 A water stop on the Santa Fe Railroad since 1882, the site was largely unsettled until the early 20th century.In 1910, Ralph, Clifford and Effie Corum built a homestead on the edge of Rogers Lake.The Corums proved instrumental in attracting other settlers and building infrastructure in the area, and when a post office was commissioned for the area, they named it Muroc, a reversal of the Corum name, due to the presence of a town named Coram.