A Nice Place to Visit-Tourism in Death Valley National Park - Wylder Resort Hope Valley history program
Submitted by paula on Thu, 06/16/2022 - 4:44pm
Event Date:
June 18, 2022 - 2:00pm
How did a company, whose business was mining, processing, and selling laundry soap, come to build a luxury hotel rivaling the finest of Europe and bring tourism to a location with perhaps the least marketable of names imaginable (Death Valley)?
Find out more at this week's free history program, A Nice Place to Visit-Tourism in Death Valley National Park, at Wylder Resort Hope Valley General Store on Saturday, June 18 at 2 p.m.
Using dozens of rare photos, author and historian David Woodruff recounts Death Valley's nostalgic and entertaining history of bringing tourists to the hottest, lowest, and driest spot in North America.
The Wylder General Store, is located 1/4 mile east of Wylder Resort in Hope Valley on Highway 88. The 50-minute program is free and open to the public. Call 760 920-8061 for more information.