
George Air Force Base and Edwards Air Force Base dominate this High Desert landscape, illustrating the region's mid-century evolution into a critical aerospace and military testing hub. The presence of the NASA Flight Research Ctr and the Rocket Propulsion Laboratory underscores the area's role in cold-war era technological advancement. Beyond the runways, the map traces the vital path of the California Aqueduct and the Mojave River, showing the engineering required to sustain settlements like Victorville and Barstow in the arid Antelope Valley.
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