Sagebrush Service Station - Vintage Gas Station - Helendale, California, USA
N 34° 42.343 W 117° 20.190
11S E 469184 N 3840460
The Sagebrush Service station, Started life in in the 30's as a lonely gas service station in the Mojave Desert. It was selling Texaco Gas under the name of the 'Sage Brush Inn' until at least 1972. Located alongside Route 66, Helendale, California.
Waymark Code: WMN3JZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2014
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Now a private residence, this was once a Gas Station, Roadhouse, Cafe and Dance club operated by "Sagebrush Annie" and was rumored to have been a brothel; alongside old Route 66 between Helendale and Oro Grande, California.
The Stone building, with the extension to the rear is the Sage Brush Inn.
The wooden building is just a façade, and is a recent addition, but not in use.
"The Sage Brush Service & Gas station, started selling petrol in 1931. An extension was built on the rear of the tiny Gas station, several years later, It was then renamed the Sage Brush Inn." Text Source: (
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"Just like so many other businesses along this stretch of Route 66, after modern-day I-15 was built in the late 1960s, the number of customers dwindled and Sagebrush Annie couldn’t survive. Today, you can still see the roadhouse and gas station on the west side of the road, which is now a private residence." Text Source: (
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"This is the story of a nine-mile stretch of Route 66 on the Mojave Desert between Oro Grande and Helendale, featuring Sagebrush Annie, owner of the Sage Brush Inn. The story primarily covers the time period of 1925 to the mid-1940s. These were the years of Prohibition, the Depression and World War II; from hard-scrabbling years of great poverty to the beginnings of prosperity." text Source: (
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Virtual Tour of Sagebrush Route: (
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