Super 8 Barstow Ca

A railway town since its...

by Routeman

A railway town since its founding, BARSTOW is now a city of 60.000 people. In 1888, the Santa Fe Railroad arrived in town and a splendid station was built in the middle of the Mojave Desert. The town was named after the president of the Santa Fe, William Barstow Strong, and it soon became a service center for the gold and silver mines that surrounded the community. The city of Barstow is the mid-point between Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Conveniently located on the intersection of interstates 15 and 40, as well as highway 58 and 247, Barstow provides optimal access to Southern California as well as Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

Hawes Auxiliary Field Tower Site

by Echo_29

From the CLUI website: Hawes Auxiliary Field is a former World War II training field. The land at the southern half of the airfield remains in military hands, largely because of contamination from diesel fuel used for the generators at the site, and other as-yet-to-becleaned-up remains. Equipment including a 1,226 foot tall tower at the site was used for low frequency communications by the Strategic Air Command, from the 1960's to the 1980's (the site was part of the military's SLFCS and GWEN emergency communication networks). When the tower was torn down in the mid 1980's, the lower half of the tower fell sideways and the top half of the tower collapsed onto the bunker. Until recently, portions of the top half of the tower could be seen protruding from the two foot thick concrete roof of the bunker. The remains of the tower have been salvaged. A two-story underground bunker at the former base of the antenna lies open and exposed to scavengers. Inside are the remnants of three twelve foot long diesel generators (though the facility was on the commercial power grid it also had significant electrical generation capabilities), copper-lined equipment rooms, and administrative offices. Next to the earth-covered bunker are several large underground fuel tanks, the remains of support structures (including the guard house platform), many guy wire footings from the tower, and the overgrown runway.

East of Barstow off of highway 58...look for the bump to the south. This place is a toxic mess inside use caution when entering!

A tradition of hospitality

by spartan about Quigley's Restaurant

If you are familiar with the Coco's Restaurant chain, then when you walk into Quigley's you'll think the same. The food is excellent and the service is prompt. I had John's Spicy Sandwich (grilled sourdough bread, breast of chicken dipped in spicy breading, Monterey Jack cheese, lettuce, tomato and thick steak cut fries).

Barstow, California

by meteorologist1

"Crossroads of Opportunity"

Located between Las Vegas and Los Angeles is a town called Barstow. This town located in the middle of the Mojave Desert served as an important small mining center and railroad town. The historic Route 66 passes through through Barstow and there's a Route 66 museum there. Not far from Barstow is the Calico Ghost Town, which was once a silver mining town and has an Old West scene. Enjoy Barstow!