Trona on the Web: Trona in 1915
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Magnolia Street -- J. Whitelaw Collection 1915-1920
Before
Searles Lake was commercially operated, the only housing in the valley consisted of a few
miner's shacks. As operations progressed more workers were hired and the American
Trona Company erected ten shacks in 1916. They later built permanent houses on
Magnolia Street. Primarily the workmen lived in several large barracks the Company had
built. All Trona housing was completely maintained by the Company.
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Horses -- J. Whitelaw Collection 1915-20 |
Housing shortages were common during much of Trona's history and were solved in various
way buy the men and the families that came to live in Trona. My father, H.J. Stevens,
spent his first years (1933-1934) in Trona living in Tent City
and then, after getting married, lived in Ridgecrest, Inyokern and Borosolvay before
being eligible for a home in Trona
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Horseless -- J. Whitelaw Collection 1915-1920 |
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| Although I never saw a bobcat while I lived in Trona (1943-1962) I heard
them many times and seen what may have been the remains of their kills while climbing in
the mountains near Indian Joe's. |
Elizabeth Gauslin -- J. Whitelaw Collection 1915-1920 |
Early development -- J. Whitelaw Collection 1915-1920
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