1933 Map of Casa Desierta

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Antelope Valley appears here in the early 1930s, defined by a rigid grid of surveyed section lines and the stark transition between desert basin and rising alluvial slopes. At the northern edge, the boundary between Kern and Los Angeles counties cuts across Buckhorn Dry Lake, a landmark for early travelers through this arid corridor. The landscape is dominated by long, straight thoroughfares like Lancaster Muroc Road and a series of alphabetic avenues that structured the agricultural and residential development of the era.