20 Mule Team Borax Completed Model

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20 Mule Team Borax Completed Model
I have held on to this kit for over 50 years and decided to finally complete the model.
It took over 4 months to paint, assemble, mount and
design a background to
compliment
the 20 Mule Team..
Zabriskie Point
panorama  in
Death Valley
Teams of mules were used to move millions of pounds of Borax from remote mines in inaccessible Death Valley to the railroad at Mojave.
Originally, teams of eight and ten mules were used, but the trek proved too much. A man named Ed Stiles came up with the idea of hitching two 10-mule teams together, twice the normal amount, resulting in a 100-foot-long team that took 10 days to carry 10 tons of borax one way across the desert.
In 1894, a steam engine named "Dinah" was brought in to replace the mules, but Dinah was no match for the epic 20 mule team's power. She broke down and was towed back to town by the very mules she tried to replace.
1881
- Sodium Borate discovered in Death Valley
1883
- 20 mule team created to transport sodium borate
1890
- Pacific Coast Borax Company was formed
1891
- "20 Mule Team
®
" was added onto the box
1930
- Death Valley Days radio anthology was released
1945
- Death Valley radio show ends
1952
- Death Valley Days television show was released
1967
- Borax was acquired by Rio Tinto
1975
- Death Valley Days television show ends
1988
- 20 Mule Team Borax
?
acquired by The Dial Corporation
®
2004
- The Dial Corporation
®
acquired by Henkel