Fun Facts: Daggett, California
- 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 Route 66 inspection station in Daggett was featured in the 1940 film The Grapes of Wrath. It is gone, but a second one was built.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
- The Russian House
- 35421 County RD 66
- Garage
- 35565 Santa Fe St Daggett
- Alf’s Blacksmith Shop
- 33674 1st St. Daggett
- Stone Hotel
- 35630 Santa Fe St
- Desert Market
- 35596 Santa Fe St
- Kelley’s Sign
- Intersection of Santa Fe and Mojave St.
- Mugwumps
- 35405 County Rd 66
- Inspection Station (3rd)
- 34.847778 -116.795278
- Pioneer Cemetery
- 34.85861 -116.87917
- Daggett Museum
- 33703 2nd St.