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Eastern
High Sierra Brochures: A - B
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All
brochures are from the archives of Rich McCutchan unless otherwise
noted.
See USE NOTICE on Home Page
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**Just
a note for all of you who view these brochure pages - these ARE
HISTORIC brochures. Some of these places may still be in business
and some may not. Whatever the case might be, the prices shown
in the brochures are anywhere from 50 to 90 years old!
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All
of the files are in Adobe Acrobat:
8 Mile Pack Train
(Linda Colton's grandfather owned and operated the pack train and guest ranch in the 1920s)
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03/22
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8 Mile Pack Train
(Advertisement courtesy of Linda Colton) |
20 Mule Team |
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20 Mule Team Borax - How to Use It |
08/22
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Airlift
Pack Station
J. G. Motel
Union Oil 76 Gas Station
(Click for more on the J.G. Motel)
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Elaine Mead shares.
This was the Airflight Cafe. There was a Union 76 gas station across the highway and a dirt airstrip to the west of the gas station. I'm telling my age here, but I worked as a waitress at the cafe. My husband (before we were married) owned and operated the gas station. I worked at the cafe in 1970. After I got married we moved to the IWV and started farming. My waitressing days were over.
Elaine
June 2015 |
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Andrews
Camp
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Arcularius Ranch
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Badman from Bodie |
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Barney Sears Pack Trains |
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Base & Pat's
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Beacon Tavern
(Brochure courtesy of Richard Bellomy) |
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Benton Dude Ranch |
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Bill Garner's Camp
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Bishop
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Bishop Creek Lodge |
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Bishop Hardware
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Bishop Outfitters |
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Boulder Lodge
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Deborah Cook
of Jackson, CA writes.
Ray,
I was real pleased to run across your website and see that you
have a brochure and pictures of Chrysler & Cook. I am the
niece of Ted Cook who owned the pack train. He had no children
of his own and so his biography is left for me to compile for
our family history. My father, Fred Cook, was his brother. My
father was 51 when I was born, and now myself, just under 50,
I find that I am fortunate to have heard the stories of the early Owens Valley first hand
from those who lived them.
I have some photos of Ted and his wife Margaret at the Carroll
Creek station, some taken on a hunting trip up Mt. Whitney, my
father on horseback in the Alabama hills, etc, and am putting
together more info. My father, born in 1902, was the youngest
of the Cook boys. He worked with uncle Ted for a while and was
also a packing partner of Leakey Olivas and Fred Burkhart. I
noticed that the article by Livermore mentions all of these
names.
I have been over in your neck of the woods several times this
and last year. I am an archaeologist and was over to Fish Springs
doing work at the Buckeye Mine that was covered up with dirt
this last spring from Cal Trans widening the road. I was back
again last October for the Lone Pine film festival. What a grand
time. I took time to ride with another packer out of McGee Creek.
He had stock brought down for the festival so we took a ride
in the Alabamas. I was pleased that he was there. I didn't want
to trailer my own horse over for riding as it is a 7 hour drive
over the mountains and my mustang does not take quietly to a
long trailer ride. I live over on the west side in the hills
near Jackson, CA.
I want to thank you for helping keep the history of Chrysler
and Cook and the other pack trains alive.
Deborah Cook (Jackson, CA - Oct 2002) |
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Brinley's Boulder Camp |
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Broken Bar Pack Outfit
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Bugle Call of Death Valley Days
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3
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