Victorville, California, was inhabited by settlers in 1858. It was
not founded formally until 1895, when the town was named Victor in
honor of California's Southern Railroad general manager Jacob Nash
Victor. In 1901, the name was changed to Victorville to end much
confusion with the town of Victor, Colorado. Victorville is many
things: a historic crossing for the mass migrations and expeditions
to the West, a historic railroad depot, a ranch town, a hideaway
for the glamorous of Hollywood during the Golden Era, and a stop on
the Mother Road of Grapes of Wrath fame. Several Native American
sites are located in Victorville and along the Mojave River, which
spans its northernmost borders. Petroglyphs and pictographs,
prehistoric symbols etched or drawn by the first High Desert
occupants, can still be seen along the rock walls of the Narrows
where the river sliced into slabs of solid granite over thousands
of years.
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