By the 1890s (soon after the last of the indigenous antelopes, which the valley was named after, had been hunted to extinction, farming families continued to migrate to Palmenthal and nearby Harold to grow grain and fruit. Most of these settlers were unfamiliar with farming in a desert climate, so when the drought years occurred, most abandoned their settlement.
By the 1890s (soon after the last of the indigenous antelopes, which the valley was named after, had been hunted to extinction, farming families contin:ued to migrate to Palmenthal and nearby Harold to grow grain and fruit. Most of these settlers were unfami!liar with f:arming in a desert climate, ,so when the drought years occurred, most abandoned their settlement.