A
Abrahamson, Stephanie, 98
A.C. Warnack Nature Park, 111
Aerospace Walk of Honor,82, 111,
183, 202
Aerospace Walk of Honor Celebration,
183
Agua Dulce Mystery Mesa,100
Agua Dulce Vineyards,113
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum,
83, 113
Allen, “Greek” George, 56
Allen, Paul G., 82
Almond Blossom Festival, 173
Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary, 114
American Association of University
Women, 10
Ames-Dryden, 77
Andy Jauregui Ranch, 102
Angeles National Forest, 27, 29, 151
Antelope Valley see
Antelope Valley Allied Arts, 115,
170
Antelope Valley Archeological
Society, 9
Antelope Valley Bank, 60
Antelope Valley California Poppy
Reserve, 28, 115, 160
Antelope Valley Chambers of Commerce
Flea Market, 116, 176, 185
Antelope Valley Children’s Choir,
170
Antelope Valley Christian Writers
Group, 170
Antelope Valley College Art Gallery,
165
Antelope Valley College Black Box
Theatre, 170
Antelope Valley College Civic
Orchestra, 170
Antelope Valley Community Concerts
Association, 170
Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa
Festival, 116, 181
Antelope Valley Film Faire, 174
Antelope Valley Freeway (14), 3. 98
Antelope Valley Gem, Mineral, Fossil
and Jewelry Show, 176
Antelope Valley Genealogical Society
Research Center, 169
Antelope Valley Group of the Los
Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club, 29, 151
Antelope Valley Heritage Foundation,
27
Antelope Valley Holiday Parade, 187
Antelope Valley Independent Film
Festival, 102, 170, 174, 176
Antelope Valley Indian Museum, 5, 9,
10, 30, 99, 117, 131, 159, 166
Antelope Valley Labor Day Sky
Parade, 183
Antelope Valley Ledger,
54, 59, 60
Antelope Valley Mall, 102, 117, 174
Antelope Valley Oldtimers
Association Barbecue, 185
Antelope Valley Model RR Club, 65
Antelope Valley Poppy Festival,
see California Poppy Festival
Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, 28,
115, 160
Antelope Valley Press,
12, 93, 94, 97,
127
Antelope Valley Quilt Association
Show, 178
Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra
and Master Chorale, 171
Antelope Valley Trails, Recreation
and Environment Council (AVTREC), 26, 175
Antelope Valley Wind Festival, 2,
117
Antelope Valley Winery,117
Antelope Valley Writers, 171
Art Galleries, 164
Antique Discovery Day, 175
Amspoker, Beryl, 10
Apollo Park, 85, 118, 129, 159, 162,
173
Army Air Force, 36, 72, 75
Arrow Film Corporation, 89
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodlands
State Park, 23, 135, 161
Ashley, General William, 56
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 64
Austin, Mary, 51, 52
Autry, Gene, 102, 147
B
Balsitis Park, 151
Barnes, Florence L. “Pancho’’ 79,
84, 86, 97, 121, 183
Barnes, Rev. Calvin Rankin, 79
Barnes, William Emmert, 79
