Antelope Valley

Antelope Valley is in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast part of Kern County, California. It is a part of the western tip of the Mojave Desert.^[1] It is between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and the San Gabriel Mountains.^[2]

The valley was named for the pronghorns that roamed there. They were killed in the 1880s, mostly by hunting, or moved to other areas.^[2]^[3] The main cities in the Antelope Valley are Palmdale and Lancaster.

References

↑ "Antelope Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Dale Pitt (2000). "Antelope Valley". Los Angeles A to Z: an encyclopedia of the city and county. University of California Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-520-20530-7.
↑ William Bright; Erwin Gustav Gudde (30 November 1998). 1500 California place names: their origin and meaning. University of California Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-520-21271-8. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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[1] "Antelope Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

[UC-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Dale Pitt (2000). "Antelope Valley". Los Angeles A to Z: an encyclopedia of the city and county. University of California Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-520-20530-7.

[BrightGudde1998-3] William Bright; Erwin Gustav Gudde (30 November 1998). 1500 California place names: their origin and meaning. University of California Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-520-21271-8. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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