(1) general high desert

• California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission (CNSSTC) [www.maglev-train.com]
• California State Historical Landmarks in San Bernardino County [www.beachcalifornia.com/landmaver.html]
• Desert USA [www.desertusa.com]
• DARPA Grand Challenge Autonomous Vehicle Race 13 March 2004 [www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge; article: space.com/businesstechnology/technology/techwed_darpa_040225.html]
• Desert Survival Tips [www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/desert_survival_tips.html]
• Digital Desert pages
• Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee [www.tortoise-tracks.org]
• Digital Desert pages [digital-desert.com]
• Fremont's crossing of the Mojave [members.uia.net/rdthompson/lane4.html]
• Interstate-15 history (previously US 91, previously Arrowhead Trails Highway, previously portions of National Old Trails Highway, previously the Mormon Trail, previously the Spanish Trail) [Arrowhead Trails Highway: www.wemweb.com/arduous-road/arrowhead_trails.html; US 91: www.gbcnet.com/ushighways/US91/index.html]
• Interstate-15 traffic stats [www.interstate-guide.com/i-015_aadt.html]
• Mojave Desert and Palm Springs Radio Stations [www.geocities.com/fubu102/stations/DSTFMstn.htm]
• Mojave Desert Climate History [wgsc.wr.usgs.gov/mojave/climate-history]
• Mojave Desert from Space [www.ecoseeds.com/mojave.jpg]
• Mojave Region Earthquake Faults [www.data.scec.org/faults/mojfault.html]
• Old Spanish Trail Association [www.oldspanishtrail.org; history: www.slv.org/history/osta]
• Old Spanish Trail Recognition Act of 2002 [www.blm.gov/nhp/efoia/wo/fy04/im2004-032attach2.pdf]
• Roadside America: California to Utah [www.roadsideamerica.com/tour/94day1.html]
• Roadsigns: The Newsletter of the Calif. Route 66 Association [www.wemweb.com/chr66a/roadsign]
• San Bernardino County lat/lon data [www.calsign.com/mining/sanberna.htm]
• "Simulation of Ground-Water Flow in the Mojave River Basin, California" [water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014002/index.html]
• "What If...? Alternative Futures for the California Mojave Desert" [www.giscafe.com/technical_papers/Papers/paper036/p192.php]
• World War II Desert Training Center (BLM site) [www.ca.blm.gov/needles/patton.html]

(2) Victorville

• the "Blue Cut" over Cajon Pass [tchester.org/sgm/places/blue_cut.html]
• Blue Cut Fire [www.wrightwoodcalif.com/CurveFire/Curve_Sep12_PM.doc]
• California Route 66 Museum [www.califrt66museum.org]
• Cal-Earth [www.calearth.org]
• Cajon Pass train watching [spazioinwind.libero.it/cajon/railfan/part2.htm]
• Hula Ville, Hesperia [gone] (once covered a half-acre off Amargosa Road about one mile south of Bear Valley Road) [www.roadsideamerica.com/tour/94day1.html; radio interview transcript: www.soundportraits.org/on-air/hula_ville/transcript.php3; miniature at Cal. Route 66 Museum: www.califrt66museum.org/exhibit.htm]
• Lewis Center for Educational Research, Apple Valley [www.lewiscenter.org]
• Mojave Narrows Regional Park, Victorville [www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/parks/mojave.htm]
• Mojave River Forks Regional Park, Hesperia [www.highdesert.com/guide/activities/parks.shtml]
• OK Corral Ostrich Farm, Apple Valley [www.highdesertinsider.com/okcorral]
• Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum [gone] [www.roadsideamerica.com/tour/94day1.html]
• Scandia Family Fun Center [www.scandiafun.com]
• Victor Valley Museum, Apple Valley [www.vvmuseum.com]
• Victor Valley Daily Press' Museum Guide [www.vvdailypress.com/travel/museums]
• Victorville Fire Museum [www.vvdailypress.com/travel/museums]

