Lucerne Valley California

In the early 1900s it all started with the Box S Ranch the home of James and Anna Goulding. The Box S presided until about 1916. Then, Mr Goulding and Dr. Jim Pahl from the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles named the area Lucerne Valley for growing alfalfa called lucerne.

The Box S Ranch was the center of all acvtivites until 1989 when Dr. Rao V. and Devi Davuloy purchased the remaining property and demolished the last of the historic buildings.

Today you can walk through the pioneer section of Lucerne Valley Memorial Park on Highway 18 and see headstones and markers for the Goulding family. A chimney is all that remains of the Box S Ranch. It's located behind "Filippi's Emporium" on Highway 18 across the street from the post office.