Intersection of Sierra Highway and Lancaster Boulevard, looking south on Sierra Highway 7. What can you tell me about Lancasters history?
[Portions of the information below courtesy of the City of Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery] Lancaster-which today calls itself “the heart of the Antelope Valley”-owes its birth to the Southern Pacific Railroad. In the summer of 1876 the railroad laid track through the town’s future location and by September had completed a railroad line through the Antelope Valley, linking San Francisco and Los Angeles. The origin of Lancaster’s name is unclear, attributed variously to the surname of a railroad station clerk, the moniker given by railroad officials, and the former Pennsylvania home of settlers. Train service brought passengers through the whistlestop-turned-community, which with the help of promotional literature quickly attracted new settlers. The person credited with formally developing the town is Moses Langley Wicks, who in 1884 Aerial view looking north and showing almost the entire city of Lancaster, c. 1952 bought property from the railroad for $2.50 per acre, mapped out a town wit
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