About LAKE HUGHES, ca
Lake Hughes is an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County, California next to a small lake with the same name. It is inside Angeles National Forest. Lake Hughes is northwest of Palmdale.
Nearby Elizabeth Lake, not far from Lake Hughes were connected until 1924. Lake Hughes is the western part of the larger Elizabeth Lake.
In the mountains southwest of what is now known as Lancaster. Native American tribes would come from as far away as Arizona to meet at Lake Hughes and celebrate in song and dance the events of the last year. This had become a Neutral Zone of sorts. Here, they had water to drink and food was plentiful. This was a place in which all tribes agreed that differences and disputes should be put to the side, and brotherhood as a people should be embraced.
From around 1942 till present day. The desert has been home to the Aerospace industry. Here in this seemingly barren wasteland, man was once again finding new uses and challenges for the land known as the Antelope Valley. It was here in 1947 that Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier at Muroc Army Air Field now known as Edwards AFB.
Man and the Antelope Valley have gone through many changes in the last 200 years. Even though the Native Americans that once gathered in Lake Hughes have long since moved on to other areas. Lake Hughes is still visited by many different people from all parts of the world. Many come here to get away from the day to day world they live in. Wanting to be a little closer to nature and perhaps relive the camaraderie once shared by our Native American ancestors.
Learn more about this city.
City of Lake Hughes, CA official site
City of Lake Hughes, CA Chamber of Commerce
City of Lake Hughes, CA newspaper
County of Lake Hughes, CA official site
State of California official site