Echo, Inyo County, California
Echo is a former settlement in Inyo County, California.[1]
It was located on the crest of the Funeral Mountains above Death Valley, halfway between Lee and Schwaub.[1]
Echo never had any buildings, only tents which workers of the Inyo Gold Mining Company would set up and disassemble, although a telephone line between Lee and Schwuab cut through the town.[2] Echo was not to last as more profitable prospects could not be found in the area. A few items remain of the town, including a pair of former tent sites and can dumps as well as some shattered glass.
The site of Echo is within Death Valley National Park.
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- History of the Mojave Desert region
- Former settlements in Inyo County, California
- Populated places in the Mojave Desert
- Former populated places in California
- Death Valley National Park
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