by News Staff | Oct 10, 2013 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
– Press release Author Judith L. Butler’s family history reaches back four generations and stretches from Tonopah to Keough’s Hot Springs, and from Big Pine to the Hamill Valley to the Eastern Sierra’s Basque sheepmen. Coming from such a deep and interesting...
by News Staff | Aug 8, 2013 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
– Press release from Eastern California Museuem: Just the nickname “Mad Dog” gives you a good hint that Irene Kritz is not your average pack outfit cook and campfire storyteller. The long-time backcountry cook and Lone Pine resident will be the main attraction...
by News Staff | May 17, 2013 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Bodie was just hitting its stride in 1880 as a wild and lawless mining camp that was trying to become a little more of a civilized town. That tumultuous year and the famed gold mining town is the setting for “No Trees for Shade: Bodie, California, 1880.” The tale of...
by News Staff | May 8, 2013 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
The Eastern California Museum issued the following press release: The Eastern California Museum will unveil its new photo exhibit, “Building Bill’s Ditch, The Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1913-2013,” on Saturday May 11, starting at 10 a.m. The exhibit provides a glimpse...
by News Staff | Apr 18, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Author Presents: “Rock Art at Little Lake: An Ancient Crossroads in the California Desert” (NEWS RELEASE – Eastern California Museum) Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg will be discussing the recently released book, “Rock Art at Little Lake: An Ancient Crossroads...