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    Inyo County (/ˈɪnjoʊ/ ) is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada...
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    Report (EIR) addressing the impacts of groundwater pumping, Inyo County sued Los Angeles under the terms of the California Environmental Quality Act. Los Angeles...
    40 KB (4,681 words) - 18:47, 5 February 2025
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    Los Angeles Aqueduct (category History of Inyo County, California)
    constructed consisted of six storage reservoirs and 215 mi (346 km) of conduit. Beginning 3.5 mi (5.6 km) north of Blackrock (Inyo County), the aqueduct diverts...
    60 KB (6,641 words) - 00:38, 20 January 2025
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    Methuselah (pine tree) (category Natural history of Inyo County, California)
    (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest...
    12 KB (1,014 words) - 01:34, 30 November 2024
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    place and the county seat of Inyo County, California. Independence is located 41 miles (66 km) south-southeast of Bishop, at an elevation of 3930 feet (1198...
    16 KB (1,431 words) - 02:02, 29 January 2025
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    Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in Cerro Gordo in the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California. Mining operations spanned...
    25 KB (2,168 words) - 23:24, 9 November 2024
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    town of Lone Pine. About fourteen of its victims (the exact number is not known) were interred in a common grave, enclosed by this fence. Inyo County, California...
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    unincorporated community in Inyo County, California. It was founded in 1897 as a supply point for the mines in the canyons of the Panamint Range. A quarter-mile...
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    northwestern Inyo County, California, in the John Muir Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest. Morgan stands within the endorheic watershed of Owens Lake...
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    Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British...
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    Inyo National Forest is a United States National Forest covering parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California and the White Mountains of California...
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    Coso artifact (category History of Inyo County, California)
    prospecting for geodes near the town of Olancha, California, it has long been claimed as an example of an out-of-place artifact. The artifact has been...
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    William Mulholland (category History of Inyo County, California)
    height, the Inyo County Bank collapsed, due to embezzlement.: 97  The economy of Owens Valley collapsed, and the attacks ceased. The city of Los Angeles...
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    Barker Ranch (category History of Inyo County, California)
    At times, the Family was using both properties. The Inyo County sheriff department, California Highway Patrol, and National Park Service Law Enforcement...
    7 KB (754 words) - 13:02, 9 October 2024
  • predecessor of Inyo County, which was successfully organized in 1866. The county seat of Coso County was to be Bend City. Willie Arthur Chalfant, The story of Inyo...
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  • site in Inyo County, California. It is located on the west side of the Inyo Mountains 9.5 miles (15 km) north of Lone Pine, at an elevation of 3865 feet...
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    Frederick Eaton (category History of Inyo County, California)
    pasture land," was strategically located on the Owens River in Inyo County upstream of the Owens River Gorge and Owens Valley, and an excellent site to...
    10 KB (1,142 words) - 22:22, 25 January 2025
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    in the Owens Valley, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of present-day Independence, Inyo County, eastern California. The U.S. Army post was active from 1862 to 1877...
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    census-designated place (CDP) in the Mojave Desert in southeast Inyo County, California, United States. Originally occupied by the Koso and Chemehuevi...
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  • Echo is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was located on the crest of the Funeral Mountains above Death Valley, halfway between Lee and...
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