{"id":8665,"date":"2025-08-19T08:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/?p=8665"},"modified":"2025-08-19T08:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:57:53","slug":"barstow-california-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/barstow-california-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Barstow, California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Timeline<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prehistoric<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indigenous Mojave and desert tribes lived in the region for thousands of years, traveling along the Mojave River and ancient trade routes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>1840s\u20131860s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Travelers along the Old Spanish Trail and Mormon Road camped at spots near Barstow such as Grapevines and Fish Ponds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1860\u20131871: Camp Cady, east of Barstow, served as a U.S. Army post protecting travelers along the Mojave Road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>1860s\u20131880s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Silver mining boomed in nearby Calico and Daggett.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Settlement first appeared under names Fishpond and Waterman Junction (named for Robert Waterman, a silver mine owner).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>1880s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1882\u20131884: Southern Pacific Railroad built to Daggett, later taken over by the Atchison, Topeka &amp; Santa Fe Railway.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1886: Town officially named Barstow after William Barstow Strong, ATSF president. Became a major railway division point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Early 1900s<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/600-barstow-notr-1921-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/600-barstow-notr-1921-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8669\" style=\"width:372px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/600-barstow-notr-1921-map.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/600-barstow-notr-1921-map-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1911: Casa del Desierto (Harvey House) opened, providing elegant lodging and meals to rail passengers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1925: On July 4, the business district was moved about a quarter mile to align better with the highway and railroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Route 66 and World War II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1920s\u20131940s: Barstow thrived as a stop on Route 66.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1942: Marine Corps Logistics Base established, supporting military logistics during World War II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Postwar era<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1958: Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex established nearby as part of NASA\u2019s Deep Space Network.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1960: Barstow Community College founded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Preservation and modern history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1975: Casa del Desierto listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1976: Designated as a California Historical Landmark.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1990s: Harvey House restored after earthquake damage, repurposed to house the Route 66 Mother Road Museum, Western America Railroad Museum, and serve as an Amtrak station. (2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timeline Prehistoric 1840s\u20131860s 1860s\u20131880s 1880s Early 1900s Route 66 and World War II Postwar era Preservation and modern history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8671,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8665\/revisions\/8671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital-desert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}