Barrel Springs Trail, 16, 27, 118,
155
Beale, Edward F., 49, 50, 56
Bean, Walton, 6
Beaudry, Victor, 41
Beery, Wallace, 90
Belshaw, Mortimer, 41
Bergman, Carl, 98
Best of the West Softball Complex,
119, 156 -157
Big 8 Softball Complex, 152, 153
Big Rock Creek, 115
Big Rock Creek Camp, 142
B.J.’s Corner, 119
Blackbird Airpark, 119
Black Box, see Cedar Street
Playhouse and Antelope Valley College Black Box Theatre
Blackouts (Frank Zappa’s First
Band), 94
Borax, 31, 39, 45, 46, 47, 119,
120,139, 143, 168
Borax Visitor Center for US Borax
Mine, 46, 47, 48, 86, 119, 120,
Borchers, Margaret, 10
Boron, 39, 46, 47, 48, 86, 120, 121,
135, 139, 148, 151, 167, 168, 187, 188
Boron Park, 151
Bouquet Canyon Creek, 120
Brave New World,
94
Buchanan, Ed, 90
Burcham, Dr. Rose, 39
Burkhart Trail, 28
Burro Schmidt’s Tunnel, 146
Burton, H. Clifford, 35, 36
Butterfield Overland Mail Route, 53,
54
Beckworth, Jim, 56
C
Cabbits, 22
Cactus Queen, 36
Calico Ghost Town, 37, 142
California Aqueduct, 106, 118
California City, 122
California City Library,
169
California City Central Park, 151
California Poppy Festival, 28, 121,
175
California Sports Car Club, 103, 141
California State Parks, see
Mojave Desert State Parks
California State University,
Bakersfield, 189
California Trail Days, 175
Camels, 4, 50
Cameo Ranch and Winery, 121
Candy, John, 98
Carson, Kit, 18
Case, A. J. , 60
Caterpillar Crawler, 106
Cedar Centre Art Gallery, 115, 121,
166
Celebrate Downtown Lancaster, 179
Cerro Coso Community College, 189
Cerro Gordo Freighting Company, 41
Cerro Gordo Mines, 39, 41
Chambers of Commerc, 102, 175, 170,
188
Chapman University, 189
Charlie Brown Farms, 150
Chautaugua Literary Society, 60
Cherries, see Leona Valley
Children’s Springfest and Egg Hunt,
174
China Lake Naval Weapons Station, 4,
13, 14, 146, 189
Chisholm, David, 97
Chris O’Leary Skatepark, 158
Chumash, 5, 18
Civilian Aerospace Test Center, 82,
130
Civilian Space Port, 130
Cinema series, see Antelope
Valley Independent Film Festival
City Makers, 42
Clark, William J., 33
Club Ed, 97
Coastline, see stagecoaches
Colleges and universities, 189
Coleman, William T., 46
Colonel Vernon P. Saxon Jr.
Aerospace Museum, 86, 121
Conners, Chuck, 91
Corum brothers, 8
Coso Rock Art National Historic
Landmark, 13
County Parks, Los Angeles County
Parks, 159
Crandall, Dr. L.A., 35
Crosby, Bing, 90
Crows of Pearblossom,
95
Courson Park, see Melville J.
Courson Park
D
Dahlonega, Georgia, 37
Daily News, 12
Davis, Margaret L., 105
Death Valley Days, 46
Death Valley National Park, 142
Desert Queen, 43, 44
Desert Sands Park, 156, 178, 186
Desert Tortoise Days, 175
Desert Tortoise Natural Area, 122
Devil’s Punchbowl Nature Center,
123
Domenic Massari Park, 157
Doolittle, General Jimmy, 82, 112
Dr.
