Kelso Depot

Kelso Depot
click photo to enlarge	The first time we were here was in 2002 and the National Park Service was starting to restore the building then to use as a visitors center. We were past it again in 2005 when they were nearing completion. They opened it in 2006 and we finally made it to see the finished project. The building has been restored to be historically accurate.
click photo to enlarge	The visitors center is open every day except Christmas from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Built in 1924 and in use by the Union Pacific Railway until 1985, the depot now serves as a museum and information center. Most of the former dormitory rooms contain exhibits describing various aspects of the surrounding desert, from tortoises to sand dunes to desert mining and ranching.
click photo to enlarge	There is a short film shown in the visitors center on the Mojave Preserve that is very good and worth watching. The baggage room and ticket office have been furnished to be historically accurate also.
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