Twenty Mule Team Crossing Death Valley in the Eighties

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WILLARD THE TWENTY MULE TEAM CROSSING DEATH VALLEY IN THE EIGHTIES 1A-H252

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THE TWENTY MULE TEAM CROSSING DEATH VALLEY IN THE EIGHTIES The team was driven by a single jerk-line 120 feet long. Each wagon weighed 7,800 lbs. and carried a load of 12 tons. The trip of 162 miles from Furnace Creek to Mojave required about 10 days each way. Provisions for the entire trip had to be carried on the wagons. The tank wagon car- ried 1,200 gallons as there was one stretch of 60 miles without water. © WILLARD-PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHEN H. WILLARD, PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA "C. T. PHOTO COLORIT", MADE ONLY BY CURT TEICH & CO., INC., CHICAGO, U. S. A.