Frequently Asked Questions
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Where does the name Apple Valley come from ?
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Mrs. Ursula Pates, an early settler who came to the valley about 1893, is credited with having named the valley. Mrs. Pates claimed that the area was called "Appleton Valley" at that time.
She is quoted as saying, "There were apples being grown along the river, but not by the 'ton'. So I just called it Apple Valley."
In the years that followed, the fruit orchards increased until hundreds of acres were planted with fruit trees of many kinds that produced an abundance of fruits.
The years following World War 1 brought many changes which affected the ranchers, and gradually the orchards died and the valley returned to its original landscape of quiet desert beauty.
The area's developer was Newton Bass, an oil field wildcatter who settled here in 1945; he pioneered a land development that today sees Apple Valley as one of the high desert's most prosperous areas.
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