Bryman, is apopulated place in the centralMojave Desert, withinSan Bernardino County, California. It lies along theMojave River in the northernVictor Valley, at an elevation of 2,526 feet (770 meters).It is on the historicU.S. Route 66, 5 miles north ofOro Grande, and south ofHelendale.[1]
Bryman lies along the Mojave River, and was along the route of theMohave Trail from the Colorado River to the valleys of Southern California before the time of the Spanish explorations. From 1828 it was along thenOld Spanish Trail and from 1849 the laterMormon Road.
Bryman was initially a location of the second ranch calledLane's orLane's Station belonging to Aaron G. Lane, one of the first settlers on the Mojave River. He relocated to the area 7 miles down river from his first ranch he had settled in 1859, (also called "Lane's"), atLane's Crossing, for the better soil and water available from the river there. His ranch raised sheep and cattle and was well known for its crops of corn, melons and vegetables. He was one of the first to growlucerne (alfalfa) in California, and sold his crops to theU. S. Army post atCamp Cady, from 1867.
He sold this ranch in November 1873.[2]
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