Yermo Thrift N More #2
by Patricia Januszkiewicz
Title
Yermo Thrift N More #2
Artist
Patricia Januszkiewicz
Medium
Photograph
Description
Yermo is a town in San Bernardino County, California. Its name is derived from the Spanish word for wilderness. It is located 13 miles east of Barstow in the Mojave Desert on Interstate 15, just south of the Calico Mountains. The town has a population of 1,500-2,000 (2009).
When Interstate 15 freeway opened in 1968, the town of Yermo was immediately bypassed by traffic traveling to and from Las Vegas, Nevada. As a result, 90 percent of the local businesses were unable to succeed and closed. During its heyday, Yermo had 27 gas stations with mechanics on duty, seven bars, two grocery stores, a hardware store, a pizza shop, four real estate offices, three motels, a thrift store, several restaurants, roadside camping sites and two parks. In 2009, Yermo played host to one grocery/general store, one bar, one thrift store and one park in town and three restaurants, four gas stations, one motel three miles south of town. The fast-food restaurant chain Del Taco was founded in Yermo in 1964 and the original structure remains active as a local fast food restaurant, The Burger Den.
The town has a California agriculture inspection station for traffic heading south on Interstate 15.
Yermo hosts the 1859 acre (7.5 km2) storage and industrial annex of the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.
Yermo was and remains the "Gateway to the Calicos," referring to the Calico Mountains and the historic Calico Ghost Town located 3 miles north of town. Calico was an active silver mining town from the late 1840s until the turn of the 20th century when it was no longer viable to extract silver ore from the local mines. The town of Calico was purchased by Mr. Walter Knott and used as a model for the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Los Angeles. Mr. Knott sold the town to the San Bernardino County and the county has since recreated a successful and historic County Park, which serves as an attraction for tourists in Southern California.
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March 8th, 2013
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Comments (5)
Julie Magers Soulen
Great image Patricia. It works beautifully as a black and white. f/v
Patricia Januszkiewicz replied:
Thank you, Julie! so glad you like this in black and white .... patricia