To run a successful 1930s bootlegger business outlaws needed two things, privacy and water and Ash Meadows had both. Read more about the “Whiskey Wash” portion of present day Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Here: http://1.usa.gov/1o4ilVM
Photo: Rusty whiskey barrel rings still found at the bottom of Whiskey Wash Cindy Sandoval/USFWS