Colorado River. Map of State Route The San Bernardino Guardian on November 29, , Chemehuevis at Twentynine Palms The Chemehuevis had lived at the oasis of Twentynine Palms many times before the s, as had other Indian groups. From the point of view of the Twenty-nine Palms people now, as expressed by The water at the oasis permitted them to garden, and the surrounding area. Chemehuevi Reservation Affairs Although the members of the band for whom the Twenty-nine Palms reservation was set aside retained their identity as a group separate from the Chemehuevi On only 29 days of the year does the temperature drop Serrano - Religion, World View Ramon speaks of an earlier time, when the ceremonial leader of the Serranos at Twentynine Palms, having no ceremonial house, came to Mission Creek to hold a Cahuilla Indians of the southern Mojave Desert The descendants of the Cahuilla who once lived at Twentynine Palms have scattered, but many of them are enrolled at Morongo Reservation, Panamint Another product of the search for the Lost That was their place of origin, I still know that Twentynine Palms was the territory of the Mamaytam.
The Oasis of Mara was a favorite camping spot. There, prospectors would rest and replenish their water supplies before venturing farther into the unknown desert.
The area was then generally known as Palms Springs. Legend says that the name of Twentynine Palms was first used by these gold miners because of the 29 Washingtonia filifera palm trees surrounding the Oasis, and in fact the area was designated as such in the description of a mining claim by two partners known as McKenzie and Germain, who stated that their claim was a certain distance from 29 Palms Springs.
However, it is also known that an A. Green, a member of an survey party, reported that there were 26, not 29, fine, large palm trees at the oasis. There are many stories told of the derivation of our present name, including one that claims that it was Colonel Washington who named it for the number of palm trees he found at the oasis at the time of his survey, but this has never been authenticated.
In the s, local Native Americans led prospectors to locations south and east of the oasis where gold had been found. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.
Twentynine Palms averages 0 inches of snow per year. Twentynine Palms The desert climate brings extremely high temperatures with dry heat, and little grows there. Residents also riff on the name, citing the lack of any palm trees, let alone 29 of them.
The housing has been affected, and may appeared worn by the sand. The name was derived from the native Washingtonia palms, 29 of which were growing at the oasis at that time.
This name was followed throughout the mining boom days and on up to the era of homesteading which started about 12 years ago. When it became necessary for the citizens to receive mail here, the "29 Palms" address was confusing to mail clerks and authorities since the place was virtually unknown within the postal system.
Continuously mail reached here as having been missent to "Box 29, Palms California," as well as being miscarried to many other cities and towns, part of whose names had to do with "Palm" or "Palms. The idea of changing the name, "29 Palms" to "Twenty-Nine Palms" was born of the oldest organization here, the then newly-organized Chamber of Commerce Their object was to relieve the confusion in the mailing system and yet retain the romantic and distinctive name so appropriate for what was even at that early period sensed as bound to become an alluring desert retreat.
The name Twenty-Nine Palms for the past decade has been generally accepted until a recent notification from the postmaster-general to Postmaster Benj.
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