1] The name recalls the emigrants of 1849 who abandoned and burnt their wagons at the site.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 1159. ISBN 9781884995149.