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Saboteur – circa -1940’s Inyo Movie
A few screens captured from Universal Pictures’ 1942 production of “Saboteur.” Starring – Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Norman Lloyd, Alma Kruger, Vaughan Glaser, Ian Wolfe, and a host of others. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Filmed in the Alabama Hills, Whitney Portal Road, and Keeler NSP Soda facility. Notice how the distance…
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Reflections on the first of 2023
Like many people, growing up for me was not the American Dream it is supposed to be. And, also like many people, I have had to fight my siblings, in my case two sisters, for memories. They are younger than me and remember almost nothing about our Dad. This holiday weekend started with 60-mile-an-hour winds…
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The Joy Season
Every once in awhile you meet a really good person from the inside out. To me, Earlene Beaver is that type of person, every day she brings a little joy into my life. Earlene sends out photos of Sierra sunsets, little nuggets of joy in our unpredictable lives. Have as good a season as you can.…
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“More in Life Than Being a Passenger”
Amelia Earhart’s and her husband, George Palmer Putnam had a cabin perhaps a few miles west of Lone Pine, beginning in the 1930s. As it is told, the front window framed Mount Whitney. Her marriage was a brief union that was far from traditional, more like a Hollywood business partnership and a modern open marriage:…
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Happy Birthday Antiquities Act
This year our nation observed the 116th anniversary of the Antiquities Act, and there has never been a more important time to celebrate this historic preservation policy and support its current use. When Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law in 1906, he granted the executive branch the authority to set aside for protection…
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Bobbsey Twins: 1904-1979
Have you ever heard of the Bobbsey Twins? Let’s talk about 72 books that were published in 1904 and the last in 1979. They were the principal characters of what was, for 75 years, one of the longest-running series of American children’s novels, written under one continuing pseudonym. Actually, many writers wrote books and always…
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Garden in the High Desert…
Olancha (Timbisha: Pakwa’ si) is a census designated place in California’s Inyo County. Olancha 37 miles (60 km) south-southeast of Independence, at an elevation of 3658 feet. Located in the Owens Valley next to the now mostly dry Owens Lake, the arid settlement is home to few. Olancha was established by Minnard Farley, who came to…
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The Emperor has no clothes
But he has water! The complex and storied history of California through the lens of its relationship with water. Inspired by the book of the same name by acclaimed author and professor Norris Hundley Jr., the documentary special highlights William Mulholland and the creation of modern Los Angeles by illustrating one of engineering’s greatest achievements…
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