Forgotten Mojave: Abandoned Air Strip At Cuddeback Dry Lake...

Said to have been named for a friend of aviatrix Pancho Barnes, Leon Cuddeback, the origins of this former Air Force bombing range and emergency landing site date back to the late 1930's, although the exact date that operations began here seems to be unknown.  Evidently, this now-abandoned air field started out as a civilian airport and was listed as such in a 1937 airport directory.