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Steam Tug Hercules

    Workin' on the Railroad

      Towing in the Open Ocean

        Convict Lake Tragedy, 1990

        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...

        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...

        • eastern sierra
        • sierra nevada
        • convict lake
        • drownings

        McGee Mountain Rope Tow

        McGee Mountain Rope Tow   The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of the McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area was...

        McGee Mountain Rope Tow   The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of the McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area...

        • california
        • eastern sierra
        • dave mccoy
        • mammoth mountain
        • dave mccoy
        • ecv

        Parihaka Memorial 1848

        "This plaque was originally planned to extravagantly praise Dunedin, but now I want to remember the Maori passive resisters, abducted from Parihaka, shipped to Dunedin, held without trial,...

        "This plaque was originally planned to extravagantly praise Dunedin, but now I want to remember the Maori passive resisters, abducted from Parihaka, shipped to Dunedin, held without trial,...

        • parihaka
        • passive resistance
        • colonisation
        • maori
        • new zealand
        • dunedin
        • public works
        • prisoners
        • heritage new...
        • shistoric pl...

        Independence, California: Mary Austin's House

            "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 at the door of the brown house under the...

            "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 at the door of the brown house under...

        • mary austin
        • california writers
        • inyo county
        • independence
        • eastern sierra
        • california
        • owens valley

        Engine #18, Carson & Colorado Railroad

          An oil burning steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1911, was purchased by the Southern Pacific R.R. in 1928 to haul passengers and freight along the 300 mile narrow gauge line, known locally...

          An oil burning steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1911, was purchased by the Southern Pacific R.R. in 1928 to haul passengers and freight along the 300 mile narrow gauge line, known locally...

        • owens valley
        • independence
        • inyo county
        • eastern sierra
        • california
        • railroads

        Edmund Schulman Memorial Grove

        Edmund Schulman Professor of Dendrochronology   A pioneer of modern tree-ring dating, Dr. Schulman conducted research on bristlecone pines here in the White Mountains for many years, eventually...

        Edmund Schulman Professor of Dendrochronology   A pioneer of modern tree-ring dating, Dr. Schulman conducted research on bristlecone pines here in the White Mountains for many years,...

        • bristlecone pines
        • white mountains
        • inyo county
        • california

        Blue Star Memorial Highway-Manzanar

          These Blue Star Memorial Highway signs seem ubiquitous and may not typically qualify as plaques. I'd argue that this particular one does. It's just outside Manzanar, the site of the World War II...

          These Blue Star Memorial Highway signs seem ubiquitous and may not typically qualify as plaques. I'd argue that this particular one does. It's just outside Manzanar, the site of the World War II...

        • manzanar
        • world war ii
        • internment
        • owens valley
        • eastern sierra
        • inyo county
        • california. u.s. 395
        • blue star me...