The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1875, Garnet was a railroad station for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Since then, it has had various names: Palms (original name), Seven Palms (1889), Palm Springs (1900), Pierce (1906), Gray (1917), Noria (1918), and finally Garnet (1923).
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Garnet’s history is told.
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Garnet, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Garnet is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Garnet has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum in Desert Hot Springs, 2.8 miles away.
Garnet and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Garnet. Tap a dot.
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Garnet?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Garnet’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.