1915 Map of Mojave

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Mining operations and remote ranching settlements dot the high desert and mountain slopes of Kern County as captured in this 1912-1913 survey. The Piute Mountains and Sierra Nevada dominate the center, where the Joe Walker Mine and Gwynne Mine represent the region's extraction history. Local commerce and mail routes are anchored by the Paris Loraine PO and Claraville, while the southern expanse reveals the industrial infrastructure of the era. The Los Angeles Aqueduct snakes through the terrain near the junction of the Southern Pacific and A T and S F railroads at Mojave. Researchers can trace the development of the Tehachapi Pass, seeing the proximity of the Limestone Quarry to the settlement of Monolith, and locating rural landmarks like the Cameron Valley School and the historic Old Town site near Tehachapi.