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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C5_putnams-stone-cabin_Independence-CA.html
One hundred thirty feet west of this site, Charles Putnam built the first cabin of permanent habitation in what is now Inyo County in August 1861. The building served as a home, trading post, hospital, and "fort" for early settlers, as well as a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C4_inyo-county-courthouse_Independence-CA.html
Architect: William H. Weeks Contractor: McCombs and Son
Board of Supervisors George W. Naylor * Amos Hancock Thomas Thomson, Jr. * W.V. Butler Charles Partridge Accepted: November 8, 1921 The Inyo County Courthouse is located on land deeded t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C3_mary-austins-home_Independence-CA.html
1868 - 1934 "But if ever you come beyond the borders as far as the town that lies in a hill dimple at the foot of Kearsarge, never leave it until you have knocked on the door of the brown house under the willow-tree at the end of the village stree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2_camp-independence_Independence-CA.html
At the request of settlers, Colonel George Evans led a military expedition to this site on July 4, 1862. Hence its name "Independence". Indian hostilities ceased and the camp closed. War again broke out in 1865 and the camp was reoccupied as Fort …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C1_owensville_Bishop-CA.html
The first white man's settlement in northern Owens Valley was built here in 1861 and two years later prospectors named it Owensville. It thrived for some time but in 1864, as mining in the White Mts. petered out the miners moved on to better diggi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C0_pine-creek-mine_Bishop-CA.html
West of this spot, gold was discovered in the Pine Creek drainage by Civil War veterans. It was not until April, 1916, when tungsten was discovered by four men: O.E. Vaughn, A.E. & C.C. Beauregard, and James Sproul on their claims, Blizzard 1, 2, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BZ_mcgee-mountain-rope-tow-34_Mammoth-Lakes-CA.html
The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area was constructed here in 1938 because of its dependable snow and nearness to a highway…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BY_casa-diablo_Mammoth-Lakes-CA.html
A distinctive landmark and gathering place used by many early inhabitants of the area for bathing, food preparation, ceremonial and medicinal purposes. It was named "House of the Devil", by early explorers, for it's boiling hot springs, plumes of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AC_tragedy-at-convict-lake_Mammoth-Lakes-CA.html
On February 19, 1990, a tragedy occurred at this site. Three boys from a local youth camp fell through the ice. Two counselors, David Myers and Randy Porter, U.S. Forest Service employee Clay Cutter, and Long Valley Fire Captain Vidar Anderson sac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15J_homesite-of-sarah-wallis_Palo-Alto-CA.html
Sarah Armstrong Wallis (1825-1905) was a pioneer in the campaign for women's voting rights. In 1870 she was elected president of California's first statewide suffrage organization which in 1873 incorporated as the California State Woman Suffrage E…