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All Photos and Text from Enid A. Larson's Sunland Scrapbook unless otherwise noted.
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	SUNLAND by Enid Larson

R. J. Schober home	Sunland Indian Queen Peaches This peach ripened in autumn; it was freestone, unusually sweet, with juice that was "blood red." My father, O.W. Larson, had four of these trees in our yard, one of which bore prolifically. The stock for this peach came from the McDole Ranch on Rawson Creek, at the southern edge of what is known as Wilkerson tract subdivision. I think Joe Rossi procured the young trees from McDole. I am reasonably sure those of O.W. Larson were from McDole Ranch.
Sunland "Harvest Festival" float "Ship Strung With Apples on a Wire" A. A. Shirley driving Two boys - Walter Schober as one boy in sailor's cap and Victor Hogle (?) Mrs. O.W. Larson prepared the sign. The SUNLAND letters wer made of autumn leaves
Joe Rossi (taken in San Francisco)	Joe Rossi and wife Marguerite White Rossi (daughter of Ed and Olive White)
Chas Matlick Family - 1946 L/R: Vera, Lloyd, Gladys, Ken, Mrs. Chas, Chas	Victor Hogel - born February 1902
L. Swenson and Harriet Hogle Swenson - 1980	Benny Hogle - 1918
Marian Hogle with sons Merle (L) and Victor (R)	Grandma Dixon - mother of Marian Hogle and Galen Dixon

Building the rectangular stack at the O.W. Larson Ranch. Cattle feeder in the left background - Corral in right background. O.W. Larson is the stacker, Robert W. Larson is the fork-man on the wagon. A land renovator is in the foreground.	Haying on the O.W. Larson Ranch - 1920 - with derrick Jackson fork in action O.W. Larson is the stacker, Wilbur Larson is operating the fork.
"The Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe" - Harvest Festival float Jim Thomas driving with his son beside him. Louise Penny as the Old Lady. Enid Larson and Bessie Bryan with heads in lover holes by the key. Clyde Bryan standing on the left. On the upper deck - Joe Leidy, Doris Tichenor, and Mabel McCain with hat	Home of Mrs. Wood Larson on Grove Street in Bishop - October 1918 The message on the back of the photo reads: She is well; that every other house in Bishop was quaranteeded in the "flu epidemic". She said "the other Clarke boy passed away this morning." We were forbidden to go into Bishop unless for emergency; then masks over our faces were required.
O.W. Larson with horses on the Larson Ranch	Wilbur and O. W. Larson carrying fresh milk to be separated - cream for creamery
A.E. Larson home, barn and grain silo	A.E. Larson Ranch grain silo
A.E. Larson home, barn and grain silo	A.E. Larson home
The freight team and wagons for hauling from Mojave to Bishop in early 1900's R.J. Schober standing

Hose built by Shelly at the foot of Shelly Hill - 1900 Purchased by Wood Larson	Indian Church, Bishop, CA
Mrs. A. P. Levison - circa 1908 - 1928 Lived on a ranch then to a small house on Willow Street (?) in Bishop where she grew strawberries for the market. She died in Petaluma in 1938 and was buried in the Pioneer Cemetery beside her husband, Isaac, who died in 1919 from dental infection after Dr. Stofflet extracted a tooth.	Isaac L. Levison - died in 1919 Baker who peddled fresh bread, cookies etc. in Bishop. Also garden produce - especially grapes He taught us childrne many interesting things. He especially gave me a love for classical music. He played the flute at Sunland community gatherings. He was trained in England to be a Rabbi. He loved classical music and suggested many operatic solutions for our Edison phonograph (1916) - especially arias from Verdi and Wagner. Il Trovatore (Home to Our Mountains) was one of his favorites.
Mary Jane Owens Larson Mrs. Wood Larson Bishop, CA	Ida McBride Warlie - 1942 Born - Mono Lake, CA - August 1889 Daughter of John McBride
L/R: R. J. Schober, Lizzie Schober	High School Days Back Row (L/R): Laura Doty (Warm Springs), Harriet Hightower (Sunland), Enid Larson (Sunland) Front Row (L/R): Leora Stilwell (Bishop), Leora Larson (Sunland)
Sunland School - Gymnastics	Sunland School - Playground
Teachers: Mamie Clark (Left), Ora Boring (Right)

Ora Boring

Mae Jenkins wedding picture - 1917

Sunland Elementary School - 4th Grade - 1914

First Row
Lewis Stevens
Carrie Shelley
Hubert Edwards
Oral Chapman
____Bryan
Carmen Edwards ?
Mildred Schober

Second Row
____________
Alfred Shelley
_____Cahapman
Marie Alcorn
Jack Titus
Eric Banta

Third Row
Marguerite Blaney
Harold Schober
Flora Hall
Irma Chapman
_____________
Robert Larson
Orin Bryan
Lloyd & Vera Marlick

Sunland Elementary School Students - 1915
Left to Right

Top Row
Bill Banta
Victor Hogle
Jimmy Thomas
CLyde Bryan
Wilbur Edwards

2nd Row
Hazel Schober
Florence Dixon ?
Louise Penny
Valma Alcorn
Esther Banta

3rd Row
Mabel McCain
_________
Gladys Matlick
Enid Larson
Leora Larson

4th Row
Bessie Bryan
Vida Stevens

5th Row
_________
Gladys McCain
Robert Banta
Lloyd Alcorn
Walt Schober (hat)
Vera Matlick

6th Row
Marguerite Blaney
___________
___________
Flora Hall
Harold Schober

Not identified in 1983 but this picture should have icluded: Kenneth Fortune, Ada Fortune (The Fortunes rode a donkey down from the Chipmunk Mine in Curtain Canyon); Curtis Cline (He stuttered and used to cry when we calle him "Turtus"). "My name is not Turtus, it is T - T - Turtus."