Robert C. St. Claire Parkway, 123
Drummond, S.A., 60
Dry lakebeds, 26, 70, 103
Dry Town Water Park, 123, 156
Duntley, Rawley, 60
E
Earthquakes, 59, 107, 108, 138, 167
East, Pauline, 98
Eastside Recreation Complex, 156
Edwards Air Force Base, 9, 36, 43,
44, 69, 70, 84, 98, 111, 113-114, 123, 183, 185, 202
Edwards AFB Library, 169
Edwards Air Force Base Air Show, 185
Edwards, Howard Arden, 9
El Mirage
Dry Lake, 15, 26, 44, 101
Embry
Riddle Aeronautical University, 189
Engle, Major General Joe, 82, 83 112
Etz, Ruth Munz, 90
Everett Martin Park, 154, 186
Exotic Feline Breeding Compound, 125
F
Fages, Pedro, 19
Family Movie Nights, 182
Farmer’s Market, 121, 149, 150,
180, 187,
“Fastest Road in the West,” see
Willow Springs Motor Sports Park, 104, 141
Fiddling Down the Tracks , 183
Fillmore & Western Railroad Company,
144
Fishing Derby, adults, 173, 187
Fishing Derby, youth, 177
5-K/10K Walk/Run, 186
Fort Tejon State Historical Park,
49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 107, 144
Fourth of July Celebrations, 173,
180
Fox Field, 85, 118, 125, 129, 130,
167
Frank & Dunlap, Ltd., 93
Fremont, John, 18
Fullerton, Col. Gordon, 82, 112, 203
Fulton, Lt. Colonel “Fitz” Fitzhugh,
82, 112, 202
Funland USA, 126
Furnace Creek, 45
Furnace
Creek Inn & Ranch, 143
Furnance
Creek Visitor Center, 143
G
Gable, Clark, 90
Garces, Padre Francisco, 17-18
Garland, Judy, 2, 92, 93
Gayne, Frances , see Judy
Garland
George Lane, 96
George Lane Park, 159, 162, 173
Gibson, Daisy, 92
Gibson, Hoot, 90
Golden Oak Ranch, 102
Golden Queen, 36
Gold panning Hall of Fame, see
Dahlonega, GA
Golf Courses, 162
Gospel Jubilee, 177
Gossard, Gloria, 19, 23, 26
Great Western Bank, 96
Great Western Soaring School, 126
Gregg, Ann, 26
Governor Mine, 33
Gumm, Francis, see Garland,
Judy
Gumm, Frank, 92
Gurba, Norma, 44
H
Haley, Don, 98
Hamilton, Ezra, 35
Hammack Activity Center, 157, 175
Happy Bottom Riding Club, 79, 87
Hart, William S. see William
S. Hart County Park and Museum
Harvest Moon Festival, 186
Havilah Line, see
stagecoaches
Hedren, Tippi, 136
Heinrichs, Joe, 43
High Desert Iris & Daylily Society,
175
High Desert Medical Group (HDMG)
Life Festival, 177
HDMG Senior Expo, 186
Hillside Park, 157
Historical Societies, 23, 169
Hockney,
David, 95
Home and Garden Show, 174
Hoyt, Charles and Carl, 43
Huth, Stephanie, 103
Huxley, Aldous, 94
I
Imus, Don, 94
Indian Point Ostrich Ranch, 126
Indians see
Antelope Valley Indian
Museum, 5, 9, 10, 30, 99, 117, 131, 159, 166
China Lake Navy Base,
14, 146, 189
Coso Rock Art National
Historic Landmark, 13
Kawaiisu, 4, 5, 7, 11,
12, 61, 139, 161
Kitanemuk, 4, 7, 61
Maturango Museum, 13, 145, 167
Tatavian, 4, 58, 61, 140
Tomo Kahni, 11, 131,
139, 161
Vanyume, 5, 61
J
Jackalopes, 22
Jackie Robinson County Park, 155,
159, 178
Jackrabbit Flats Wildlife Sanctuary,
127
Jane Reynolds Park, 153
Jane S. Pinheiro, 26
Jane S. Pinheiro Interpretive
Center, 28, 115, 160
Jawbone Line, 66, 145
Jet Hawks, 127, 152, 180
Johnson, Bobby H., 71
Johnson, John R., 18
Joshua Ranch Trail, 127, 157
