A place in California with the sinister name of "Death Valley," was recently constituted a national monument, and placed under the administration of the National Park Service. The new monument contains 1,601,800 acres, including the lowest point in tl.e United States, 276 feet below sealevel, and the greatest vertical rise in continental United States, Telescope Peak, 11,045 feet above the floor of the valley. Other features of the region are its geology and its rich plant life. Nearly 500 species have been found there. The valley was inhabited by a prehistoric race which left pictographs on the rocks; it contains the "castle" of "Death Valley Scotty," the most famous of the prospectors, and is the home of the Panamint Indians.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20899, 5 July 1933, Page 5
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