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Oro Grande (Spanish for "Large Gold") is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, United States. It lies on the city boundary of Victorville and Adelanto. It is at 3,000 feet (910 m) elevation in Victor Valley north of the San Bernardino mountain range.
Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch is a ranch near Oro Grande, California. It is a popular stop for people passing by on Route 66. The 2 acres (0.81 ha) ranch was created in 2000 by Elmer Long and has more than 200 bottle trees. [5] It is open from sunrise to sunset and is free to enter. [6]
In 1826 Jedediah Smith was the first non-Native American to travel overland to California by following the Mojave Indian Trail. He called this the Inconstant River . A pack horse and livestock trail, the Old Spanish Trail , was established by Antonio Armijo in 1829 between New Mexico and El Pueblo de Los Ángeles , joined the Mojave River at ...
County Route 66 (CR 66) is an east–west numbered road in San Bernardino County, California, United States.It runs for 175.7 miles (282.8 km) [1] from Oro Grande (north of Victorville) to the U.S. Route 95 (US 95) at Arrowhead Junction (northwest of Needles).
Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield is located north of Piñon Hills, California, and southwest of El Mirage, California, and 25 miles east of Palmdale, California, at , at an elevation of 3,028 ft (923 m). The Grey Butte Auxiliary Airfield was built in 1941 in triangle shape with four 3,700 ft (1,100 m) paved runways and center runway of 3,164 ft ...
Silver Mountain is a summit east of La Delta in San Bernardino County, California. It rises to an elevation of 4,170 feet (1,270 meters). It rises to an elevation of 4,170 feet (1,270 meters). [ 1 ]
The landmarks on U.S. Route 66 include roadside attractions, notable establishments, and buildings of historical significance along U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66).. The increase of tourist traffic to California in the 1950s prompted the creation of motels and roadside attractions [1] as an attempt of businesses along the route to get the attention of motorists passing by. [2]
Cadiz (Spanish: Cádiz) [2] [3] is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located just south of the Marble Mountains near the National Trails Highway. Cadiz was a water stop on the railroad.