Mojave, California

Located about 50 miles east of Bakersfield in the Mojave Desert, Mojave was founded in 1876 as a construction camp for the Southern Pacific Railroad. From 1884 to 1889, it was the rail terminus for the famous 20-mule-team borax freight wagons. In the early 1900s, it served as the headquarters for the building the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
 
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Mojave Post Office and Variety Store, 1897
Pictured: L. Tingkey, Eva Hastings, Mrs. Dave Creighton, and Mrs. Preble

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Downtown Mojave, December 10, 1946

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Mojave from above, circa 1950

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