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Explore Hollywood’s Back Lot at the Museum of Western Film in Lone Pine, opened seven days a week, 10 AM – 4PM. 450+ films and TV shows shot on site, in the Lone Pine Alabama Hills
The Eastern California Museum is opened seven days a week, 10AM – 5PM. Admission is free, but a $5 donation would be welcomed.
The historic Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery in Independence is opened Monday – Thursday 10 AM to 3:30 PM
The Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site, five miles northeast of Bishop on Highway 6 is opened seven days a week from 10 AM to 4 PM, train rides offered occasional Saturdays.
KIBS/KBOV News received confirmation yesterday that two major positions will be changing at the Museum of Western Film in Lone Pine.
Shawn Lum, the Director of the Museum, has resigned, effective August 15, to take the open position as Director of the Eastern California Museum in Independence. That position was vacated with the retirement of long-time director Jon Klusmire. Shawn served the Museum for the last three years.
Chris Langley, the Inyo County Film Commissioner, is one of the founders of the Museum and now serves as its president. He announced his retirement to coincide with Shawn leaving. Chris said he will still be involved, spending time doing research and writing on the film industry in the west, which is what he enjoys doing.
The Eastern California Museum received its largest donation of the year so far on Wednesday when members of the Inyo County Road Department delivered a huge slab of the historic Roosevelt Tree.
The historical tree stood for over 100 years at the intersection of U.S. 395 and Highway 168 East, at the Veteran’s Flag Monument.
At 14 inches thick and over four feet in diameter, the substantial cross section required a backhoe to maneuver into place near the south entrance of the museum.
Museum staff would like to express their deep gratitude to Inyo County Road Department members Dale Renfro, Herb Dyer, Norm Kane, John Kinney, and Brandon Nelson for their hard work in transporting the slab. And to the Big Pine Civic Club for their generosity in ensuring this piece of Owens Valley history is preserved.
CONNECTING CALIFORNIA - Why do Californians celebrate Independence Day when we’ve given up on our independence?
That question occurred to me on a recent visit to Independence, California, a settlement of 600 people on U.S. 395, south of Bishop and north of Lone Pine in the windswept Owens Valley.
Spending the day on the streets of Independence, in the shadows of Mt. Williamson and other Eastern Sierra peaks, got me thinking about how much we talk about independence, and how little we cherish independence as a value.
While Independence is the sort of rural, out-of-the-way place that in the American and Californian imagination should embody our ideals of independence, there is very little that’s independent about Independence. Or about us.