Friday, December 25, 2009

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

Feinstein to introduce legislation to establish 2 national monuments in Mojave Desert

Reporting from Barstow - Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) says she plans to introduce legislation today to establish two national monuments on roughly 1 million acres of Mojave Desert outback that is home to bighorn sheep and desert tortoises, extinct volcanoes, sand dunes and ancient petroglyphs.

Its centerpiece, Mojave Trails National Monument, would prohibit development on 941,000 acres of federal land and former railroad company property along a 105-mile stretch of old Route 66, between Ludlow and Needles.

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Barstow High School built in the 1930's

Main building entrance. There are 7 halls, all uphill from here. Lots of grass and trees are gone from when I was here.
Photo courtesy of mojavegirl / Candis

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Barstow High School - Night at the Stadium

Taken at the 2008 Barstow High School Graduation

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A sad episode in Barstow history

During the late 60's, Barstow experienced a population growth. Previous to this, there was only one high school with the mascot being the Riffians. A second high school was built and opened in 1967, John F Kennedy High. They were the Spartans. A great cross town rivalry existed between the schools. In 1978, JFK was closed and the schools re-merged. The decision was made to retire the Riffian mascot and chose a new one for the merged Barstow High. The BHS Aztecs were born. Several years ago, a large amount of Riffian items were found at a nearby dump. Much was saved by locals and given to the Mojave River Valley Museum. They have set up a wonderful display of these items, plus some donated things. BTW, if you ever visit Barstow, go to the museum. It is packed with wonderful items in great displays. Barstow Steve just might be there to give you a tour. The staff are very well informed also. I had a great time visiting with Steve and Margaret.

Click on the picture to see an interesting discussion about the merger of the high schools and the naming of mascots.

Photo courtesy of Mojave Girl / Candis

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Barstow High School Addition

February 25, 2005
Yesterday, instead of my usual routine, which is dropping my kids off at the back of the high school in the morning, I drove to the front of the school where I could
see the new buildings. They've been freshly painted and look nearly finished on the outside. The electrical crew will be starting the installation of lighting and wiring devices (switches, receptacles, etc...) in the Classroom building next week. Here are some pictures I took yesterday to bring you up-to-date on the construction.

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Calico Sign written in the mountains

This can be seen over the area around Calico Ghost Town in Yermo, CA
Photo courtesy of Tamara Evans

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Sunrise Over the I-15 on the Last Day of our Trip

Photo courtesy of Bill Gracey

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Calico Ghost Town-USA-California-Yermo

Photo courtesy of Tscherno

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Do Drop Inn

Photo courtesy of dbjrochester / Debbie

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Hilary and David

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Snowing at the Harvey House

This was taken a year ago yesterday.
Photo courtesy of Barstow Steve

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009

A special thanks to our troops at Christmas

We appreciate your service to our country year round, but it's Christmas, and we'd like to say thanks. We're thinking of you and wishing you peace and good cheer.

C Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Photo courtesy of Barstow Steve

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Barstow

I took this photo from the top of the Mitchell-Skyline trail which is in the hills directly north of Old Hwy 58.
(Click on the picture to see the landmark tags on the Flickr upload.)
Photo courtesy of MojaveRiverFantasy / Eric

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Marilyn Lowe 1980

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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Barstow Road

Image courtesy of Hamish Reid

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Barstow California

5 Oct 2004 9:21am
bridge over railroad
16mm Zenitar lens on Pentax Spotmatic II
Sensia film
photo courtesy of tom spinker

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Near Lead Mountain

Photo courtesy of MajaveRiverFantasy/ Eric

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Elephant Mtn.

Image courtesy of MojaveRiverFantasy / Eric

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YouTube - MORE Barstow Race

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Beacon Bowl Barstow Ca post card early 60's

This was at one time the Beacon Hotel and Tavern. The tower originally said, "Richfield".
Image courtesy of mojavegirl / Candis

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Barstow Riffians Patch

Image courtesy of mojavegirl / Candis

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The Halpins at Dana Park

John, Kathleen, Sandy, Sis with yellow shorts, Jim

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The Halpins at Dana Park

John, Kathleen, Sandy, Sis with yellow shorts, Jim

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Kiki: Michael in fall colors

'One of our favorite picnic spots at Los Trancos Open Space in Portola Valley.' ~ Michael

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Friday, November 13, 2009

If you planted hope... - Charms and Chuckles

via flickr.com Photo by Louise Docker
"If you planted hope today in any hopeless heart,
If someone's burden was lighter because you did your part,
If you caused a laugh that chased a tear away,
If tonight your name is mentioned when someone kneels to pray,
Then your day was well spent."
~ author unknown

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Langworthy Field Class of 1977 Photo

Who do you know?
photo courtesy of baileydog3: http://www.flickr.com/people/phobos/

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El Rancho Barstow Neon Night Scene

'Thanks bluestates, it is one of my favorites.' ~ mojavegirl

about Candis: http://www.flickr.com/people/mojavegirl1216

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Stan Barstow: People's lives

"People’s lives are often other than they seem to be on the surface. And sometimes, what’s underneath and hidden is the best part of all, the part of real value." 
— Stan Barstow

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Goodreads | The Eco-Foods Guide: What's Good for the Earth is Good for You! ~ Cynthia Barstow

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Goodreads | Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts ~ Anne Llewellyn Barstow

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009