Editing Boron, California (section)

== Notable residents ==
*Boron was the home of [[George Swain (walker)|"Walking George" Swain]], whose penchant for walking made him a legend. George earned his name as "Walking George" because he never owned a car, or house, and walked to and from work—from his home, which was always rumored to be just a hole in the desert. He supposedly kept himself warm at night with a covering of newspapers. His wardrobe was always the same: wrinkled shirt and pants with well-worn boots. Swain was a chemist at the borax plant in Boron. He attended local events and often played the piano for entertainment. He taught piano to children in Boron and played at the Baptist Church. On his 59th birthday in 1978 an article about George appeared in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. By May 1979 he was featured on the TV show ''[[Real People (TV program)|Real People]]''. He died on April 25, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CAKERN/2004-07/1089664714 |title=CAKERN-L Obit: Swain, George "Walking George" Wood |publisher=archiver.rootsweb.com |access-date=February 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707141140/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAKERN/2004-07/1089664714 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>''Mojave Desert News'', California City, Kern County, California</ref>
* Boron was home to [[Pancho Barnes]] from 1966 to 1975. Barnes was a world-renowned air race and stunt pilot during the 1920s and 1930s. She is better known, however, for being the matron of the [[Happy Bottom Riding Club]]. She was forced to move when, during a heated dispute with [[Edwards Air Force Base]] over the expansion of one of the nearby base's runways, the club mysteriously burned down. Years later Barnes moved to Boron from Gypsy Springs when her age no longer allowed her to properly tend to her ranch.<ref>Lauren Kessler, ''The Happy Bottom Riding Club - The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes,'' Random House, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0812992526}}</ref> She died in Boron during the spring of 1975.<ref>{{cite news |title=Florence Barnes, 20's Aviator, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/31/archives/florence-barnes-20s-aviator-dies-set-records-did-film-stunts-and.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=Associated Press |date=March 31, 1975}}</ref>