It is believed that the first settler in the area was Aaron G. Lane, who established a farm near the Mojave River. It was not until much later that Oro Grande was born out of the gold fever that struck the area in the 1890s.The precious ore was never discovered in sufficient quantity, and the town exists today only thanks to the gigantic cement factory installed in the 1910s, now owned by the Riverside Cement Company. For the rest, only the Iron Hog Restaurant & Saloon (20848 National Trails Highway), a little before the cement factory and the north entrance of the town, the roof decorated with a cow of the Cross Eyed Cow Pizza (19242 National Trails Highway) and the building of the Antique Station and its old caboose (19176 National Trails Highway) attract the eye. The remnants of Route 66, the Mohawk Mini Mart and gas station (19324 National Trails Highway) and the nearby Club 66 (19306 National Trails Highway), may be gone by the time you pass.The community is also home to the oldest cemetery in the county. The first recorded burial dates to 1852 West of Route 66, the former U.S. Air Force airport, established in 1947 and partially converted to an air logistics depot, can be seen in the distance, along with the ghost town left beside it, once reserved for military base families.

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