West Coast Wooden Shipbuilding
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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- manzanar
- world war ii
- internment
- owens valley
- eastern sierra
- inyo county
- california. u.s. 395
- blue star me...
Westgaard Pass Toll Road
Camp Independence soldiers needed a road to Waugoba-Deep Spring. In 1873, J.S. 'Scott' Broder completed this road and collected tolls until 1900. In 1913, A.L. Westgaard led an American Automobile...
- big pine
- westgaard pass
- bristlecone pines
- white mountains
- eastern sierra
- inyo county
- california
1872 Owens Valley Earthquake
On the date of March 26, 1872, an earthquake of major proportions shook Owens Valley and nearly destroyed the town of Lone Pine. Twenty seven persons were killed. In addition to single burials, 16...
- lone pine
- inyo county
- eastern sierra
- california
- earthquakes
On Lok House
Lone Pine Adobe Wall
The Adobe Wall On March 26, 1872, at 2:30 a.m., one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded destroyed 52 of the 59 buildings in Lone Pine. Because of a scarcity of building materials...
- lone pine
- owens valley
- inyo county
- california
- eastern sierra
- earthquakes
Lone Pine Salon de Fleurus
This may be pushing the envelope of "plaques," but here is a cool window display in Lone Pine, California, at the foot of the Eastern Sierra and close to the road that leads up to the trail...
- lone pine
- owens valley
- inyo county
- california
- los angeles
- gertrude stein
- lauren bon
Gisele Patrice Thomas
Thomas M. Kettle
THOMAS M.KETTLE 1880 1916 BORN COUNTY DUBLIN 9TH FEBRUARY 1880. KILLED AT GUINCHY 9TH SEPTEMBER 1916. POET. ESSAYIST. PATRIOT.
Devilbiss Hotel
Ocean Guardians, Citizen Scientists
