He platted Valley Junction and raised $70,000 to create a railhead there, which was also near his cattle operation.

At Valley Junction it connected with the Hanover Branch Railroad.

The merged main line ran from Valley Junction to Emory Grove.

The speed limit of ten miles (16 km) an hour had existed in Valley Junction since 1911 for all automobiles.

The wood was salvaged and then used to construct buildings in Valley Junction.

Although the 1920s was the era of prohibition for the rest of the country, Valley Junction had officially become a dry town in 1915.

The '20s were not all doom and gloom for Valley Junction.

They thought the name "Valley Junction" conveyed the image of an old-fashioned and backwards town to prospective employers and residents.

The communities of Shipley and Sheridan are to the east, and Valley Junction is to the west.

The Amargosa post office opened in 1962, changed its name to Death Valley Junction in 1968.