Greenwater, California
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Greenwater
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Inyo County |
| Elevation[1] | 4,288 ft (1,307 m) |
Greenwater – formerly, Ramsey,[1] The Camp,[1] and Kunze [2] – was an unincorporated community near Death Valley in eastern Inyo County, California.[1] It is now a deserted ghost town.
Geography
Greenwater is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Funeral Peak in the Funeral Mountains above southeastern Death Valley,[2] at an elevation of 4288 feet (1307 m).[1] It is now located within Death Valley National Park, north of Smith Mountain, and south of the Rand, California mining district ruins.
History
Greenwater was a mining town in the Mojave Desert that saw its rise and fall within the first decade of the 20th century.[3]
The original townsite, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the current site and called Kunze after its founder Arthur Kunze, was abandoned in favor of the current site, which was originally called Ramsey.[2] A post office operated at Greenwater from 1906 to 1908.[2]
Copper and water
Founded around a copper ore strike in 1905 the town of Greenwater was a short lived Death Valley community. So dry was its region that water had to be hauled into the town. The lucrative business of water barrel salesman fetched any entrepreneur $15 per barrel; in 1913 that equaled over $250 in 2004 dollars.[4]
Eventually the town grew to 2,000 people and became known for a local magazine, The Death Valley Chuckwalla. By 1909 the copper mining had collapsed without ever turning a profit and the residents left town for other areas. Today, there is nothing left of Greenwater.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenwater, California
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.nps.gov/deva/historyculture/death-valley-ghost-towns.ht . accessed 6/22/2010
- ↑ CPI calculator 1913-2004
- ↑ Death Valley Ghost Towns: National Park Service.
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