Indian Cove Ranger Station

About forestry service, 92253, La Quinta, CA, US, California

Twentynine Palms (also known as 29 Palms) is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It serves as one of the entry points to Joshua Tree National Park and the Mojave Desert region. == History == Native Americans, such as the Serrano, Chemehuevi and Cahuilla peoples, lived in the area. Colonel Henry Washington made the first recorded exploration of Twentynine Palms, where he found people of the Chemehuevi who lived in the surrounding hills and near the spring they called "Mar-rah" or "Oasis of Mara". The community was named for the 29 palms (Washingtonia filifera) that the Serrano had planted surrounding the Oasis of Mara. Nearby is also a small Indian reservation belonging to the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians. A post office was established in 1927. A road named Utah Trail honors the late-19th century wagon trains and pioneers, allegedly originating in St. George, Utah, and stretching all the way to Twentynine Palms. Joshua Tree National Park, which lies just to the south of Twentynine Palms, was designated a US national monument in 1936, and became a national park in 1994.