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Victorville is a city located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardino County, California. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 census, the city had a population of 115,903.
In the late 1858, Aaron Lane came to what is now considered Victorville and created “Lane’s Crossing.” Lane’s Crossing provided supplies and shelter for people making the journey across the desert from the east to the San Bernardino area. Lane’s Crossing was on the Mojave River just north of where the river crosses Interstate 15. Originally Lane migrated west to join the California gold rush, but he found out that he could make a better living selling supplies to miners. Census records show that Aaron Lane was not alone living on the crossing and there were ten people living in two residences on the river by 1860.
About 1895, the village was named “Victor” for the California Southern Railroad’s General Manager Jacob Nash Victor. In 1901, the U.S. Post Office Department changed that name to Victorville to avoid confusion with the town of Victor, Colorado. In 1926, the highway U.S. Route 66 was begun, and it passed through Victorville. Today, that former route is known as Seventh Street and continues across Interstate 15 and becomes Palmdale Road. It is the primary street through Old Town Victorville.
In 1940, Herman J. Mankiewicz and John Houseman wrote the first two drafts of the script for the film Citizen Kane in Victorville, while residing at the Green Spot motel along Route 66.
The Victorville Army Airfield was constructed beginning in 1941, and this airfield became the George Air Force Base when the U.S. Air Force was established in October, 1947. The city of Victorville was officially incorporated by the State of California on September 21, 1962.
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