Sunrise Crystal Ridge Death Valley National Park

Digital Painting of Crystal Ridge in Death Valley National Park.... more

by Bob and Nadine Johnston

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Sunrise Crystal Ridge Death Valley National Park

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Bob and Nadine Johnston

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Digital Painting of Crystal Ridge in Death Valley National Park.
Four Native American cultures are known to have lived in the area during the last 10,000 years or so. The first were Nevares Spring People, hunters and gatherers who arrived in the area perhaps 9,000 years ago . Then there were still small lakes in Death Valley. A much milder climate persisted at that time, and large game animals were still plentiful. By 3000 BC the Mesquite Flat People displaced the Nevares Spring People. Around 2,000 years ago the Saratoga Spring People moved into the area, which by then was a dry desert. This culture was more advanced at hunting and gathering and was skillful at handcrafts. They also left mysterious stone patterns in the valley.

One-thousand years ago, the nomadic Timbisha also called Shoshone moved into the area and hunted game and gathered mesquite beans along with pinyon pine nuts. The wide altitude differential between the valley bottom and the mountain ridges, especially on the west, the Timbisha practiced a vertical migration pattern.[5] Their winter camps were located near water sources in the valley bottoms. As the spring and summer progressed and the weather warmed, grasses and other plant food sources ripened at progressively higher altitudes. November found them at the very top of the mountain ridges where they harvested pine nuts before moving back to the valley bottom for winter.

The California Gold Rush brought the first people of European descent known to visit the immediate area. December 1849 groups of California Gold Country-bound white travelers with perhaps 100 wagons stumbled into Death Valley after getting lost on what they thought was a shortcut off the Old Spanish Trail.
Bennett-Arcane Party, they were unable to find a pass out of the valley for weeks; they were able to find fresh water at various springs in the area, but were forced to eat several of their oxen to survive. They used the wood of their wagons to cook the meat and make jerky. The place where they did this is referred to as "Burned Wagons Camp" and is located near the sand dunes.

After abandoning their wagons, they eventually were able to hike out of the valley. After leaving the valley, one of the women in the group said, "Goodbye Death Valley," giving the valley its name. Included in the party was William Lewis Manly whose autobiographical book Death Valley in '49 detailed this trek and popularized the area.

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August 27th, 2014