Country United States County Inyo County | State California | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 23% Humidity |
Furnace is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was located 6.5 miles (10 km) north-northwest of Funeral Peak, in the Funeral Mountains.
Patrick Clark founded the Furnace Creek Copper Company at the place in Death Valley. Furnace was a boomtown by 1905, but deserted by 1907. The Furnace post office operated from 1907 to 1908.
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Furnace, California Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA