Cima, California

35.237777777778 - 115.49916666667Koordinaten: 35 ° 14 ' 16 "N, 115 ° 29' 57 " W

Cima is a settlement type a unincorporated community in San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California.

Location

Cima is located in the southeastern part of the Ivanpah Valley south of Interstate 15 at an altitude of 1,273 meters above sea level in the heart of the Mojave National Preserve. In the center of the town there Morningstar Mine Road, Cima Road and Kelso - Cima Road meet and cross the railway line.

History

The desert-like terrain was used until the beginning of the 20th century, first Indian and Serrano Mohave on their forays as a stopover, until the end of the 19th century, settlers and prospectors first settled in the area of ​​Cima. The founding of the town falls - as well as the sister town of Kelso - the construction of the railway line in the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad in 1906, the now operated by the Union Pacific Railroad line overcomes Kelso Coming Cima Hill, a slope of. approximately 600 meters to a distance of about 30 kilometers. The steam locomotives of the early 20th century succeeded in overcoming such a slope not without aids, so in Kelso additional locomotives had to be biased, which competed by Cima of the way back. In addition, the settlement served as a local center for the surrounding farms and mines. Unlike Kelso Cima remained negligible, despite its the place in 1963 still own post code ( 92323 ), the post office of the United States Postal Service is still in operation today. In the expanded catchment area of this post office lived at the time of the last census in 2000 21 inhabitants. You can Cima today call ghost town, since the bulk of the building is now in process of spatial location uninhabited and in decay.

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