Acre after acre of deciduous fruit trees once grew in the city. Famous
throughout the state for fresh fruit and cider, the orchards thrived
until the depression, when they were replaced by poultry ranches. As the
wartime emergency developed early in 1941, the Victorville Army Air
Field was established land within the Adelanto sphere of influence. In
September 1950, It was named George Air Force Base in honor of the late
Brigadier General Harold H. George. Adelanto continued as a "community
services district" until 1970, when the city incorporated, and Adelanto
became San Bernardino County's smallest city. The city became a charter
city in November 1992.