Index
161 Index Across the Busy Years: Recollections and Reflections (Butler), 17 Adams, Ansel, 95, 153 Adams, Sarah, 153 Admire, Capt. James L.: dies in airplane crash on Mono Lake, 112 Adventures in the Apache Country (Browne): describes travel in Mono County, 7–8, 12 Adventures of Zenas Leonard, Fur Trader and Trapper, 1831–1836 (Leonard), 3 Aguilar, Mario, 153 Aitken, Nina, 123 Aitken decision. See Los Angeles v. Aitken Almedia, J. M.: Mono Basin farmer claiming to strike oil in Mono Lake Basin, 42–43 Anderson, Ellie Mae: drowns in Mono Lake, 109 Anderson, John B.: homesteads in Mono Basin, 44 Armstrong, E. C.: oil promoter, 38 Aurora (Mono County mining town): as county seat, 23; placed in Nevada, 23 Autry, Bob (manager of Mono Marina), 101 Baleria, John W., 86 Banta, Don, 111 Barclay, Leo W.: DWP public relations office, 81, 83, 88 Barrett, Dr. Wesley: health spa on Paoha Island, 81, 139, 151 “Battle of Mono Lake,” 41–42 Beane, J. E.: drowns in Mono Lake, 107 Bell, Jack: manages Tioga Lodge, 95 Bell, Katie: endorses Mono Lake salts for easing arthritic pain, 53 Big Pine Civic Club, 84 Bodie (Mono County mining town), 23– 24; hunting birds for food, 26; miners collecting gull eggs, 25; population decline, 28–29 Bodie (or Bodey), Waterman S.: dies, 23–24; finds gold, 23 Bodie Chapter of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, 44–45 Bodie Miner: describes Mono Lake Valley economic activity, 29 Bodie Railway & Lumber Company, 27; later becomes Bodie & Benton Railway & Commercial Company, 27 Bond, Lewis W.: oil speculator, 35 Brand, Leslie C.: builds estate in Mono Basin, 49 Brandon, Dorothy: wins Mono Lake Gala Day bathing beauty contest, 69 Brant, Otto F.: dies, 48–49, 131; offers financial support to Wallis McPherson, 48 Brewer, William H.: describes Mono Lake, 6–7 Bridgeport Chronicle-Union: editorial concerning depreciation of Mono Basin property values, 124–25; editorials concerning Los Angeles, 119, 120 Bridger, Ace (publisher of Bridgeport Chronicle-Union), 70 Brown, Bob (executive secretary of Inyo-Mono Association), 64 Brown, Charles (California state senator ), 126 162 Index Browne, J. Ross: describes Mono Lake, 7–8; describes egg collecting on Paoha Island, 25–26 Buck, H. Werner (producer, Los Angeles Sportsmen’s and Vacation Show), 87; competes with International Sports and Vacation Show, 84–90 Budd, James (California governor), 31–32 Bumstead, Henry: builds film set at Mono Lake, 116 Bureau of Land Management, 135–36 Butler, Karen Dudas: drowns in Mono Lake, 109 Butler, Nicholas Murray (president of Columbia University): describes Mono Lake as dead sea, 17; visits Mono Basin, 16–17 C-3PO breakfast cereal commercial: location filming at Mono Lake, 117–18 Cain, Ella (Mono County pioneer): describes Paiutes selling ducks to miners, 26 Cain, James: buys steamboat Rocket, 27 Cain, Walter (Mono County resident), xiv; offers reasons for failure of Mono Marina, 104–5 Calhoun, Margaret: comments on oil boom, 42; writes poem about Mono Lake, 17 California Department of Fish and Game (now California Department of Fish and Wildlife), 65; fish hatcheries, 61–62 California Department of Transportation (now Caltrans): uses Mono Basin volcanic cinders on highways, 54 California Division of Small Craft Harbors: selects Mono Lake as marina site, 97–98, 101, 103–4 California Division of Water Resources: hearings in 1938, 125 California Water Resources Association, 135 Camp High Sierra: operated by city of Los Angeles, 60 Carrington, Guy, 45 Chalfant, W. A. (publisher of Inyo Register): at Crowley Lake dedication, 66 Chappie, Gene (California state assemblyman): castigates DWP policies , 133–36, 152 Chinese: victims of prejudice, 27; workers building Bodie Railway & Lumber Company, 27 Clemens, Mildred (cousin of Samuel Clemens): at 1941 Mark Twain Day, 74 Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain): describes Mono Lake, 1, 3–4; inspiration for Mark Twain Days, 67, 70; looking for Lost Cement Mines, 22 Colcord, Roswell K. (Nevada governor): writes about Mono Lake, 15 Concerned Citizens of Owens Valley, 130 Cooney, M. J.: promotes Mono Lake Basin oil, 40–42 Crowley, Father John J: chosen president of Inyo-Mono Association, 63; Crowley Lake named for him, 66; death, 65–66; promotes Eastern Sierra recreational opportunities, 63 Crowley Lake, 122, 137, 151 Cunningham, Ruby: biography, 46; business rivalry with Venita McPherson, 48; fights condemnation of property, 122; opens Tioga Lodge in 1919, 46; recalls 1942 flood, 110; renovates Toga Lodge, 95 Currie, Anna (author of poem about Mono Lake), 19 Curtis, Gene (secretary of Bishop Chamber of Commerce), 63 Davis, Martha (executive director of Mono...
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