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Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It is located to the east of the Sierra Nevada , west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains , and is split between the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert . [ 2 ]
Joseph Reddeford Walker explored the Owens Valley. The Paiute natives were the inhabitants of the valley in the early 1800s, and used irrigation to grow crops. [2]: 59 In 1833, Joseph Reddeford Walker led the first known expedition into the central California area that would later be called the Owens Valley.
The Bishop Paiute Tribe, formerly known as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony [2] is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians of the Owens Valley, in Inyo County of eastern California. [1] As of 2022, the United States census showed the Bishop Paiute Tribe's population at 1,914. [3]
ICDC College was founded on November 13, 1995, as International Career Development Center, Inc., by Anna Berger, an educator and CPA. [3] [4]The school specialized in providing entry-level training programs for students of all ages and career phases.
[32] [33] Initially, it was a temporary "reception center", known as the Owens Valley Reception Center from March 21, 1942, to May 31, 1942. [31] [34] [35] At that time, it was operated by the US Army's Wartime Civilian Control Administration (WCCA).
Jensen Landing, a mixed-use residential and commercial development project — the first of its kind in southeast Fresno — will feature 151 multifamily housing units, a Starbucks coffee shop, a ...
The company is working with local officials on plans for a new highway that would route trucks away from central Shafter. It also plans to funnel at least $120 million into an inland rail terminal ...
Owens Lake is a dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Lone Pine . Unlike most dry lakes in the Basin and Range Province that have been dry for thousands of years, Owens held significant water until 1913, when much of the Owens River was diverted ...