Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley is in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast part of Kern County, California. It is a part of the western tip of the Mojave Desert.[1] It is between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and the San Gabriel Mountains.[2]
The valley was named for the pronghorns that roamed there. They were killed in the 1880s, mostly by hunting, or moved to other areas.[2][3] The main cities in the Antelope Valley are Palmdale and Lancaster.
Antelope Valley Media
Joshua trees in snow, near Lancaster, California
A Kawaiisu family — vintage sepia photograph of the Kawaiisu Native Americans of California.* * The pre-20th century Kawaiisu tribe lived in the Tehachapi Mountains and Southern Sierra Nevada, and traveled eastward on food-gathering trips to the northern
Discovery (STS-128) touches down at Edwards Air Force Base, 2009
SpaceShipOne (Flight 15P) landing at Mojave Air and Space Port (June 21, 2004)
The Alta Wind Energy Center in northern Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, March 2008
Chuck Yeager with Glamorous Glennis at Muroc, circa 1947
References
- ↑ "Antelope Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dale Pitt (2000). "Antelope Valley". Los Angeles A to Z: an encyclopedia of the city and county. University of California Press.
- ↑ William Bright; Erwin Gustav Gudde (30 November 1998). 1500 California place names: their origin and meaning. University of California Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-520-21271-8. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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