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Bishop Creek is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km) [1] stream in Inyo County, California. It is the largest tributary of the Owens River. It has five hydroelectric plants owned by Southern California Edison, Bishop Creek #2–6. Bishop Creek #1 was never completed. Parts of the creek run through pipelines, or penstocks, to increase output at the power ...
Bishop (formerly Bishop Creek) [5] is a city in California, United States. It is the most populous place and the only incorporated city in Inyo County . It is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley within the Mojave Desert , at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 m). [ 4 ]
The site is a California Historical Landmark number 811.. The California Historical Landmark reads: NO. 811 BISHOP CREEK BATTLEGROUND - On April 6, 1862, a battle took place around this site between newly arrived citizens of the Owens River Valley and the original inhabitants of the land, the Paiute and Shoshone Indians.
Bishop Creek Battleground State Hwy 168 and Bishop Creek Rd. 37°20′29″N 118°28′52″W / 37.341517°N 118.4812°W / 37.341517; -118.4812 ( Bishop Creek Battleground
Bishop Creek may refer to: Bishop Creek, former name of Bishop, California; Bishop Creek (Inyo County) in Inyo County, California; Bishop Creek (Mariposa County ...
Captain McLaughlin made a tour of inspection of Owens Valley as far as Bishop Creek. - November 23 - December 16,1863 McLaughlin reported: The valley is fast filling up with settlers and miners, and no fear is entertained of Indians as far up as Bishop Creek, which is the highest settlement in the valley. There the people are very uneasy, and ...
Baxter Creek or Stege Creek [1] (also archaically Bishop Creek [1]), is a three-branch creek in Richmond and El Cerrito, California, United States, forming the Baxter Creek watershed. The creek has three sources and flows from the Berkeley Hills to Stege Marsh and the San Francisco Bay. The Baxter Creek watershed at-large has 10 sources. [2]
Bishop Creek is a stream in Yosemite National Park, United States. [1] It is a tributary of the South Fork Merced River . Bishop Creek was named for Samuel Addison Bishop of the Mariposa Battalion who settled near its banks.