Editing Twentynine Palms, California (section)

== History ==
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Native Americans, such as the [[Serrano people|Serrano]], [[Chemehuevi]] and [[Cahuilla]] peoples, lived in the area. Colonel Henry Washington made the first recorded exploration of Twentynine Palms, where he found people of the Chemehuevi who lived in the surrounding hills and near the spring they called "Mar-rah" or "Oasis of Mara".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us/about |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=City of Twentynine Palms |language=en}}</ref> The community was named for the 29 palms (''[[Washingtonia filifera]]'') that the Serrano had planted surrounding the Oasis of Mara. Nearby is also a small [[Indian reservation]] belonging to the [[Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of California|Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Palms |first=Mailing Address: 74485 National Park Drive Twentynine |last2=Us |first2=CA 92277-3597 Phone: 760 367-5500 Contact |title=Oasis of Mara - Joshua Tree National Park (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/historyculture/mara.htm |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref>

A [[post office]] was established in 1927.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Durham|first1=David L.|title=Place-Names of California's Desert Cities|date=2001|publisher=Quill Driver Books|location=Clovis, CA|isbn=978-1-884995-31-6|page=178}}</ref> A road named Utah Trail honors the late-19th century [[wagon train]]s and [[Manifest destiny|pioneers]], allegedly originating in [[St. George, Utah]], and stretching all the way to Twentynine Palms.

[[Joshua Tree National Park]], which lies just to the south of Twentynine Palms, was designated a [[National monument (United States)|US national monument]] in 1936, and became a [[National parks in California|national park]] in 1994. The nearby [[Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms]] was founded in 1952.