In the years that followed, the fruit orchards increased until hundred of acres were planted with fruit trees of many kinds that produced an abundance of fruits. I brought many changes that affected the ranchers, and gradually the orchards died and the valley returned to its original landscape of quiet desert beauty. The area's developers were Newton Bass and B. J. Westlund, oil field wildcatters who settled here in 1945. They pioneered a land development that today sees Apple Valley as one of the desert's most prosperous areas. The Town of Apple Valley is not just a place.
Apple Valley is an experience.
Here a family can have a real home, uncrowded and sun flooded. The air is clean and the neighbors friendly. The community was incorporated on November 28,1988 with a population of more than 48,000 persons. More that 285,000 persons populate the Victor Valley, in which Apple Valley is located. One of the most centrally located cities in Southern California, Apple Valley is tucked quietly away in the High Desert, nestled on the Mojave River.