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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOG_east-walker-toll-house_Bridgeport-CA.html
Henry Hayes lived in the toll house building on this site and collected tolls beginning about 1880 and continued until the county purchased the road in 1915. State ownership occurred August 21, 1833. Tolls were 25? for saddle horsed, 75? for teams…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOE_fremonts-trail-1844_Coleville-CA.html
On January 27th, a cold winter day in 1844, Captain John C. Fremont and his guide Kit Carson, led as small band of half-starved men west past this point. They were in search of the fabled Buena Ventura River, which they believed would give them ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP66_masonic_Bridgeport-CA.html
Although gold was discovered here in 1860, it was not until about 1900 that Joseph Green staked the rich Jump Up Joe Mine. On the Fourth of July, 1902, J. S. Bryan and Caleb Dorsey made an exciting find and called it the Pittsburg-Liberty to honor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5X_bridgeport-chronicle-union_Bridgeport-CA.html
On this site stood the original office of the Bridgeport Chronicle - Union newspaper. In 1880, while still publishing the "Bodie Chronicle", the Folger Brothers, Robert and Alex, started the "Bridgeport Union". The first number of the Bridgeport p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5B_frontier-justice_Bridgeport-CA.html
On this site, Bridgeport's most sensational court trial occurred June 9th, 1891. Ah Quong Tai, a local Chinese businessman accused of the cannibalistic murder of Poker Tom, a well known Paiute Indian, appeared in court defended by two attorneys, J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP51_legend-of-june-lake-slot-machines_June-Lake-CA.html
During the 1930's in central Mono County, demand for gaming entertainment skyrocketed with the influx of hundreds of employees working on the Mono Basin Project. To accommodate the workers, many local bars and cafes installed slot machines. Althou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP4Z_lundy_Bridgeport-CA.html
Home of the May Lundy Mine. Site of W. J. Lundy sawmill supplying lumber to Bodie in 1878. Organized as the Homer Mining District in 1879 by Wasson, Nye and Homer. Plagued by snowslides and partially destroyed by fire in 1886, Lundy's page of Mono…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF8J_the-c-130-crew_Coleville-CA.html
In Loving and Grateful Memory ofThe C-130 CrewSteve Wass, Craig Labare and Mike DavisWho gave their lives to saveour community on June 17, 2002
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDNT_navy-beach_Golden-Valley-CA.html
During the Cold War, Mono County was home to one of many remote facilities used by the US Military to test new weapons and weapons systems. A "secret military installation" operated by the US Navy was located along the south shoreline of Mono Lake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDNP_aurora-and-owens-river-wagon-road_Marietta-CA.html
Established by the NevadaTerritorial LegislatureFebruary 20, 1864 Rates of TollWagon with two animals $1.00 Carriage and one animal $.75Each additional animal $.25Empty teams returning half priceSaddle animals each $.25Pack do do $.15Loose do do $.10