(3) Victorville to Barstow

• Digital Desert's Victorville to Barstow pix [aeve.com/digitaldesert/route66/r6601.html]
• Dixie Evans' Exotic World burlesque museum in Helendale [www.vvdailypress.com/travel/museums]
• Oro Grande Historic Memorial Park [www.interment.net/data/us/ca/sanbern/orogrande]
• Oro Grande railroad station [www.wemweb.com/railroad-stations/ref50.html]

(4) Barstow

• California Desert Information Center [www.caohwy.com/c/caldesic.htm]
• California Welcome Center [www.barstowchamber.com/visitors/shopping/cwc]
• Casa Del Desierto (Harvey House restaurant at Barstow train station) [userwww.sfsu.edu/~clayton/casa.html]
• Mojave River Valley Museum [mvm.4t.com; www.wemweb.com/mrvm/index.shtml]
• Rainbow Basin National Natural Landmark (BLM web site) [www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/basin.html]
• Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum [barstow66museum.itgo.com]
• Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area (BLM web site) [www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/stoddard.html]
• Virtual Barstow [userwww.sfsu.edu/~clayton/barstow.html]
• Western America Railroad Museum [http://www.barstowrailmuseum.org]

(5) Yermo/Daggett

• Calico Early Man Site (BLM web site) [www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/calico.html
  article: www.redlandsfortnightly.org/gries_00.htm]
• Calico earthquake epicenter (Richter 5.3 on March 18, 1997 at 7:24:48 AM PST) [www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/calicoeq.html]
• Calico Ghost Town [www.calicotown.com]
• Calico Ghost Town history [www.bitofhistory.com/WebPages/CAWeb/Calico.html]
• Daggett self-guided tour [www.wemweb.com/traveler/towns/daggett/newpage2.html]
• Peggy Sue's 50s Diner [www.1stoptravelguide.com/calif/923xx/dagyrmo/business/1ps1.htm]
• Solar Two [article: energy.saving.nu/solarenergy/thermal.shtml trip report: www.ieesocal.org/review3.html]

(6) Yermo to Baker

• Afton Canyon (BLM web site) [www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/afton.html]
• Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx Springs (a.k.a. Soda Springs) run by the California Desert Studies Consortium headed by Cal State Fullerton [biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/dsc/zzyzx.html]
• Fort Irwin [www.irwin.army.mil]
• Fort Irwin: History of Mining Development [fp3.antelecom.net/vredenb/history/mining_history/fort_Irwin.html]
• Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad [www.ttrr.org]
• Zzyzx Road [wordways.com/zzyzx.htm; QuicktimeVR panorama: www.virtualguidebooks.com/SouthCalif/MojaveDesert/MojaveRiver/ZzyzxSpringsRoad.html; Zzyzx Road is also a rock band: www.zzyzx-road.com and Zzzyzx is also a computer peripherals company in San Diego: www.zzyzx.com]

(7) Baker

• Alien Fresh Jerky [www.alienfreshjerky.com]
• Mojave National Preserve's Baker Desert Information Center [www.nps.gov/moja/pphtml/facilities.html]
• Bun Boy [rentor.com/ca/baker/restaurant/bunboy-home.htm]
• World's Tallest Thermometer [www.schweich.com/imagehtml/2907-21.html]

