Editing Death Valley Days (section)

==Synopsis==
''Death Valley Days'' is one of the first [[anthology series]] to appear on television, featuring different characters and stories each episode.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roman |first=James W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8AqrjoCueUC |title=From Daytime to Primetime: The History of American Television Programs |date=2005 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |isbn=978-0-313-31972-3 |pages=28–29 |language=en}}</ref>  The stories were based in fact, mostly within the legends and lore of California's [[Death Valley]].  Style varied by episode, with some being drama and others comedy.  Most were human-interest stories of miners and homesteaders in Death Valley, where borax was mined.<ref name="Brooks_and_Marsh" />

Advertisements for the company's best-known products, [[20 Mule Team Borax]], a laundry additive, Borateem, a laundry detergent, and Boraxo, a powdered hand soap, were often done by the program's host.

As the series continued on the air, episodes began to focus on nearly any portion of the American West, not just the Death Valley country. Most episodes portrayed events in the late 19th century, the heyday of the "Old West". Some, however, were set in much earlier times, especially the Spanish colonial era, and a few recounted stories from the early 20th century.<ref name="Yoggy" />{{Rp|pages=80–82}}