Fun Facts: Daggett
- Founded in 1883 and named for Lieutenant Governor John Daggett, the town served as an important railroad terminus.
- Daggett marked the southern end of the famous 20-mule team routes hauling borax from Death Valley. Seymour Alf, a local blacksmith, built wagons for the mule teams and later helped build early desert roads, including parts of Route 66.
- The state inspection station in Daggett was featured in the 1940 film The Grapes of Wrath. It is gone, but a second was built, and then a third which remains today.
For more information:
POINTS OF INTEREST
- California Welcome Center
- 35421 National Trails Hwy.
- Daggett Garage
- 35565 Santa Fe St.
- Alf’s Blacksmith Shop
- 33674 1st St.
- Stone Hotel
- 35630 Santa Fe St.
- Desert Market
- 35596 Santa Fe St.
- Kelley’s Cafe arrow sign
- National Trails Hwy. at B St.
- Mugwumps
- 35405 National Trails Hwy.
- Inspection Station (3rd)
- 34.848142, -116.795861 (GPS)
- Pioneer Cemetery
- 34.859395, -116.879562 (GPS)
- Daggett Historical Museum
- 33703 2nd St.