In the mid '70's, 29 Palms was a near ghost town. It's had quite a bit of growth in the last 15 or so years, as the Marine Corps has moved more functions to the Base here. I Worked in the auto repair industry in 29 Palms for a few years, and can only think of one or two businesses that are still around from that era.
Where did you go to high school? Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hungerford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:19 AM Subject: [Papermodels II 33137] Re: OT- Hey, we just had an earthquake! > > On 12/6/08, Paul McCool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, I knew it was related to the Base, somehow. That's the only reason >> anyone ever has for going to the Stumps. You wouldn't recognize it here, >> now. K-Mart is long gone (the building is now a mostly empty "mall") and >> there's a new Home Depot on the east end of town. We had a ton of growth >> during the housing boom six years ago, but there's a ton of brand new >> houses >> that are boarded up because the market tanked. >> >> Paul M. > > I was last through your area in '74 or '75 on a high school field trip > to Amboy to dig for trilobites. We stopped briefly in Twentynine > Palms, but I don't recall why; there wasn't much visible from the bus. > :-) > -- > Mike Hungerford > http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html > Kore de ii no da. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
