Sierra Nevada just North of Bishop, California
Photo courtesy Lloyd L. Chambers
[Copyright 2005 Lloyd L. Chambers All rights reserved -
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 The southern end of Owens Valley - 1924. |
 El Camino Sierra (U.S. 395) route through Owens Valley. |
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 Early motoring along the El Camino Sierra in Owens Valley. |
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 El Camino Sierra near Sherwin Grade. |
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 Early motoring in Owens Valley. |
 Mono and Crowley Lakes, California  Bishop, California  Owens Valley  Owens Lake  Rose Valley and the Coso Mountains |
 Bodie's sentinels of the past. |
 Mt. Whitney Cafe camel. |
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 The El Camino Sierra in Owens Valley. |
 U.S. 395 - Owens Valley Photo courtesy Andrew Lewicky [copyright Andrew Lewicky - Sierra Descents] |
 Gathering of motorists at the completion of the paved road from Mojave to Owens Valley in 1931. |
 El Camino Sierra (U.S. 395) heading north in Owens Valley Photo courtesy Andrew Lewicky [copyright Andrew Lewicky - Sierra Descents] |
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 El Camino Sierra in Lone Pine - 1928. |
 El Camino Sierra in Lone Pine - 1935. |
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 El Camino Sierra in Lone Pine - 1938. |
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 El Camino Sierra in Lone Pine - 1948. |
 El Camino Sierra in Lone Pine - 1951. |
 El Camino Sierra under snow in Bishop - 1935. |
 Desert gas station. |
Two Mules and a Motorist
A spin With a Span Along El Camino Sierra
by Peter B. Kyne
 The fishing was marvelous. I hated to leave that lake. Even now it gives me heartache to write about it. Peter B. Kyne |
 August 1912 cover of Sunset Magazine |
 Watch the sun rise on Mono lake; it will not be difficult for you to realize why the Indians call it "Mono the Beautiful." In the sublimity of its utter desolation, it is the Dead Sea of the West. |
 Scott drove up with a hang-dog look and a span of mules, two "desert birds" drawing a fine buckboard with camp equipment. He introduced me to Molly and Kitty and I climbed in. |
 Why attempt to describe a lake in the Sierra! No lord of language could ever do full justice to the loveliness of such an enchanted spot. By mule and motor, the traveler along El Camino Sierra penetrates to these fastnesses of beauty - and trout. |
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 This is the "Pasear," a little 1,500 mile stroll through Fairyland. |
 Elephant Rock, one of Nature's odd bits of statuary in the country of El Camino Sierra. |
 The new route of El Camino Sierra will skirt the very base of the Sierra, on the eastern side where the mountains practically dispense with preliminary foothills. |
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Aberdeen | |
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Keough Radium Hot Springs | |
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Allie Robinson Pack Trains | |
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More of the El Camino Sierra |
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Aparejo Packing in the Sierra Nevada |
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