Joshua trees, 19, 21, 22, 97, 115,
120
J. Paul Getty Museum, 95
Juneteenth Celebration, 178
K
Kawaiisu, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 61, 139,
161
Keaton, Buster, 90
Kelly Barbara, 93
Kern County Historical Society, 168
Kern River, 32, 107, 144
Kip,
Bishop William, 54
Kitanemuk, 4, 7, 61
Knight, State Senator Pete, 83, 112,
202
L
Lake Elizabeth, 53, 54, 55, 56, 108,
109, 124, 150, 162, 163
Lake Isabella, 144
Lake Los Angeles, 100, 114, 152
Lake Los Angeles
Library, 169
Lake Palmdale, 127
Lakes, 162
Lakes and Valleys Art Guild Center,
166, 171, 175, 178
La Liebre Ranch, 50
Lamont Odett Vista Point, 108, 127
Lancaster, 4, 85 see also
Adult Fishing Derby,
173, 187
Aerospace Walk of Honor,
82, 111, 183, 202
Antelope Valley Chamber of Commerce,
179, 185, 187, 188
Antelope Valley College, 189
Antelope Valley Holiday Parade, 187
Antelope Valley Independent Film
Festival, 174, 176
Antelope Valley Indian Museum, 5, 9,
10, 30, 99, 117, 131, 159, 166
Apollo Park, 85
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland
State Park, 23, 135, 161
California Poppy Reserve, 28
California State University,
Bakersfield, 189
Celebrate Downtown Lancaster, 179
Cinema Series, 102, 171, 174,
Garland, Judy, 92, 93
Jet Hawks, 127, 152, 180, 181
Lancaster bikeways, 29
Lancaster City Park, 121, 152, 153,
175
Lancaster’s Civic Plaza, 83
Lancaster Community Orchestra, 172
Lancaster County Library, 169
Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery, 23,
30, 92, 128, 153, 166, 175, 180
Lancaster Golf Center, 153, 163
Lancaster Grammar School, 91
Lancaster Hotel, 60, 180, see also
Western Hotel
Lancaster National Soccer Center,
153, 172
Lancaster Parks, recreation and
cultural facilities, 152,
Lancaster Performing Arts Center,
128, 171
Lancaster Post Office, 48
Lancaster Senior Center, 153, 168
Lancaster Youth Acting Classes, 171
Methodist Women Ice Cream Social,
181, see United Methodist
Mojave Desert State Parks Office,
11, 27, 130
Poppy Festival, see California Poppy
Prime Desert Woodlands, 22, 23, 135,
154
Railroad, 31, 59, 64, 65, 66, 67,
137, 144, 145, 148, 168, 176, 182, 188
Saints Constantine & Helen Orthodox
Church Festival, 184
Sacred Heart Church BBQ, 182
Stubbins Studio, 90
University of La Verne, 189
University of Phoenix, 189
Wayne, John, 91
West Coast Baptist College, 189
Youth Fishing Derby, 177
Zappa, Frank, 93-4\
Land yacht, 43-44
Lander quake, 107
Lane, George, 96
George Lane Park, 159,
161, 173-174
Lane Ranch & Company, 96
Larry Chimbole Cultural Center, 29,
156, 158, 169
Lasky Company, 89
Lawson, Vern, 93
Laws Railroad Museum & Historic
Site, 66, 145
Ledger-Gazette,
92-93
LeMay, Colonel Curtis, 72
Leona Valley, 118
Leona Valley Cherry Festival,
149-150, 178
Liberty Field, 75
Libraries, 169
Linderman, Sam, 63
Littlerock, 5, 70, 150, 154, 159
see
Cameo Ranch & Winery, 121
Juneteenth Celebration, 178
Littlerock Annual Chili Cookoff, 174
Littlerock Chamber, 188
Littlerock Dam and Recreation Area,
145
Littlerock Fall Festival, 186
Littlerock fruit, 150
