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Friday, May 1, 2026

3/23/2026 - Welcome to Needles Borax Wagon (Route 66)


 Has you can see up a head is the entrance to Needles is the welcome wagon.  This wagon was originally part of the decor of the motel El Rancho Motel before it got torn down.  It wasn't a chuck wagon, it is a borax wagon, that was used to move out to borax (a type of salt) dug up at Death Valley to the railway sidings in the 1880's. These wagons were pulled by teams of eighteen mules and two horses. 

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