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Lake Sabrina is a lake created by damming the middle fork of Bishop Creek. [2] It is located south-west of Bishop, California on California State Route 168, in the Inyo National Forest. [3] It has a cafe as well as a dock. The dam was built in 1907–8 to supply a constant flow of water to the hydraulic power plants. [4]
Bishop: Also called "First Permanent White Habitation in Owens Valley" Putnam's Stone Cabin: 223: Putnam's Stone Cabin: 139 Edwards St. Independence: San Francis Ranch: 208: San Francis Ranch: Red Hill Rd. & State Hwy 168
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 ...
A post office operated at Owensville from 1866 to 1870, when it was transferred to Bishop, California (then called Bishop Creek). [2] From 1868 to 1869, the town was called Glen Mary. [ 2 ] The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #230 as the "First Permanent White Habitation in Owens Valley" assigned on June 20, 1935..
Aug. 26—Effluent from a small wastewater treatment plant at Bishop's Lodge won't be discharged into Little Tesuque Creek in the winter months if a revised plan for the flows moves forward ...
Big Pine is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Bishop. [3] Its population was 1,756 at the 2010 census, up from 1,350 at the 2000 census. The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation bases their tribal headquarters there.
Jan. 5—The man who redeveloped Bishop's Lodge as a luxury resort with $1,000-plus-a-night rooms seeks a court order to recover the original $20 million 350 investors apparently lost in ...
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