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1. 1957 Ford Ranch Wagon - Surf Wagon w/Photo

   Friday Nov 13 | Street Rodder

   ... adrift in front of a computer looking and clicking on the most inane subjects? (What are those town names between Amboy and Essex in the Mojave Desert?) But the web is also one of the best ways to find something you really want, such as your next ...

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2. Rush to tap Mojave Desert resources raises botanist's concern

   Tuesday Nov 17 | The Press-Enterprise

   ... 100 of these plants exist in the world, scattered on one-tenth of an acre in the southern Bristol Mountains east of Amboy, said Andre, director of UC Riverside's Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center in the Mojave National Preserve. Kurt ...

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   Related Topix: Plant Biology, Biology, Science, Mojave, CA, UC Riverside

3. Furnace Creek 508, here I come w/Photo

   Oct 1, 2009 | Critical Section

   ... That should be mid-afternoon Sunday. Then the endless climb up to Kelso, checkpoint six, descend through the desert to Amboy, checkpoint seven, into the evening. And the final false flat to Twentynine Palms, and the finish, late late Sunday night ...

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4. Rock 'n' roll film takes place on Route 66

   Sep 18, 2009 | Route 66 News

   ... them closer to each other, their history and their destiny. Here's the film's photo gallery , in which I saw Roy's in Amboy, Calif., and many other scenes from the Mojave Desert. And, as you'll see, the film co-stars Peter Fonda. Yes, that Peter ...

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5. Debate in the desert

   Sep 8, 2009 | Route 66 News

   USA Today has an interesting article about a simmering controversy over a proposed solar-power plant in the Mojave Desert near the Route 66 hamlet of Amboy, Calif.

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   Related Topix: Solar Energy, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Route 66

6. Coyotes dump couple in desert; strip man, rape woman

   Aug 21, 2009 | San Bernardino County Sun

   ... negotiate it but they weren't able to raise the money," said Lt. Rick Ells. The couple was driven into the desert near Amboy early Wednesday, where the man was dumped naked and the woman was assaulted. On Friday, deputies went to a Lancaster home ... 75 comments

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7. Coyotes dump couple in desert; strip man, rape woman

   Aug 22, 2009 | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

   ... negotiate it but they weren't able to raise the money," said Lt. Rick Ells. The couple was driven into the desert near Amboy early Wednesday, where the man was dumped naked and the woman was assaulted. On Friday, deputies went to a Lancaster home ... 75 comments

   Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ

8. A day in a ghost town on Route 66

   Aug 11, 2009 | Route 66 News

   Here's a very atmospheric video about the Route 66 desert hamlet of Amboy, Calif., by F.C. Howard.

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