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Original Hesperia Beginnings

Hesperia, California
· 1850’s
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In 1850, a man named Hanbrier erected the first commercial building in Topipa, Hesperia‘s original Indian name. A major road passed this general store leading to and from Cajon’s old summit. Homesteaders settled close by, but years of drought drove them away.
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