Bishop

Bishop

by Pam VaughanLaws Railroad Museum and Brendan Vaughan
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 28/02/2011

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Located in the stark landscape of Eastern California�s Owens Valley, Bishop is situated between two of the highest mountain ranges of the contiguous United States. Native Americans had been in the region since antiquity, and white settlers began to filter in after many battles with the Paiutes and Shoshones. Bishop was named after Sam Bishop, who drove cattle into the area and settled along Bishop Creek. Many more farmers and ranchers followed. To the south, Los Angeles was growing too, tapping the Owens River for a gravity-fed aqueduct for its residents; thus began the Los Angeles�Owens Valley Water Conflict.

ISBN:
9781439625415
9781439625415
Category:
Local history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
28-02-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing Inc.

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