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Barstow, fundada en 1947, es una ciudad ubicada en el condado de San Bernardino en el estado estadounidense de California. En el año 2007 tenía una población de 24.600 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 242,8 personas por km². Barstow forma parte del área metropolitana de Inland Empire .
History. Santa Fe train arriving at the Casa del Desierto in 1926. The historic Casa del Desierto today. Prehistoric Native American tribes inhabited the region as long as 3,000 years ago. The Native Americans hunted, fished and gathered turquoise.
Barstow, city, San Bernardino county, south-central California, U.S. Located in the Mojave Desert, the city lies at a junction of pioneer trails. It was founded in 1880 during a silver-mining rush and was first called Fishpond and then Waterman Junction.
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Las raíces de Barstow también se encuentran en la rica historia minera del desierto de Mojave tras el descubrimiento de oro y plata en el valle de Owens y en las montañas del este en las décadas de 1860 y 1870.
Barstow Historical Timeline. 1800s. Waterman Junction Post Office changed there name to Barstow Post Office effectively naming the new town after William Barstow Strong, President of the Santa Fe Railroad, January 15, 1886. 1910s. Modern Harvey House opened, 1911.
The famous 20-mule teams came into being when 10 teams were hitched together with two wagons and a water wagon to haul ore from Daggett to the town of Calico. Barstow, then known as Waterman or Waterman Junction, grew into a town that provided goods and services to the miners.