(8) Baker to Primm

• article on Interstate-15 construction from California Highways and Public Works magazine, September-October 1961 issue [members.cox.net/mkpl/bakergr/bakergrade.html]
• Halloran Summit formerly Yucca Grove [www.schweich.com/usi15A.html]
• Mojave National Preserve & environs
  [www.nps.gov/moja; map: data2.itc.nps.gov/parks/moja/ppMaps/papermap%2Egif]
  • Amboy Crater, Amboy, CA (on old Rt. 66) [www.desertusa.com/mnp/mnp_amboy.html]
  • Amboy to Needles train watching [www.trainweb.org/brettrw/maps/needlessub/needeast.html]
  • Bagdad Cafe (a.k.a. Sidewinder Cafe) in Newberry Springs, CA (on old Rt. 66) [www.bagdadcafeusa.com]
    subject of the movie Bagdad Cafe (1988) [ASIN: B00005BKZJ] production design by Bernt Capra [www.berntcapra.com] brother of philosopher/physicist Fritjof Capra [www.fritjofcapra.net]
  • Cima Hill train watching [www.trainweb.org/brettrw/maps/cimasub/cimahill.html]
  • Goffs Schoolhouse - Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association [www.mdhca.org]
  • Hole-in-the-Wall Information Center, Essex, CA [www.nps.gov/moja/pphtml/facilities.html]
  • Kelso Depot [www.nps.gov/moja/k-rennov/krennov1.htm]
  • lava tube, Mojave Preserve [members.cox.net/jlboone4/MOJA/Lava_Tube/Lava_Tube.htm; community.webshots.com/album/66690670qkiMKA; 3D: 3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/mojave/html/C039.html]
  • Mojave National Preserve geology (from USGS) [geology.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/mojave/mojave1.html]
  • The Mojave Phone Booth Project by "Deuce of Clubs" [www.deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojave.htm]
  • Providence Mountains and Mitchell Caverns [www.calparksmojave.com/providence]
• Nipton Road [www.schweich.com/usi15A.html]
• Nipton, fomerly Lakeview, CA [www.nipton.com]
• Searchlight Museum, in the Community Center in Searchlight, 60 miles south of Las Vegas on Highway 95 [www.2steppin.com/srchlt.htm]

(9) Primm/State Line and Jean

• history of Primm [www.lvlife.com/may2000/features/story03.html]
• Nevada Historical Marker 195 "The Last Spike" 4.6 miles northeast of Jean, NV [dcnr.nv.gov/markers/mark_195.htm]
• Primm Valley Resorts: Bufallo Bill's, Primm Valley, Whiskey Pete's [www.primadonna.com]
• site of Kactus Kate's, Jean [www.nevadacasinochips.com/KactusKates.htm]

(10) Las Vegas & environs

• Barrick Natural History Museum, on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas [hrcweb.lv-hrc.nevada.edu/museum]
• Bonnie Springs Old Nevada (22 miles west of Las Vegas) [www.bonniesprings.com]
• Hoover Dam [www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam]
• Hoover Dam Museum in Boulder City [www.bcmha.org]
• Casino Legends Hall of Fame, at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino [www.tropicanalv.com/ent_legends.asp]
• Clark County Museum [www.co.clark.nv.us/parks/Clark_County_Museum.htm]
• Drawings from the Boneyard [www.cricketstudio.com/boneyard/index.html]
• "Landscape Change of the Las Vegas Valley, 1972 to 1998" [www.epa.gov/nerlesd1/land-sci/pdf/lv_poster5.pdf]
• Las Vegas Museums [www.lasvegastourism.com/museums.htm]
• Las Vegas Natural History Museum [www.lvnhm.org]
• Lied Discovery Children's Museum: Desert Discovery [www.ldcm.org/desertdiscovery.html]
• The Neon Museum [www.neonmuseum.org]
• Nevada State Museum and Historical Society [dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/lv/vegas.htm]
• Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation's Atomic Testing Museum [www.ntshf.org article: www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-04-Sat-2003/news/22292247.html]
• Old Las Vegas Mormon State Historic Park [parks.nv.gov/olvmf.htm]
• Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, State Highway 159, west of Las Vegas [www.redrockcanyon.blm.gov]
• Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Blue Diamond, NV [parks.nv.gov/smr.htm]
• USAF Thunderbird Museum at Nellis Air Force Base [www1.faa.gov/education/awp/museums.htm; www.airforce.com/thunderbirds]
• Valley of Fire State Park, Overton, NV [parks.nv.gov/vf.htm]
• William Andrews Clark history page [www.1st100.com/part1/wclark.html]

