51st Annual Twenty Mule Team Days
Salute to the Good Ol' Days
October 4, 2008

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Mission

To create a safe, clean, hometown environment that provides educational and work opportunities for all, develop tourism, maximize surrounding resources, and to foster a community spirit that transcends economic, educational and ethnic barriers.

Welcome

Welcome to the official web site of the Boron Chamber of Commerce. Located between Barstow and Mojave, the town of Boron was founded in 1927 when Pacific Coast Borax (now U. S. Borax) discovered one of the richest deposits of Borax ore under the very ground they had once hauled the ore over from Death Valley. Shortly after this discovery Pacific Coast Borax moved its mining operations from Death Valley to this remote outpost in California's Mojave Desert.

Over the last few decades Boron has also served as the main runway approach corridor at Edwards Air Force Base and has witnessed several historic moments in flight history. Some of these moments include the breaking of the sound barrier, the first hypersonic flight, the setting of the world speed record by a winged aircraft and the first landing of a Space Shuttle orbiter. Boron's unique location to our Air Force neighbor has earned our town the title of the "Northern Gateway to the Aerospace Valley".

The community of Boron and our Chamber's membership has continued to grow and now encompasses the nearby settlements of Desert Lake, Kramer Junction, North Edwards, and Aerial Acres. With this growth, it became evident to the Chamber that an up-to-the-minute resource was needed to inform our citizens of our agenda and decisions affecting their lives. Bringing our web site online seemed the best solution for accomplishing this goal.

While visiting our site, please browse some of our other pages including our Board of Directors information page, our local Business Directory, and our Community Calendar. You will also find more information on our two museums the Colonel Vernon P. Saxon Aerospace Museum and the Twenty Mule Team Musuem.

Discover the Hidden Treasures of Boron

The Boron Chamber of Commerce would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit Boron and discover the hidden treasures of our small desert town. In Boron you can spend a leisurely day browsing our antique and gift shops, enjoying a home cooked meal in one of our restaurants, taking in our unique main street exhibits, and visiting our world-class mining and aerospace museums.

Boron is the kind of community where people pull together and work hard to accomplish great things. The community-minded citizens of Boron have donated thousands of dollars and hours over the last 20 years to preserve our rich mining heritage and our community's involvement in the advancement of aerospace research. Two of our communities greatest accomplishments include the opening of our Twenty Mule Team Museum on August 8, 1984 and the recent dedication and grand opening of our Saxon Aerospace Museum on September 5, 2003.

Old Number One The first Electra Haul used at U S Borax is on display in downtown Boron.

Mainstreet Attractions

While visiting Boron, the Chamber would like to invite you to visit our "Mainstreet Attractions" spread along Twenty Mule Team Road in downtown Boron. These historic exhibits showcase some of the mining equipment and aerospace memorabilia that have contributed to the rich history of our area.

Our "Mainstreet Attractions" include Old Number One, the first Electra Haul dump truck used at U. S. Borax, a 1950s International Harvester firetruck, a seven-foot tire from one of the giant ore haulers used at nearby U. S. Borax, our world-famous weather rock, a rocket booster chamber from the Rocket Test Site at Edwards Air Force Base and assorted antique mining and farm equipment.

Just a short five minute drive from downtown there is also the Borax Visitor Center. The Borax Visitor Center features ore and rock exhibits, a tailings pile where rock hounds can dig for their own rock and ore samples, a panoramic view from the edge of the world's largest open pit borax mine and one of the few remaining sets of the Twenty Mule Team ore wagons once used to haul borax from Death Valley to the railroad spur in nearby Mojave.

Every Fall, Boron celebrates the rich mining and aerospace history of our town with our annual Twenty Mule Team Days celebration. The event officially begins on the first weekend in October with an evening of Bobcat football at our high school's homecoming celebration. Saturday's events begin with a parade down Twenty Mule Team Road kicking off two fun-filled days of food, entertainment and community sponsored activities. Most of the activities are located at our historic city park which was used in the filming of the Julia Roberts movie, "Erin Brockovich". For more information on Twenty Mule Team Days and other Chamber sponsored events visit our Community Calendar and Events pages.