The town came into existence in 1931 when it became the connecting point of the Great Northern and Western Pacific Railroads. The first name proposed was Big Valley City by Byron S. Greenwood, the promoter of the new town. When the Postal Department received Greenwood’s petition for a post office for the town, they denied the name. The Department had adopted a policy against three word names. The Great Northern designated their new station as Bieber, though the town of Bieber was located two miles northeast. It was suggested to call it West Bieber, but that name did not find acceptance and finally the name Nubieber was chosen. On July 4,1931, a patriotic celebration was held. Mrs. A.W. Peterson, President of the Ladies Pioneer Club, gave a brief speech and then introduced Miss Vivian Goddard who christened the townsite of Nubieber by breaking a bottle of wine over the entrance sign. Nubieber, like so many speculative railroad communities, never reached the expectations of its promoters. In 1940, Greenwood traded all his unsold lots, (the vast majority of the town that encompassed 250-acres), along with his adjoining 630-acre ranch, to E.L. Robertson of San Francisco, for a 60-room apartment building in San Francisco.