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george la braque


Man From Mono
Memoirs of George La Braque, Sr. (1885 - 1935), as told to his daughter Lily


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All photos and text are from Lily La Braque's book Man From Mono unless otherwise noted.
See USE NOTICE on Home Page.

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Paiute Friends

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Mono Basin in 1890

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Avalanche at Jordan Power Plant
Adapted from the Mineral County Independent News by Lily Mathieu LaBraque in the Man From Monoo

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sim lundy
Sim Lundy - Paiute friend
nellie reynolds
Nellie Reynolds - basketmaker

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Caiuse Mike

basket makers
L/R: Minnie Mike, Carrie Bethyl - basketmakers

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Carlos and "Illinois" Mary with sons (L/R) Pete, Charles, Lester

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Lee Vining townsite - 1928

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Chris Mattly - Founder of Lee Vining

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Chef Bill Fuller of "Sez Bill's Cafe"

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How Lee Vining Became a Town

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The Gamblers
By Lily Mathieu La Braque

We anted into the pot of lifeas we settled at Mono Lake,
not knowing if Lady Luck would frown
or smile upon us.

We gambled on our crops,
uninsured against the weather
and lucky to break even.

Wagering on the mines,
some held aces and eights.

The joker ran wild in the game of love.

In the end, there were no winners.
Yet, who can say that we are losers?
We persist.


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Jerome Bardanare LaBraque
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Joseph Filosena

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George Dewy LaBraque - age 22

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Mr. and Mrs. Jake Mattly

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My father and I in El Reno, OK - 1918

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Mono Lake school

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Benton SPNG station - 1911

4th of july celebration
4th of July in Old Benton - 1912

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The Love Bug and I

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An Indian Prayer
Author - Unknown

O great spirit, whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me! I am small and weak. I need your strength.

  Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes behold
the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made, and my ears
sharp to hear your voice
Make me wise so that I may understand the things
you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands
and straight eyes.
So when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit may come to you without shame.

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L/R: Lulu Biggs, Mrs. Conway - teachers
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George La Braque, Sr.

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The Jake Mattly Ranch three miles south of Lee Vining

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The "Venita" nearing Negit Island on Mono Lake

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Mono in the Springtime
by Tom Lawrence

How soon will Mono's fountains
smash the web winter has spun,
And Mighty Mono's mountains flash
their welcome to the sun?
I count each day the tortured hours
and try to hide the sting
'Til nature's breath awakes the flowers
When Mono smiles in Spring.

When cold, depressing winter haunts
my thoughts with stories weird,
And want's grim, silent shadow
haunts me 'til my soul grows tired.
When storm withers flowers and
tree and streams no longer sing,
I try to fancy how 'twill be
When Mono smiles in Spring.

The mountains fill with icy shot
the bitter, piercing wind,
Yet in their wildest wrath they're
not than man himself less kind;
Though they be merciless as death,
when Winter rules as king.
They soothe you with a perfumed breath
When Mono smiles in Spring.

I seek not for a useless tear that
any man may shed;
I seek not for a careless prayer,
when I have joined the dead.
I seek not for the why and where
of mad imagining,
But I would like to wake each year
When Mono smiles in Spring


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In Memory of James P. Dolan
james dolan
When God ordained that we should live, He also willed that we should die. These laws are immutable. The babe in the cradle smiling through transient tears; the youth with life's bright expectancies animating him to action; the vigorous man full panoplied for the fiery fray and eager for the battle; and the aged with their allotted time past , are every moment subject to the call.

James P. Dolan, our friend, and when we say our friend, we know we voice an undivided sentiment of all who knew him, has answeed this last early call.

'Twas a shock that made our hearts stand still when the news came of his untimely ending. Just as life seemed the most propitious. His spring days gone and an asupicious July day nearing. The battles with struggling fortune won, he bade it all good by.


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