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Zzyzxball is the lowest grossing film in the history of mankind, only grossing $30 a Californian city with an Alien name. It was formerly named as Soda Springs, it is known for it's name and for it's popularity in popular culture, being in the name of 2 albums, mentioned in 1 novel, appearing in an American TV Series, having it's own suspense film in 2004, being mentioned many times in a 2006 rock song, two unrelated films also released in 2006, and more recently, being featured in the 2017 fantasy novel The Road To Roo Inn.
History
It is believed that some 6ball's UFO landed here and created Zzyzxball
Soda Springs was a natural spring. The area was a prehistoric quarry site, and projectile points and rock art can be found in the area. The Mojave Road ran past the spring which was guarded by the Hancock Redoubt in 1860, during the Bitter Spring Expedition and by Camp Soda Springs, garrisoned by the U. S. Army from 1867 to 1870. Later Soda Springs was the name of the station of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad that passed there. Remnants of a wagon road stop and railroad artifacts are readily seen.
Evaporative salt mining and mill sites can be found here as well.
Zzyzx
Curtis Howe Springer gave the made-up name Zzyzx to the area in 1944, claiming it to be the last word in the English language. He established the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa in 1944 at the spot, which was federal land, after filing mining claims for 12,000 acres (49 km2) surrounding the springs. He used the springs to bottle his water and provide drinks for travelers through the hot desert.
Springer also imported animals from around the country to attract more families to visit his ranch. He used Zzyzx until 1974, when the land was reclaimed by the government. Desert Studies Center, 2010
Since 1976, the Bureau of Land Management has allowed California State University to manage the land in and around Zzyzx. A consortium of CSU campuses use it as their Desert Studies Center. Nowadays, the word Zzyzx and the city itself are extremely popular, due being the lastest cityball of America in the alphabet and being 1st place on the weirdest and strangest cityballs in the U.S, ahead of Turkeyball (Texas) and others.