(11) misc. high desert

• Aerospace Walk of Honor, Lancaster, CA [www.cityoflancasterca.org/Admin/awoh.htm]
• Antelope Valley guide [www.antelopevalleyguide.com/AV/visiting.html]
• Art Bell's home radio studio, Pahrump, NV [www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2003/09/16.html; article: www.lasvegassun.com/dossier/events/bell/profile.html]
• Avi Casino, Laughlin, NV, owned by Mojave Tribe [www.avicasino.com]
• Black Mountain Rock Art District, between Superior and Water Valleys, northwest of Barstow [www.ca.blm.gov/barstow/petroglyph1.html]
• Borax Visitors Center [www.borax.com/borax6.html]
• Boron Twenty Mule Team Museum and Visitor's Bureau [www.rnrs.com/20MuleTeam/Information.htm]
• Boron's Vernon P. Saxon Jr. Aerospace Museum [www.1stoptravelguide.com/calif/coming/saxon/cosaxon.htm]
• China Lake Naval Weapons Station: U.S. Naval Museum of Armament and Technology [www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~pao/pg/Museum.htm]
• Civil Aircraft at Mojave Airport [www.air-and-space.com/Mojave%20civil%2020010910.htm]
• Devil's Punch Bowl, Pearblossom, CA [aeve.com/digitaldesert/ddaa/pu01.html]
• Edwards Air Force Base: Air Force Flight Test Center Museum [www.edwards.af.mil/museum/index.html]
• Extra-Terrestrial Highway (Nevada 375) [www.aliensonearth.com]
• General Patton Memorial Museum, 30 miles east of Indio [www.letsgoseeit.com/index/county/rvr/indio/loc01/patton.htm]
• Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) [csoc-dsn-web.jpl.nasa.gov]
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area [www.nps.gov/lame/visitorcenter/index.html]
• Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, CA [www.livingdesert.org/]
• Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA [www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~matmus]
• Mineral County Museum, Hawthorne, NV [web0.greatbasin.net/~mcmuseum]
• Oatman, AZ [www.desertusa.com/oatman/du_oatman.html; www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/oatman.html] ]
• Palmdale Plant 42 Heritage Airpark [www.cityofpalmdale.org/visitors/visitors_guide.html]
• Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, CA [www.calparksmojave.com/redrocks]
• Salt Springs [www.ghosttownexplorers.org/california/saltsp/saltsp.htm; www.bitofhistory.com/WebPages/CAWeb/SaltSpring.html]
• San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands [www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/museum]
• San Bernardino Route 66 Museum (Site of the First McDonald's Restaurant 1948) [www.wemweb.com/chr66a/sbr66_museum/sbr66_museum.html]
• Shoshone Museum, Shoshone, CA [www.desertusa.com/dv/du_dvpnearby.html]
• Water Canyon Coffe Company and Art Gallery, Yucca Valley [www.watercanyoncoffee.com; www.allaboutthefun.com/ALLABOUTTHEFUN/Water_Canyon_C.html]
• Western Hotel Museum, Lancaster, CA [www.cityoflancasterca.org/Parks/westernhotel.htm]

