Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2025.0.194-197Description
Four photos of the ruins of Bend City, one of the earliest mining camps in the Owens Valley. It was located south of Mazourka Canyon Road on a bend of the Owens River.
Information from Wikipedia: Bend City is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was located on the Owens River near the modern-day town of Kearsarge. Founded in 1863, Bend City was originally a mining camp. Bend City was the site of the first county bridge spanning the Owens River. The 1872 Lone Pine earthquake changed the course of the river away from the townsite, which had already declined. The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #209.
2025.0.194--Photo of dead tree and a large hole in the ground (basement?).
Written in pencil on reverse: Bend City, Dec. 31, 193-. [See 1955.913.233, 2023.22.81, and 2023.22.82.]
Written in blue ink on reverse: Fragments of old foundations.
2025.0.195--Photo of exposed excavated foundations with the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the background.
Written in pencil on reverse: Fireplace at Bend City. Photo by Mark Kerr.
2025.0.196--Photo of exposed foundations with a cinder cone, building, and mountains in the background. Small tear on upper edge of photo.
Written in pencil on reverse: Foundation of building showing thickness of wall, Bend City. Photo by Mark Kerr.
Written in pen on a duplicate copy: Bend City, Calif. as it looked when I first saw it. D.C. [Dorothy Cragen]. Kearsarge Station in the distance.
2025.0.197--Photo of exposed foundations. Small tear to lower right corner of photo.
Written in pencil on reverse: Bend City about 1932.
Written in blue ink on reverse: Old rock foundations.Photograph Details
Subject Place
City
Bend CityCounty
Inyo CountyState/Province
California