Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
February 13, 2010

A Look Back: San Bernardino Depot once served 26 trains a day

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The Santa Fe Depot in San Bernardino was once the largest train depot west of the Mississippi, employing 5000 people. (Special to The Press-...
June 12, 2009

The London Bridge: 38 Years as One of Arizona's Biggest Attractions

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As the London Bridge approaches its 40th year in Lake Havasu City, it remains one of the busiest attractions in all of Arizona. Accounting f...
May 28, 2009

ECV dedicates Desert Training Center monument

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Clamper officials pose with pride, after their latest historical monument installation. D. Westermeyer, BLM NewsBytes Issue 374 O n May 1-3...
July 30, 2008

Moon Over Mojave

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DESERT RATTLER by Ken Layne LA City Beat White Trash Stonehenge. Ken Layne. G o north up the old Route 66 out of Victorville, past the biker...
November 11, 2007

Battle Ready: How the desert helped win WWII

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ABOUT THE TRAINING AREA At its peak of operation in 1943, the Desert Training Center had 190,000 troops in training. That compares to about ...
September 28, 2007

General Patton’s Desert Shrine

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By Valerie Porter American Heritage A visitor examines a World War II tank at the General Patton Memorial Museum, in California. (Nik Wheele...
July 14, 2006

Under Kelso's dusty top layer is vivid history

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A boarded-up post office and restored depot dot the landscape in Kelso. The town attracts as many as 400 people a day to explore the Kelso D...
March 14, 2006

Remodeled Kelso Depot has rich desert history

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Backward Glance by Steve Smith Desert Dispatch [Barstow, CA] Editor's note: This is the first of two parts. In desert history and in fic...
November 5, 2005

Depot a desert diamond

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Mary Manning Las Vegas Sun A bout an hour and 45 minutes southwest of Las Vegas, the two-lane Cima Road leads from Interstate 15 into Southe...
November 1, 2004

Tug of Wear Over Desert Homestead Shanties

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Russell Scofield of the federal Bureau of Land Management visits an abandoned cabin in Wonder Valley. (Irfan Khan / LAT) By Hugo Martín Los ...
February 19, 2002

History Captured Alive

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Dennis Casebier is an expert at oral histories Story by STUART KELLOGG Photo by LARA HARTLEY Victor Valley Daily Press D ennis Casebier, exe...
March 20, 2000

KMUD’s Pirate Radio Adventures at the Mojave Phone Booth

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janggolan weblog The Mojave Phone Booth was a phone booth in a remote region of the Mojave National Preserve that rang almost 24 hours a day...
September 1, 1999

Don't fence him in

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Dennis Casebier preserves the human resources of the East Mojave Stuart Kellogg, Staff Writer Victor Valley Daily Press Yes, it was rude, bu...