• AAA Tour Book: Southern California & Las Vegas (2004) free to members of AAA [www.aaa.com]
• Bristow, Gwen Jubilee Trail (1950) [ASIN/ISBN: 0690467508]
• California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation California Historical Landmarks (1990) [ASIN/ISBN: 0941925196]
• Casebier, Dennis G. Goffs & its schoolhouse : the historic cultural center of the East Mojave desert (1995) [ASIN/ISBN: 0914224271]
• Crampton, C. Gregory and Madsen, Steven K. In Search of the Spanish Trail: Santa Fe to Los Angeles, 1829 - 1848 (1994) [ASIN/ISBN: 0879056142]
• Davies, Vivian and Kuna, Darin California's Route 66: Landmarks, History, Mileage and Maps (1994)
  California Historic Route 66 Association [www.thesavvytraveller.com/insights/geography/north_america/united_states/
  1general/history/route_66/state_by_state.htm]
• Duffield-Stoll, Anne Q. ZZYZX: History of an Oasis (1994)
  California Desert Studies Consortium, University of California
  Santa Susana Press, University Library, California State University, Northridge, CA [www.csupomona.edu/~library/exhibits/CalPolyAuthors95/home.html]
• Freeth, Nick Route 66: Main Street USA (2001)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0760308640]
• German, Jeff Murder In Sin City: The Death of a Las Vegas Casino Boss (2001)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0380818736]
• Hafen, Leroy R. and Ann W. Old Spanish Trail, Santa Fe to Los Angeles, The Far West and the Rockies Historical Series 1820 - 1875 Vol. I (1954)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0803272618]
• Huegel, Tony California Desert Byways: 60 Backcountry Drives for the Whole Family (2002)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0899973043]
• Kelley, Susan Croce and Scott, Quinta Route 66: The Highway and Its People (1988)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0806122919]
• Kerouac, Jack On the Road (1955)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0140042598]
• Kooiman, Helen W. Walter Knott, Keeper of the Flame (1973)
  [ASIN/ISBN: B00005X4DJ]
• Lyman, Leo and Reese, Larry The Arduous Road: Salt Lake to Los Angeles, The Most Difficult Wagon Road in American History (2001)
  [www.wemweb.com/arduous-road]
• Malach, Roman Oatman: Gold Mining Center [pamphlet] (1975)
  H&H Printers, Kingman, AZ [www.rootsweb.com/~azmohave/books1.htm]
• Mann, Bill Guide to 50 Interesting and Mysterious Sites in the Mojave (1999)
  [www.wemweb.com/shortfuse/index.html]
• Moore, Bob and Grauwels, Patrick The Illustrated Guidebook to the Mother Road (1998)
  Roadbook International, Williams, AZ [www.drive-ins.com/storedet.htm?code=zbk5707]
• Rae, Cheri and McKinney, John Mojave National Preserve: A Visitor's Guide (1999)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0934161186]
• Remeika, Paul and Lindsay, Lowell Geology of Anza-Borrego: Edge of Creation (1992)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0932653170]
• Rittenhouse, Jack D. A Guide Book to Highway 66 (1946)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0826311482]
• Snyder, Tom The Route 66 Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion (1990)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0312131623]
• Spencer, Russell & Kathlyn Windshield Adventure Through the Mojave Desert (19__)
  [ssl12.pair.com/wem/order_sys/mrvm/forms/DesertGuides.html#mrvm-68]
• Stegner, Wallace Earle The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail (1964)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0803292139]
• Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0142000663]
• Steiner, Harold The Old Spanish Trail Across the Mojave Desert (1999)
  [ssl12.pair.com/wem/order_sys/mrvm/forms/DesertGuides.html#mrvm-68]
• Swan, Sheila and Laufer, Peter Neon Nevada (1994)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0874172462]
• Teague, Tom Searching for 66 (1991)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0940859092]
• Thomas Guides Thomas Guide 2004 San Bernardino and Riverside Counties: Street Guide and Directory (2004)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 052899929X]
• Thompson, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1971)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0679785892]
• United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service National Historic Trail Feasability Study and Environmental Assesment (2001)
  
• Venturi, Robert, et. al. Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form (1972)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 026272006X]
• Wallace, Michael Route 66: The Mother Road (1992)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0312082851]
• Wolfe, Tom "Las Vegas (What?) Las Vegas (Can't Hear You! Too Noisy) Las Vegas!!!" in The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965)
  [ASIN/ISBN: 0553380583]

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