The 113-year-old piece of Death Valley history was damaged last month, and National Park officials are asking for the public’s help finding the person responsible. Officials say it appears a driver ...

A century ago, the timber-and-iron tower had supported a tram carrying precious salt across the Inyo Mountains that had been mined from a remote valley in the California desert. More recently, it ...

A large piece of resin, identified as being creosote lac insect resin, was found in a small cave in the Saline Valley in 1931. The piece, now in the Eastern California Museum, is described here and ...