04/29/08
Where do you live now? Goshen Ohio
How many years were you in the desert? 6
Are you willing to help with pictures? If I Can
Are you willing to help with stories? Sure
Comments:
For Many Years, Dale Evans and Gabby Hayes used to visit our neighbors in North Hollywood, CA - I used to run over & get their autographs .. (1947)
Monty Montana came out to visit and put on a show at Victory Blvd and Fair Ave schools and "Rope" us kids up in a group.
They had many parades in North Hollywood down Lankershim BL.
Nice Website .... Thanks
04/18/08
Where do you live now? Phoenix, AZ
How many years were you in the desert? 18 years. (from 1952 until 1970)
Are you willing to help with pictures? I will look for photos.
Are you willing to help with stories? If I have any, I will share.
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I might be best remembered as the son of Dr. Arlo Mueller a long time dentist in Ridgecrest.
04/12/08
Where do you live now? VENTURA,CA
How many years were you in the desert? 30
Are you willing to help with pictures? I'LL TRY
Are you willing to help with stories? DEFINATELY
Comments:
All in all, Ridgecrest was a great place to grow up. How many of you remember Mike's disco Arcade ? Or how about all of the awesome desert parties we used to throw? Usually with my brother's (Steve & Joe) band playing for days on end.
The down fall is that I just didn't know when to stop partying.It took 2 prison terms and countless rehabs to finally get it right. Now I am in management for a major heavy equipment rental company, and life just could not be better.
To those of you I wronged,I apologise, and to those of you who wronged me-don't sweat it, we were all addicts at the time.
What matters most to me, is that all those memeories(good and bad) are what makes us who we are today.
How many of you remember Tom Pierce? He was like a brother to me,and I still miss him greatly.So how about we all remember Tom from time to time, so that he will live in our hearts forever.
Royce.
04/07/08
Where do you live now? Ridgecrest
How many years were you in the desert? New to the desert, September 08 will be one year
Are you willing to help with pictures? Yes
Are you willing to help with stories? Yes
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No stories at Present but just love Ridgecrest
04/04/08
Where do you live now? Arroyo Grande, CA
How many years were you in the desert? Every summer, '58 through '68.
Are you willing to help with pictures? I have very few...
Are you willing to help with stories? I just did. :)
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My grandparents, George and Sarah Collins, lived on the Base. He was a civilian employee of the Navy, and retired to a home he built in Inyokern in around '63 or so. I remember they had neighbors on either side of their place on Nimitz (528-H Nimitz, I believe) whose last names were Wolf and Fox. No, there wasn't much to do on the Base besides go to the theater and swim in the pool, but I do recall playing in the sprinklers in the large grassy area in front of their home.
Grandpa climbed B Mountain every morning, and took me along a couple of times. The sun would be rising just as he reached the top, and he would drop a pebble in a big can along the way as a "counter" for each trip. I remember watching the 4th of July fireworks from their back yard. Every day, while Grandpa was at work, Grandma would prepare a glass of ice water or lemonade for the postman, who was most appreciative since he was doing his work in the Mojave heat.
Inyokern was something else---it made life at the Base seem absolutely vibrant by comparison. After the Two Sisters and Flossie's Variety Store, you were pretty much done with Inyokern. They lived at 210 Ash, and I remember the neighbors as a bunch of hooligans who would frighten Grandma and anger Grandpa.
Grandpa continued his hikes up past the aquaduct where he established the "Blackjack River." Where he'd used a pebble to mark his climbs up B Mountain, he now stuck a chewed piece of Blackjack Gum on a rock, creating a cascade of black gum down the side of the boulder. Hard to imagine that it might still be there, 40 years later, but I'm tempted to go in search of the Blackjack River. At this crest of his hike, he would bring some table scraps for the rabbits, birds and a kangaroo rat--they'd hop onto his lap and await their morning treat.
Both Grandma and Grandpa died in Inyokern, and are buried in the cemetery at Joburg.
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