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"A mile east on Route 190, the Ranch at Death Valley is the more casual half of the Oasis: a 224-room hotel with campgrounds, a grocery store, multiple restaurants, a post office, outdoor patios, a Western-themed saloon, a coffee bar, an ice cream shop, and a borax museum. I saw evidence of the Ranch’s evolution from a nine-hole course to a full 18-hole golf course and of its role as the everyday hub for most visitors and for the employees who live in small apartment-style buildings, cabins, and mobile homes tucked behind the main building." - Farley Elliott