Desert Center

[RiverDave]

https://neverquitelost.com/2019/11/06/goodbye-desert-center/

RD

 

[Waffles]

I heard vin bought it ...

 

[shintoooo]

I heard vin bought it ...

 

[monkeyswrench]

Damn, I thought this was going to be RD saying he bought the place. Coors Light dispensers and UTV rentals...RDP satellite retail, and trailer tires

 

[QC22]

Despite the bummer, that's a good article with great pics.

 

[obnoxious001]

A couple of my friends went down for the auction. I had sort of forgotten about it even though I think I sent the link to one a few weeks ago. I regret that I never took the time to stop and shoot some photos, or even make a run out there with my camera one day.

 

[Willie B]

... I remember Desert Center well from all the years in the 60s of hanging at the Polynesian by Parker dam...But I truly can’t say that we ever stopped there for food or fuel...

 

[fmo24]

The burger stand was good for awhile for a late nite bite on the way

 

[RiverDave]

The burger stand was good for awhile for a late nite bite on the way

Yes they had great burgers and hot dogs..

RD

 

[Lavey5150]

So many fond memories driving through grabbing a quik snack and petro w/ my folks as a kid.And w/ friends thereafter. I saw things written on the wall at the Texaco shitter that I shall never forget.Godspeed
to a priceless childhood memory.

 

[BoatCop]

Little known useless fact:

The Kaiser Company owned and ran the mine to the west of Desert Center. A lot of employees and families lived in Desert Center proper. Because of the remoteness and no ready access to medical care for the workers or their families. Kaiser hired a Doctor and signed the employees up for, like a dollar a month and families for an additional dollar. The Dr. and his staff would take care of their medical needs. This was the beginning of Medical Insurance and Kaiser got out of the mining business and into the Health Insurance business. Of course this is the same Kaiser Permanente medical conglomerate still around today.

In doing my genealogy, I found I am descended from a bunch of Kaisers from Germany around the early 1800s. I just gotta figure out how to claim my rightful place as CEO.

 

[CJ_Donahue]

I would have paid way more if it wasn't for shipping and the lack of storage space. So cool.

 

[Rondog4405]

I was gonna throw in a bid for the old cafe neon sign ...wife vetoed that idea...

 

[Wayn-o]

used to stop there for gas coming home from college in AZ. They wouldnt sell us beer one night just before 2 AM so we drove out with the pump hose attached!

 

[lbhsbz]

Little known useless fact:

The Kaiser Company owned and ran the mine to the west of Desert Center. A lot of employees and families lived in Desert Center proper. Because of the remoteness and no ready access to medical care for the workers or their families. Kaiser hired a Doctor and signed the employees up for, like a dollar a month and families for an additional dollar. The Dr. and his staff would take care of their medical needs. This was the beginning of Medical Insurance and Kaiser got out of the mining business and into the Health Insurance business. Of course this is the same Kaiser Permanente medical conglomerate still around today.

In doing my genealogy, I found I am descended from a bunch of Kaisers from Germany around the early 1800s. I just gotta figure out how to claim my rightful place as CEO.

The Desert Center Wikipedia page has a whole lot of cool history and details about how Kaiser started the program.

 

[Chili Palmer]

I found a few pics that I took about 5 years ago just driving down the main drag. It was kind of eerie, just like everyone just got up and left.

 

[outboardrick]

Little known useless fact:

The Kaiser Company owned and ran the mine to the west of Desert Center. A lot of employees and families lived in Desert Center proper. Because of the remoteness and no ready access to medical care for the workers or their families. Kaiser hired a Doctor and signed the employees up for, like a dollar a month and families for an additional dollar. The Dr. and his staff would take care of their medical needs. This was the beginning of Medical Insurance and Kaiser got out of the mining business and into the Health Insurance business. Of course this is the same Kaiser Permanente medical conglomerate still around today.

In doing my genealogy, I found I am descended from a bunch of Kaisers from Germany around the early 1800s. I just gotta figure out how to claim my rightful place as CEO.

My Uncle worked at the Eagle Mountain mine for many years, mid to late 60's if I remember right, and he and his family lived in the mine community at the mine. Desert Center was their "town" to get supplies. He always dreamed of having a gas station in Desert Center and when he retired from the mine he bought one there somewhere. Not long after, one late night, some punks stole something from him and he chased them into the desert and they killed him

 

[jones performance]

i bid on a bunch of items but got outbid on em.