Two wagon routes used by the Searles brothers hauled borax from their plant on Borax Lake, now Searles Lake, to the railhead at Mojave. The southern route traveled west of the Trona Pinnacles to Searles' freight station at Garden City, along the present route of the Trona Railway, which connects with the Union Pacific at Searles Station. Garden City was a virtual oasis, providing food and shelter for the teamsters and a barn accommodating 100 mules. The western route went through Salt Wells Canyon, also called Poison Canyon, to a dry station one mile from the head of the canyon and on to Garden City, where both routes joined. It then continued through Garlock and connected with the road to Mojave.