Owensville - Bishop, CA
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Free2bme29
N 37° 23.978 W 118° 21.160
11S E 380274 N 4140064
This marker is just outside Bishop near Laws Museum.
Waymark Code: WM6Q2W
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2009
Views: 16
"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 MINIMG IN THE WHITE MTS. PETERED OUT THE MINERS MOVED ON TO BETTER DIGGINGS LEAVING THE TOWN DESERTED."
This marker was placed by the Slim Princess Chapter E Clampus Vitus.
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