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View on left is postcard representation of the Wagon Wheel I remember as a youngster when we first came to the desert in 1943. There was a barbecue pit out back where they used to barbecue the occasional burro. Your right it wasn't much but it was an oasis to those travelers looking for a cold drink and some talk about the desert. Additionally I am told there was the occasional shady lady there too!!! I wouldn't know about that. Photos courtesy D'Laine Brannan

The "Y" is where the old Randsburg Rd "Y''d" off from the Trona/Ridgecrest road just west of Poison Canyon. They revamped the road in the '60's to give it that north turn into the Ridgecrest road. It was a restaraunt/bar/bawdy house until the early '50's.

***I remember the Wagon Wheel. Do you remember the restaurant in Wild Rose Canyon? There's a story about a gent who got shotgunned using the outhouse. (Jealous husband, I think). My Grandma Eyre was a caretaker at the "Y" for a few years before it burned down. She knew the Smiths who owned it in it's last days.

Nickola Johnson (1966)