Littlerock Library, 169
Littlerock Parks, 154, 159
Littlerock Wildflower Sanctuary, 128
Llano del Rio Colony, 95, 128
Lone Pine
Film Festival, 145
Long
Beach temblor, 107
Lopez,
Francisco, 32
Los
Alamos, 50
Los
Angeles see
Los Angeles Aqueduct, 105-106
Los Angeles County Parks, 159
Los Angeles County Riding and Hiking
Trails, 29
Los Angeles County Raceway, 129
Lowe, Florence Leontine, see
Barnes, Pancho
M
MacDonald, Elaine, 26-27
Malis, Sean, 50
Manzanita Heights Park, 157
Marie Kerr Park, 119, 156, 157, 180,
182, 183, 186-187,
Marie Kerr Skatepark, 157
Mariposa Park, 153
Martin, Steve, 98
Maturango Museum, 13, 145, 167
Maynard, Ken, 90
Melville J. Courson Park, 156
Mertz, H.F., 71
Metrolink, 66, 144
Milestones of Flight Museum, 85
Mines, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 54,
167
Mira Loma Flight Academy, 75
Mitchell Caverns, 131, 146, 147, 160
Mix, Tom, 90
Mohler, Stanley R., 71
Mojave, 71, 143 see
Camelot Golf Course, 162
Chamber of Commerce, 189
Corum Brothers, 8
Gold strikes, 36, 39
Mojave Airport, 82,
87, 130
Mojave desert, 4, 13, 29, 145, 146,
147, 167
Mojave Desert State Parks, 11, 27,
28, 130, 159, 160,
Mojave Library, 170
Mojave Parks, 155
Mojave National
Tortoise Preserve, 122
Mojave Plane Storage Area, 130
Mojave stagecoach, 54
Railroad, 63-64, 65
SpaceShipOne, 39, 81, 82, 87, 130
Twenty Mule Team, 45, 46, 86, 120,
139, 167, 187
Mojave Desert Information Center,
11, 28, 147
Mojave River Valley Museum, 147
Moore, Edra, 5
Morgan, William T., 64
Mormon settlers, 21
Morrison, Marion see Wayne,
John
Mother of Invention, 94 (Frank Zappa
band)
Mother’s Day Celebration, 177
Mountain High Ski Resort, 131, 163
Mourning Cloak Ranch and Botanical
Gardens, 132
Movie locations, see
Appendix 207
Mulholland, William, 105
Muntz Guest Ranch, 90
Muroc see
Muroc Army Air Force Base, 36, 70
Muroc, see Corum brothers, 8
Muroc bombing and gunnery range, 70
Muroc Dry Lake Bed, 43, 70, 71, 89
Muroc Maru,
72
Museum of the American West, 57, 147
Museums, 164
Myrtle Webber Pool, 153
N
Nadeau, Remi, 41, 42, 55
National Advisory Committee on
Aeronautics, 77, 78, 132
NASA Dryden, 69, 77, 78, 85, 86,
121, 132, 185, see appendix, 204
NASCAR, 103, 141
National Forest, see Angeles
National Forest
National Test Pilot School, 87, 130
Northrop, John K., 71
Norwood, Richard H. , 9
O
Old Harmony Borax Works, 46
Oliver, Grace, 10
One-Act Festival, 173
P
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail,
27, 29
Page Museum, 15
Painted Turtle, 133
Palance, Jack, 91-92
Palmdale see
Antelope Valley Film Faire, 174
Antelope Valley Labor Day Sky
Parade, 183
Antique Discovery Day, 175
Chapman University, 189
Children’s Springfest, 174
Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University, 189
Family Movie Nights, 182
Farmers’ Market, 149
Fourth of July celebration, 180
Harvest Moon Festival, 186
High Desert Iris & Daylily Show, 175
High Desert Medical Group Life Fest,
177
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 188
Littlerock Dam, 145
Palmdale Amphitheater, 157, 158,
180, 182
