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'''''Death Valley Days''''' is an [[United States|American]] old-time [[radio]] and [[television]] anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern [[California]]. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. From 1952 to 1970, it became a syndicated television series, with reruns (updated with new narrations) continuing through August 1, 1975. The radio and television versions combined to make the show "one of the longest-running [[western]] programs in broadcast history."<ref name="french">Jack French and David S. Siegel S. (eds.) (2014). ''Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929–1967,'' McFarland & Company, Inc.  p. 43–49.</ref>

'''''Death Valley Days''''' is an [[United States|American]] old-time [[radio]] and [[television]] anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern [[California]]. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. From 1952 to 1970, it became a syndicated television series, with reruns (updated with new narrations) continuing through August 1, 1975. The radio and television versions combined to make the show "one of the longest-running [[western]] programs in broadcast history."<ref name="french">Jack French and David S. Siegel S. (eds.) (2014). ''Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929–1967,'' McFarland & Company, Inc.  p. 43–49.</ref>

The series was sponsored by 20 Mule Team Borax and hosted by Stanley Andrews under the name "The Old Ranger" (1952–1964), [[Ronald Reagan]] (1964–1965), Rosemary DeCamp (1965), Robert Taylor (1966–1969), and Dale Robertson (1969–1970). With the death of Dale Robertson in 2013, all former ''Death Valley Days'' hosts are eceased. Hosting the series was Reagan's final work as an actor; he left the series to run in 1966 for [[governor]] of California.

The series was sponsored by 20 Mule Team Borax and hosted by Stanley Andrews under the name "The Old Ranger" (1952–1964), [[Ronald Reagan]] (1964–1965), Rosemary DeCamp (1965), Robert Taylor (1966–1969), and Dale Robertson (1969–1970). With the death of Dale Robertson in 2013, all former ''Death Valley Days'' hosts are deceased. Hosting the series was Reagan's final work as an actor; he left the series to run in 1966 for [[governor]] of California.

The television series was conceived by Pacific Coast Borax Company's advertising agency McCann-Erickson through company executive Dorothy McCann and Mitchell J. Hamilburg, who represented Gene Autry's Flying A Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9B0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=%22death%20valley%20days%22%20+%20mccann%20+%20borax%20+%20billboard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje_cPKgP7RAhWFWCYKHR7tBUgQ6AEIKDAD#v=onepage&q=%22death%20valley%20days%22%20+%20mccann%20+%20borax%20+%20billboard&f=false|title=''Billboard''|date=June 21, 1952|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref>

The television series was conceived by Pacific Coast Borax Company's advertising agency McCann-Erickson through company executive Dorothy McCann and Mitchell J. Hamilburg, who represented Gene Autry's Flying A Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9B0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=%22death%20valley%20days%22%20+%20mccann%20+%20borax%20+%20billboard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje_cPKgP7RAhWFWCYKHR7tBUgQ6AEIKDAD#v=onepage&q=%22death%20valley%20days%22%20+%20mccann%20+%20borax%20+%20billboard&f=false|title=''Billboard''|date=June 21, 1952|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref>