Mojave, California
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An oasis of color awaits you...Zoo & Aquarium's Zoolights festival will be able to hitch a ride on the zoo's resident camels, 4-year-old Duma and 6-year-old Mojave. A new desert oasis scene with palm trees, water and pyramids complements the camel rides. Zoo staff... In this article: Mojave and Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium |
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Boing Boing | 1 day ago
The Matrix in LEGO
...Date: Monday 16 November 2009 2.19pm To: David Thorne Subject: Logo Design Hello David, ... More. Erin sez, "This past weekend in the Mojave desert Mad Max fans got together for a 3-day, one time only 'Road Warrior Weekend' campout and...
In this article: Disney, DVD, Neo, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Barack Obama, and Mad Max
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Telegraph.co.uk - How about that | 2 days ago
Bloodhound could break land speed record
...thrust equivalent to the power of 180 Formula One cars. The first prototype rocket has already been successfully fired in California's Mojave desert. The Bloodhound team have spent some time looking for a perfect location for the record...
In this article: Thrust SSC, Eurofighter Typhoon, Andy Green, South Africa, Mojave, Bristol, SS Great Britain, and California
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Web Wire | 3 days ago
ICEHOTEL to witness world premier of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo
...event, hosted by Virgin Founder and Chairman Sir Richard Branson and world renowned aircraft designer Burt Rutan, will take place in Mojave, CA on December 7, 2009. ICEHOTEL has been hand-selected as a Virgin Galactic Accredited Space...
In this article: Ansari X Prize, Burt Rutan, X Prize Foundation, Scaled Composites, Paul Allen, Richard Branson, Microsoft, and Mojave, CA
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Las Vegas Review Journal | 4 days ago
Three clinics give H1N1 vaccinations to almost 5,000
...for the H1N1 virus at three Southern Nevada Health District clinics Saturday. Clinics were held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Del Sol, Mojave and Sierra Vista high schools. Jennifer Sizemore, a district spokeswoman, said 1,814 people...
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WGN | 5 days ago
How rare is heavy rainfall in the Mojave Desert?
...heavy thunderstorms produced severe flooding and we were ordered off the road. How rare is this? It's not that rare. Rain is limited in the Mojave, averaging less than six inches a year. The desert's western flank receives the majority of...
In this article: Mojave, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, California, and Mexico
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The Australian | 6 days ago
Space Agents to Witness Premier of SpaceShipTwo
...event, hosted by Virgin Founder and Chairman Sir Richard Branson and world renowned aircraft designer Burt Rutan, will take place in Mojave, CA on December 7, 2009. The three House of Travel retailers are the only travel agencies in...
In this article: Virgin Galactic, Burt Rutan, Scaled Composites, Richard Branson, New Zealand, Palmerston North, and Mojave, CA
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Guardian | November 18, 2009
Green light: Peak oil, Copenhagen crunch time and problem pets
...of the best wildlife shots from around the world goes from the sublime to the ridiculous this week. There's a beautiful sunset over the Mojave desert and a rather forlorn looking donkey in the Marah Land zoo in eastern Gaza City that has been...
In this article: Copenhagen, Electric car, Climate change, Carbon dioxide, Crocodile, International Energy Agency, Oxfam, and Barack Obama
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L.A. Times - Politics | November 18, 2009
Proposed water bond is laden with sweeteners for lawmakers
...proposal. Brackpool's firm hired Susan Kennedy, now Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's chief of staff, as a $120,000 consultant on the Mojave project in 2005, before she joined the governor's office. Cadiz hailed the Legislature's approval of...
In this article: Fran Pavley, Curren Price, Tom Harman, Dave Cogdill, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cadiz, Angeles, and Sacramento
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CBS | November 16, 2009
4.6-Magnitude Quake Shakes Mojave California
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In this article: E mail, Mojave, California, and Palm Springs
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U.S. News & World Report | November 05, 2009
Mystery of the Mojave
Presidents don't run the country alone. Get to know the people who make up Barack Obama's inner circle.
In this article: Mojave and Barack Obama
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Description from Wikipedia:
Mojave is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. The population was 3,836 at the 2000 census. The town is located at the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert, below the Oak Creek Pass. Telephone numbers in Mojave follow the format (661) 824-xxxx and the area includes three postal ZIP Codes.
The city of Mojave began in 1876 as a construction camp on the Southern Pacific Railroad. From 1884 to 1889, the town was the western terminus of the 165 mi, twenty-mule-team borax wagon route originating at Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley. It later served as headquarters for construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
Today, the town of Mojave offers numerous restaurants, motels, and gas stations for motorists.
The name Mojave comes from the name of the Indian nation occupying the area before the arrival of European settlers. Geographic features using the word Mojave are spelled differently from state to state. The convention is to spell it Mojave in California and Mohave in Arizona according to David Darlington's book on the Mojave Desert.
- Name:
- Mojave, California
- Type:
- CDP
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 58.4
- Total Area (km):
- 151.4
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 58.4
- Land Area (km):
- 151.4
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 0
- Water Area (km):
- 0
- Elevation (ft):
- 2762
- Elevation (m):
- 842
- Time Zone:
- PST
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