Abandoned Places – US 395 wander [Part 4] – Lake Los Angeles

The sun was still riding high in the afternoon sky when we departed the former George Air Force Base again. Even though we were asked to leave (politely) I felt very satisfied with the photos I’d retrieved. My kids were anything but happy though. With few exceptions, I’d kept them in the car at most sites due to the security (patrol) situation and they were aching to photograph some sites too. Given the time and the routes homeward that were available, we swung south out of Adelanto and drove towards Palmdale. There were (very) old houses in that area I’d been told about by Amanda ( lady_angharad). We weren’t disappointed.

In the 1880 to 1910 timeframe, there was a major homesteading push in the Antelope Valley and communities like Lake Los Angeles were surrounded by hundreds of homesteader shacks and small farms. It’s hard to conceive that this desert area could have been a large farming community, but the evidence is there.



( Home sweet home (14 behind the cut) )