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Antelope Valley history

Historic display room at the Western Hotel Museum in Lancaster.

The Western Hotel Museum and the Story of Early Lancaster

Visit Lancaster's Western Hotel Museum and learn how railroads, drought, aqueduct crews, and civic life shaped early Lancaster. [...]
Historic display room at the Western Hotel Museum in Lancaster.

Railroads, Old Hotels and Desert Roads: How to See Historic Antelope Valley

See AV history through Lancaster's Western Hotel, old rail corridors, Palmdale local-history resources, and source-led desert context. [...]

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