Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland
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This California State Park was donated by Arthur Ripley. The park protects and
preserves a stand of native Joshua's and junipers which once grew in great
abundance throughout the valley. They are about the only ones left in the area
as everything else around was cleared for farming and homes. |
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The park has picnic tables and a nature trail and a couple porta potties and
that is about it. |
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The naming of Joshua as a "tree" is credited to early Mormon settlers who
saw the tree with its upraised arms as Joshua leading the Israelites into
the Promised Land. |
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