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Preserving the history of the Owens Valley
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Preserving the history of the Owens Valley
and the Eastern Sierra |
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How to find us
Laws Railroad Museum is located 4.5 miles
north of Bishop, off U.S. Hwy 6.
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MUSEUM OPEN ALL YEAR: VISITING HOURS ARE Admission by donation. Operated by the Bishop Museum & Historical
Society (760) 873-5950
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The Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site
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located on land donated to Inyo County and the City of Bishop by the Southern
Pacific Railroad in 1964. The museum is operated by the Bishop Museum and
Historical Society under contract with those two agencies. The gift deed
from the Southern Pacific Company to the county and city reads as follows:
"In appreciation of the interest of Inyo County and the City of Bishop in
preserving the memory of the Far West's last common carrier narrow gauge
railroad, the Keeler Branch, Southern Pacific Company is pleased to donate steam
locomotive No. 9 together with other rolling stock, and the Laws Station
building and surrounding installations for safekeeping in behalf of generations
to come." At Laws the Slim Princess now stands in mute testimony to the time when the Owens Valley depended upon the railroad for its contact with other parts of the world. Our Aim is to discover, procure, and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civic, literary and ecclesiastical history of our area, and to establish and maintain collections |
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We Need Your Help! The museum is preparing to embark on a restoration project on the 1883 Agent's House, and we are looking for any pictures of the house "in the old days" prior to the shut down of the railroad in 1960. If you have any pictures you can loan us, we will copy them and return the originals to you. Contact the Museum at the address and phone number above. Note! Check out the new special events and the new membership benefits! |
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