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Hesperia is in San Bernardino County
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A prehistoric Indian village
called Atongai once existed
here. In 1776, famed Padre
Garces visited this settlement,
where in 1819 mission native
converts began building a
place for Christian worship. Their efforts
failed when they were killed . . . — — Map (db m166604) HM
Elliot Ranch is just south of this
point, in Little Horse Thief Canyon.
It is the thirty acre homestead of
William and Lena Elliot built in 1927. The family with eight children truly lived frontier lives in wilderness
surroundings. . . . — — Map (db m166295) HM
A three story, world famous
brick hotel stood here for 74
years. It was the region's finest
building for years, and had hot
and cold water on each floor plus a toilet. — — Map (db m166544) HM
These three granite stones were part of the foundation of possibly the High Deserts’
greatest landmark. The Hesperia Hotel was built in the late 1880's.
This magnificent Hotel stood as a skyscraper at the corner of Hesperia Road and Spruce
for . . . — — Map (db m166538) HM
A 15 foot by 20 foot, wooden,
moveable station once stood
directly across Hesperia Road
from here. A 12 foot by 12 foot
jail was built alongside.
In the beginning, the California
Southern Railroad used
Hesperia for a
stopping
point. — — Map (db m166550) HM
In 1886, a rock monument was placed near here by
the Hesperia Land and Water Company. Required by
law, the monument gave notice that 5,000 miners
inches of water per minute was to be taken from
this point for use in Hesperia, enough water . . . — — Map (db m166568) HM
Remembering
Roy O. Gonce, September 11, 1933 - December 20, 2017;
Susan A. Gonce, March 30, 1943 - March 18, 1998;
Roy E. Gonce, July 29, 1975 - January 29, 2014.
The Gonce family, Roy, Susan and their two kids, Roy and Becky, chose this . . . — — Map (db m214311) HM
A free, graded road crossed here, running from Holcomb Valley to join the Brown Toll Road through the Cajon Pass. Citizens of Belleville raised $1,500 in 1861 to hire Jed Van Duzen, a local blacksmith, to build this road. — — Map (db m166290) HM
In 1848, a detour branched off the ancient
Mojave Trail (parallels Choiceana Avenue) going
west to Cajon's old summit. In 1870, road maker
John Brown enlarged the detour which with
time became a major thoroughfare. Padre Garces,
Jed Smith, Kit . . . — — Map (db m166560) HM
In 1870, road builder John A.
Brown upgraded a small
path into a road ten miles
in length. Running between
Cajon's old summit and the
prehistoric Mojave Trail, it
passed through Hesperia
diagonally crossing today's
Main Street in the . . . — — Map (db m166640) HM
[This is a four sided monument with four different markers:]Side A:
Las Flores Ranch
Near this spot on March 25, 1866, Edwin Parrish, Nephi Bemis and Pratt Whiteside, young cowboys employed on this ranch, were ambushed, . . . — — Map (db m166670) HM
Largest old barn in Southern California. Erected in 1872 by ranch owners, Amos P. Houlton and James F. Houghton, with lumber cut and transported from Sawpit Canyon by oxen. — — Map (db m166669) HM
Miller's Corner was created when State
Highway 31-C bypassed downtown Hesperia.
This corner received its name from an auto
mechanic named Miller who in 1923 opened a
garage here.
1930 saw a large national airport built
immediately south . . . — — Map (db m166535) HM
Mojave Indian Trail
Over 12,000 years ago the Anasazi people originally used the trail. In prehistoric times, the trail was used as a trade route to the sea. South of this area also lies the Vanyume village of Atongai, long extinct. . . . — — Map (db m166638) HM
This is the oldest existing building in
the city. On the first day of school, 23
students were on hand. For the next
74 years, the school continued to grow.
With one teacher and
first through eighth
grades all in one room,
this frontier . . . — — Map (db m166555) HM
In 1850, a man named Hanbrier erected the first commercial building in Topipa, Hesperia‘s original Indian name. A major road passed this general store leading to and from Cajon’s old summit. Homesteaders settled close by, but years of drought drove . . . — — Map (db m166668) HM
Life giving water, urgently
needed in growing Hesperia,
first arrived at this place in
1886. Flumes, pipe, and
ditches transported it seven
miles from high in the San
Bernardino Mountains.
By the 1950's, Hesperia's
water came from wells . . . — — Map (db m166556) HM
This was as close as Hesperia
got to Route 66. In 1940, Leroy
and Della Rolar opened a
service station-cafe on this
property to help serve
increasing motorists'
needs along Route 66.
State Highway 31-C
became U.S. Route 66 in
1928. Actually . . . — — Map (db m166730) HM
The station was first named in
1887. This important railroad
center began its decline in 1967
and no longer exists. Here, for
over half a century, mighty
steam engines thundered by in
their battle to cross the
menacing Cajon
Pass. A . . . — — Map (db m166292) HM
Walters Store is the oldest
existing business building in
the city. It started out as a
general merchandise store. Here,
young Hesperia purchased its
needs as did motorists who passed
by for nine years
using the National
Old Trails Road. — — Map (db m166554) HM