Sunland Elementary School students
L/R (back row): ?, Vera Matlick, Mildred Schober, ?
L/R (middle row): ?, ?, ?
L/R (front row): Evelyn Rowan, ?

Sunland Elementray School students
L/R: Carmen Edwards, ? Irene Mayew, Laura Schober

Sunland Elementary School students - 1917
L/R (back row): Jack ?, Evard McCain, John Schober, Myrtle Roe
L/R (front row): Bessie Bryan, Gladys Matlick, Lueile Schooler, Enid Larson

Sunland Elementary School students
L/R (back row): Robert Larson, ?, Art Schober

L/R (middle row): Melvin Rawon, Joe Leidy, Roland McCain, Hubert Edwards

Sunland Elementary School 7th grade students

Sunland Elementary School 7th grade students
L/R (back row): Bill Banta, Walt Schober, Clyde Bayan
L/R (front row): F. Dixon, Leora Larson, Mabel McCain, Esther Banta

First School Bus - Sunland to Bishop Consolidated - 1921 George Rome - Driver	Kenneth and Lloyd Matlick
Overland Car - 1921	The O.W. Larson family - 1916
First automobile owned by the R.J. Schober family - 1917 Dodge L/R: John and Arthur Schober	1919 A barnstorming aeroplane - first in Owens Valley after World War I. $10 for a 10 minute ride. No landing strip. Used the flat surface of alfalfa pasture for landing and takeoff on the Jim Thomas ranch. Sunland Avenue lined with Lombardy populars in the backgound. Photo taken by Enid A. Larson, Eastman Brownie camera.
1910 Mr. & Mrs John Schober and sons. L/R (back): Rudolph, Ed, Jacob	John Schober home after an April snowstorm - 1910.
January 1916 snowstorm - Bishop, CA	Water tank at the home of Jim Thomas.
January 1916 snowstorm - Bishop, CA	January 1916 snowstorm - Bishop, CA

Arthur E. Larson and Laetitia Gregory wedding photo - 1904	Water wheel power at Schober Lodge on Bishop Creek
L/R: Leora Larson, Robert Larson, Enid Larson, Wilbur Larson - 1913	John Schober - 1980 John Schober, self taught, developed his mechanical skills and continues in 1983 to be a genius in building out of discarded scrap. He still drives a 1941 truck and fashions it's needed parts. As a 6th grader in Sunland he served as a worker on a construction job at Deep Springs College that built two cement silos. These still stand on the ranch there. He planned and with his brothers constructed the pictured water wheel that generated power for lights at Schober Lodge o the south fork of Bishop Creek, below South Lake.
Sunland Sunday School Class at J.G. Bryan Summer Camp at Lake Sabrina on Bishop Creek - 1918 L/R: Hazel Edwards, Bessie Bryan, Doris Tichenor holding baby "Louis", Leora Larson (with pan), M. Rossi, Galdys Matlick, Enid Larson
Mrs. O.W. Larson - 1951	Traction Engine
Traction Engine At the controls - F.O. Penny Standing - R.J. Schober Seated - Walt Schober	Bee hives in Bishop (Photo from a phamplet on Inyo County)
L/R: Enid Larson, Leora Larson, Margie Peel - at Lake George - 1925	Life's Work - at 71, W.A. Shelly still tends his bees in Owens Valley. His father brought the first bees to the valley. 59 Years as a Beekeeper

WWI Liberty Loan of O.W. Larson	Sheep on Jake Schober's Ranch Immediately east of Owens River Canal north of Carpenter Lane
Mrs. A. P. Levison on small lot in east Bishop (Willow Street) where she grew strawberries for several years in late 1920's - 1931. She sold these to grocery stores in Bishop. She did all the gardening herself as well as picking the berries (age 70 - 80 years). Later she went to Petaluma (O.W. Larson's) where she die in 1938.	WWI 4th Liberty Loan of O.W. Larson
Rossi Hill - A landmark at the south end of Sunland Avenue	Enid A. Larson Bishop High School Diploma - 1923
Leora Larson Report Card - 1920 - 21	Wilbur Larson Report Card - 1920 - 21
Flag pole Raising at Center Main and Line Streets in Bishop - April 6, 1918	Chorus of "Over There" Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word over there, The Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming, The drums rum-tum-tumming ev'rywhere. So prepare, say a pray'r. Send the word, send the word to beware, We'll be over, we're comig over, And we won't come back till it's over, over there! Over there! Compliments of Harry Holland
Sunland Improvement Club	Wilbur Larson Primary Department Certificate - 1917
Sheep on the Jake Schober Ranch - immediately east of the Owens River Canal north of Carpenter Lane
Saline Valley - Source of salt for Sunland housewives	11/23 Sunland Indian School (Photo courtesy of the Online Archive of California)

	Monache Rodeo of 1924
	Man From Mono
	Historic Owens Valley Advertisements
	Sierra Nevada Packers (Not MWPT)
	Ed Turner - Poems to Live and Die For
	1946 Owens Valley Telephone Directory

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