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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...

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...

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...

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 the...

    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 to...

    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.

      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

            Elsie B. Roemer Bird Sanctuary

              George A. Posey Tube (West)

                George A. Posey Tube