Ukuba awuzange uye kwiDeath Valley, igama mhlawumbi liza nemifanekiso yesanti engaxoleliyo esasazeke esomileyo kwaye engenabomi. Kwaye ngelixa ngokuqinisekileyo kukho iinxalenye zepaki yelizwe eziihektare ezizizigidi ezi-3.4 kumbindi weCalifornia elingana nale nkcazo, ikwalikhaya kwi-oasis apho i-80,000 yeelitha zamanzi zinyuka ziye phezulu yonke imihla.

Izikhukula zishiya indawo enkulu ye-borax, imbiwa ngamanye amaxesha eyaziwa njengegolide emhlophe. Nangona ukufunyanwa kwayo kulandelwe emva kwi-Tibet ngenkulungwane ye-8, iborax yathandwa ngenkulungwane ye-19, xa yayisetyenziswa kakhulu kwimigodi yeseramikhi kunye negolide. Ikwanyange njengeyeza-yonke into kuyo yonke into ukusukela kwinkwethu ukuya ekuxhuzuleni. Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1800, kwafunyanwa imali eninzi e-Nevada, kwaye kamva, kwi-Death Valley (kwakude kudala ngaphambi kokuba ibe yipaki yelizwe). IHarmony Works - eyathi kamva yaziwa njengeNkampani yePacific yoNxweme iBorakx - yathenga amawaka eehektare zomhlaba kumgodi ongena ndawo kwaye yakha oololiwe abaninzi ukuhambisa izimbiwa ezinengeniso kwiDeath Valley.

Kodwa ngo-1926 kwafunyanwa enye idiphozithi kwi-Mojave Desert efikelelekayo, ekhokelela i-Borax Inkampani yashiya imigodi yabo e-Death Valley. Umphathi kaloliwe uFrank Jenifer wayenombono wokwakha ihotele kwipropathi ukuze aqhubeke nokusebenzisa imizila kaloliwe eyayinokuhambisa iindwendwe ziye kwihotele yabahambi.

Yavulwa ngo-1927 inamagumbi alishumi I-Inn e-Death Valley Ngokukhawuleza wathandwa ngabantu abadumileyo baseHollywood abanjengoClark Gable kwaye kamva noGeorge Lucas, owafota imovie yase Star Wars yase-Death Valley. I-Inn yandiswa ngamagumbi amaninzi, ichibi elityisa intwasahlobo, iinkundla zentenetya, kunye nebala legalufa (elilelona lisezantsi kwihlabathi liphela ngeenyawo ezingama-214 ngaphantsi komphakamo wolwandle). Ekugqibeleni yongeze iRanch engaphaya kwendlela, yajika indawo yokufihla ukuba ibe yindawo ekuhlalwa kuyo egcwele iihektare ezingama-341.

Inkampani yaseBorax ibenephupha kwaye ngaphandle kokuthandabuza kwabo bonke abantu abangaphandle kwenkampani, umbono wabo wokuzoba iindwendwe kulo mhlaba wobugqi nobunengqiqo uzalisekisiwe, utshilo uDavid Woodruff, owayesele ethathe umhlala-phantsi ixesha elide kunye nembali engekhoyo. Inani labakhenkethi abatyelele i-Inn lenyuka minyaka le, nangokudodobala koxinzelelo olukhulu. Ingcaciso enye enokubakho malunga nokukhula okuqhubekekayo, ngaphandle kwamaxesha oqoqosho acelomngeni: Ngo-1933, uMongameli uHerbet Hoover watyumba iDeath Valley njengesikhumbuzo sesizwe, esathi savuma ixabiso lommandla wezenkcubeko, wezembali kunye nezenzululwazi.

Ekuhambeni kwexesha, indlu yabahambi yaba nomhla kwaye imithombo eshushu yepropathi yayingasetyenziswa. Kodwa enkosi kutshanje i-100 yezigidi zeedola, iphinda yazalwa kwakhona kwindawo efanelekileyo I-Oasis kwiNtlambo yaseDeath . Indawo yokuphumla yindawo efanelekileyo yokutsiba ukuze ujonge ezona ndawo zinomtsalane zepaki yelizwe, njengokuphuma kwelanga eZabriskie Point, ukutshona kwelanga kwiiParty zamaGcisa, ukuhamba ngeeflethi zetyuwa eBaswater Basin, ukuthatha iD View's View, okanye ukubamba intyatyambo yasendle yasentwasahlobo. Musa nje ukuya ehlotyeni, xa amaqondo obushushu esihlala enyuka esiya kuma-100 degrees.

Ipropathi ehlaziyiweyo, eyeyabucala ngabakwaXanterra Travel Collection, inamagumbi angama-66 ahlaziyiweyo asezindleleni kunye neendawo zokungenisa ezihlaziyiweyo, indawo yokutyela kunye nendawo yokuphumla. Ungaphoswa ligumbi elitsha, elinamayeza amabini okuzola - akukho nto ifana nokuthanjiswa okukhuthazayo emva kosuku oluchithwe kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yiDeath Valley - kufutshane nedama elinentwasahlobo ngoku elingqamene nendawo yokutyela entsha (yenza iodolo Umhla wokugungqiswa, osebenzisa iziqhamo ezikhuliswe kwipropathi) kunye nee-cabana ze-chic. Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, ii-casitas eziyi-22 ezinamagumbi okulala elinye zongezwe, zilungele iintsapho okanye amaqela amancinci afuna ukuba ngasese kunye nendawo encinci.

Ngaphesheya nje kwendlela, i Ifama kwiDeath Valley Kukwenziwe nolungiso olubanzi, kubandakanya nesikwere sedolophu esineziko eligcweleyo kunye nenkundla ephethe izinto zabangasekhoyo. Kukwakho nevenkile entsha yokuthengisa kunye nokutya okuhlaziyiweyo kunye neendawo zokusela, kubandakanya nekhawuntari ye-ice cream kunye nesaloon. Le yokugqibela igcwele ngamakhulu ezinto zakudala zaseNtshona West, iiposta zembali kunye neefoto, izixhobo zakudala zezixhobo kunye nezixhobo zokurhweba, izilwanyana zomdlalo werhafu, iimpahla zokuvuna zaseNtshona kunye nezixhobo, kunye nepeyinti ezinemixholo yaseNtshona, ezinamaqhekeza amaninzi avela kwingqokelela yobuqu yomnini weXanterra uPhilip Anschutz.

Myalelo wesiselo kwi-barkeep evuyayo kwaye usebenzise iindonga ze-saloon; akukho ndlela ibhetele yokuphelisa usuku olude oluchithwe ekufumaneni ubuncwane obufihliweyo beDeath Valley, ethi yona, njengoko kuvela, ingabi yinto engathandekiyo emva kwayo yonke loo nto.