Photos of Independence, CA - early 1900s - Courtesy of Rob Pearce
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![norman house fire](rob pearce01_norman house norman hotel_dec 1923_t.jpg)
Norman House Hotel on fire - Independence, CA - 1923
The hotel was owned by Omie Mairs and his wife Laura.
The hotel was named The Norman House after their first son Norman.
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![norman house fire](rob pearce02_norman house norman hotel_dec 1923_t..jpg)
Norman House Hotel on fire - Independence, CA - 1923
The hotel was owned by Omie Mairs and his wife Laura.
The hotel was named The Norman House after their first son Norman. |
![norman house](rob pearce03_norman house hotel_t.jpg)
Norman House Hotel burned to the ground - Independence, CA - 1923
The hotel was owned by Omie Mairs and his wife Laura.
The hotel was named The Norman House after their first son Norman. |
![moving cattle](rob pearce04_cattle on the move_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![cattle](rob pearce05_cattle_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![independence](rob pearce07_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs (in the shirt and tie, on the right) moving cattle from Owens Valley
to Mojave for sale.
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![moving cattle](rob pearce06_cattle on the move_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![cattle crossing river](rob pearce11_cattle on the move_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![alabama gates](rob pearce10_at alabama gates_1932_t.jpg)
Cattle passing the Alabama Gates
Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![cattle](rob pearce13_cattle on the move_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![cattle](rob pearce12_cattle on the move_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![cattle on the move](rob pearce14_cattle on the move_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale.
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Pete Mairs moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
Pete Mairs (in the shirt and tie) moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![independence](rob pearce23_t.jpg)
Independence, CA cattlemen |
![independance](rob pearce25_t.jpg)
Pete Mairs (in the shirt and tie) moving cattle from Owens Valley to Mojave for sale. |
![printing office](rob pearce17_inyo independent printing office_1919_t.jpg)
Inyo Independent printing office - Independence, CA |
![store](rob pearce16_independence store_1918_t.jpg)
General Merchandise Store - Independence, CA - 1918 |
![independence](rob pearce08_independence_1919_t.jpg)
Independence, CA - 1919 |
![land office](rob pearce18_independence us land office_t.jpg)
U.S. Land Office - Independence, CA |
![independence](rob pearce19_t.jpg)
Independence, CA |
![saloon](rob pearce20_independence hote n saloon_1919_t.jpg)
Hotel and Saloon in Independence, CA - 1919 |
![sturm](rob pearce21_independence bank_Sturm sitting_t.jpg)
Sturm (?) in front of the Inyo County Bank in Independence, CA
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![winter](rob pearce22_independence winter_1914_3 and half feet snow_t.jpg)
Winter of 194 in Independence, CA - 3.5 feet of snow. |
![independance](rob pearce26_independence 1921_t.jpg)
Independence, CA - 1921 |
![independence](rob pearce27_independence july 4_t.jpg)
July 4th in Independence, CA |
Independence Hotel and Saloon in Independence, CA - 1919 |
Independence Hotel and Saloon in Independence, CA - 1919 |
The man on a horse with the suit jacket and tie, is my great uncle Pete Mairs. He ran cattle near Manzanar, among other places - circa before 1920 |