The Rand Desert Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting and sharing the historic cultural resources and architectural history of the Rand Mining District as well as adjacent historic and pre-historic sites in the Upper Mojave Desert Region of California.

Please use the top row navigation above to view historical information relating to specific locations. The other links are for information about the museum and info which relates to the entire Rand Desert area. A work-in-progress, kindly forgive the many gaps and incomplete subjects.

To view a larger version of any image on the site, simply click it. Then click the “x” or outside the image to close. Search for your ancestors by clicking the magnifying glass at the top right of the navigation, then enter their name in the search field.