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The Kern-Antelope Historical Society, Inc., Rosamond, CA [Published date: 1983]. Soft cover, 99 p. Second Edition, 1983.
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In good condition. Glossy illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout photos and illustrations throughout. NOT Ex-library. [From Preface] In previous books I have compiled for Kern-Antelope Historical Society I have covered the history of early Antelope Valley. Since then I have been encouraged by many of my friends to write of my own experiences and the changes that have occurred in the Valley since my entrance on the scene. I was born in Palmdale in 1911. For the next sixty-plus years, most of my life has been spent in the Valley, the exception being when I took time out to attend college in Texas and Wisconsin. Also, I was away with "Uncle Sam's Navy" for a four year period during World War II. It must be confessed that until I married Dorene Burton I was much more interested in athletics than in history. Learning of her family's early life in Antelope Valley aroused interest in my own family's early life in local California and Antelope Valley. This, in turn, led to a keener interest in interest in local and state history; in fact, Dorene and I have become so deeply interested and involved that we developed a museum containing much Antelope Valley memorabilia. Many buildings of local historic interest have been brought to our "Gold Camp", located at the Burton's Tropico Gold Mine near Rosamond. Although this narrative is basically of my life in Antelope Valley, I hope you will enjoy sharing with me the everyday happening sand the great changes in our Valley during my lifetime.