Books on Anza-Borrego Desert History
from the Borrego Desert Nature Center

Borrego Desert Heritage Series — Over 100 years of history!
Volume II
Borrego Beginnings: Early Days in the Borrego Valley, 1910-1960. By Phil Brigandi. 150 pages. Borrego Springs: Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association. 2005. ISBN 0-910805-04-0. $15.95, paperback.

In the early 1900s, the tiny isolated desert community of Borrego, connected to the outside world by a few winding dirt roads, was settled by homesteaders who struggled to grow dates, grapes, and alfalfa. Attracted by the annual wildflower bloom, a few tourists began to visit. By the 1950s, Borrego Springs had developed into a small desert resort with a branch library in the laundromat, a tiny airport, and a PGA-Pro-Am tournament.

Don't miss the companion volume, Old Time Cattlemen and Other Pioneers of the Anza-Borrego Area, by Lester Reed.

Buy it now at the Borrego Desert Nature Center, 652 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs, California.
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