Palmdale Chamber, 175, 189
Palmdale Children’s Festival, 186
Palmdale City Hall, 155
Palmdale City Library, 158, 169
Palmdale City Players, 172
Palmdale Fall Festival, 186-187
Palmdale Parks, Recreation and
Cultural Facilities, 155
Palmdale Plant 42 Heritage Airpark,
86, 119, 133, 158
Palmdale Playhouse, 133, 158, 172,
176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 186, 188
Palmdale Playhouse Summer Theatre
Camp Programs, 172, 179, 180-181
Palmdale Repertory Productions, 133
Palmdale School House, 133-134
Palmdale Senior Center, 158, 168
Palmdale Youth and Community Dance
Company, 172
Palmdale Youth Library, 158, 169
Palmdale Youth and Community
Orchestra, 172
Palmdale Writers’ Roundtable, 172
Poncitlán Square, 158-159, 179, 187
PRCA Rodeo, 178-179
Sage Planetarium, 136
Sierra Club Hikes, 151
Spirit of the Holidays,
188
Starlight Concert
Series, 180
Thunder on the Lot, 179
Thursday Nights on the
Square, 149
University of La Verne,
190
Panamint Springs Resort, 143
Pancho Barnes, see Barnes,
Pancho
Pancho Barnes Party, 183-184
Pearblossom see
Crows of Pearblossom, 95
Devil’s Punchbowl, 109, 123
Jackrabbit Flats, 127
Pearblossom Duck Races, 187
Pearblossom Highway,
95
Pearblossom Park, 159
Phacelia Wildflower Sanctuary, 134
Pinheiro, Jane S., 26, 28, 115, 160
Picus, Grace C., 137
Piute Ponds, 134
Placerita
Canyon Park and Nature Center, 134
Placeritas, 32
Polaris Flight Academy, 75
Poppy Festival, see
California Poppy Festival
Poppy Reserve, see Antelope
Valley California Poppy Reserve
Post, Wiley, 71
PRCA Rodeo, 178-179
Prime Desert Woodland Preserve, 22,
135, 154
Primmer, Clyde, 69
Providence Mountains and Mitchell
Caverns, see Mojave Desert State Parks
Q
Quartz Hill, 90, 96, 159 see
Almond Blossom Festival,
173
George Lane Park, 159, 161
Quartz Hill Chamber, 189
Quartz Hill Library, 23, 169
Quartz Hill Street Faire, 184
R
Railroads see
Atchinson, Topeka &
Santa Fe, 64
Southern Pacific, 55,
59, 64, 137-138
“Jawbone” Line, 64, 66,
145
Laws RR Museum, 66, 145
Tehachapi Loop, 63, 64,
66, 137, 138
Randsburg, 39, 40, 147, 148
Randsburg Desert Museum, 40, 167
Ranne, Peter, 20
Rawley Duntley Park, 154
Reagan, Ron, 46
Red Rock
Canyon , 39, 42, 54
Red Rock
Canyon State Park, 101, 131, 148, 160
Red Rover
Mine, 33
Robinson,
John, 32
Rogers Dry Lake Bed,4, 43, 70, 71,
77
Rogers, Roy, 91, 100
Rosamond Dry Lake Bed, 4
Rutan, Burt, 81, 82, 87, 130
Rutan, Dick, 81
S
Sacred Films, 89
Sacred Heart Church Barbecue, 182
Saddleback Butte State Park, 27, 109, 131, 136, 152, 161
Sage Planetarium, 136
Saint Andrew’s Abbey, 184
Saints Constantine & Helen Greek
Orthodox Church Festival, 184
San Fernando Placers, 32
Saugus Train Station Museum, 66, 148
Scotty’s
Castle, 143
Senior Centers, 168
Senior Expo, see High Desert
Medical Group Senior Expo
Settle, Glen and Dorene, 35-36, 37,
64, 90, 91
Shakespeare Festival of Plays, 175
Shambala
Preserve, 136, 137
Shea’s Castle, 100, 137
Sierra Club, 29, 151
Skatepark, 158
Ski resorts, 163-64
Skylark North Glider Port, 137
Skytower Park, 154
Smith, Jedediah, 18, 56
Smithsonian, 81
Soledad Gold, Silver & Copper Mining
Company, 33
Southern Pacific, 55, 59, 64,
137-138
SpaceShipOne, 39, 81-82, 87, 130
Space shuttle, 4, 43, 46, 71, 73,
77, 78
Spirit of the Holidays, 188
Springtime Fair, 179
Stagecoaches, 31, 53
Stark, Milt, 29
Starlight Concert Series, 180
Stephen Sorensen Park, 152, 159
Stubbins
Photo Studio, 90
Stovepipe
Wells, 143
Sublette, Andrew, 56
Summer Celebration, 177
Summerjohn, George, 49
Summer Theater Camp, 179, 180-181
T
Talbot, Nancy, 96
Tataviam, 4, 5, 7, 18
Tehachapi, 3, 4, 5, 20, 25, 39, 55,
63, 107 161, see also
Bear Valley Golf Course, 162
Fiddling Down the Tracks, 183
Indian Point Ostrich Ranch, 126
Mourning Cloak Ranch, 132
Skylark North Glider Port 137
Springtime Fair, 179
Stallion Springs Golf Course, 163
Tehachapi Art Center, 167, 172
Tehachapi Chamber, 188
Tehachapi City Park, 161
Tehachapi Community Orchestra,
172-173
Tehachapi Community Theatre, 173
Tehachapi Loop, 63, 64, 66, 137, 138
Tehachapi Loop Railroad Club, 67,
176, 182, 188
Tehachapi mountain apples, 150-151
Tehachapi Mountain Festival, 182
Tehachapi Mountain Park, 138, 161
Tehachapi Museum, 138, 167
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association
Fall Harvest Festival, 184
Tehachapi Wind Resource Area,
Largest in the World, 138
Tomo Kahni State Historic Park, 11,
12, 139, 161
Telegraph Stage Line, 54, see
stagecoaches
Tierra Bonita Park, 154
Thompson, Milton, 82, 87, 112
Thunder on the Lot, 179
Thursday Nights on the Square, 149
Tomo Kahni State Historical Park,
11, 12, 131, 139, 161, see Indians
Trevor, Claire, 90
Trona Pinnacles, 100
Tropico Gold Mine, 31, 35-36
Tumbleweeds, 2, 21, 117
Tuskegee Airmen Monument, 112
Twenty Mule Team, 45, 46-48, 139,
167-168
Twenty Mule Team Days, 187
Tyler, golden retriever, 96
U
United Methodist Women’s Ice Cream
Social, 181
University of LaVerne,189
University of Phoenix, 189
V
Valle, Antonio del, 32
Valyermo Fall Festival, 136
Van Doorslaer, Father Maur, O.S. B.,
136
Vanyume, 5, 61, see Indians
Vasquez, Tiburco, 55, 56
Vasquez Rocks County County Natural
Area, 28, 58, 100, 109, 140
Vincent Hill Station, 64, see
Railroad
Victory Field, 75
Voyager, 81, 87, 130
Vroman, Lavender, 97
W
Walker, Joseph “Joe”, 112
Walker Ranch, 102
Wanda Kirk Library, 169
War Eagle Field, 36, 75
Wayne, John, 91
West Antelope Valley Educational
Foundation’s Acme Acting Company, 173
West Antelope Valley Historical
Society, 75, 168
Western America Railroad Museum, 67,
168
Western Hotel Museum, 61, 112, 140,
154, 168, 180
West Coast Baptist College, 189
Whit Carter Park, 154
Wick, M.L., 59
William Ketchum Memorial Armed
Forces Appreciation Day Parade, 184-185
William S. Hart County Park and
Museum, 57, 67, 90, 148, 149
Willow Springs, 5, 17, 20, 42, 51,
54, 103, 141,
Willow Springs International Motor
Sports Park, 103, 104, 141
Winnie Mae, 71
Writers’ Groups, 169-177
Y
Yeager, Charles E. “Chuck”, 72, 82,
112, 202
Yeager, Jeana, 81
Yellow Aster Mine, 39
Young, James O., 70, 71
Youth Fishing Derby, 177
Z
Zappa, Frank, 93-94
