Join the Eastern California Museum along with community partners at the Independence American Legion Hall on Saturday, September 17 at 1pm for a rare opportunity to hear UCLA professor and award winning author, Benjamin Madley discuss his book, An American…
Join us for our first-ever webinar! This event is held in lieu of our annual meeting. The annual meeting, usually a potluck held in March, was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the ongoing situation…
Come welcome Locomotive #18 home to Independence in a day of celebration after a long journey to Colorado. When: Saturday, November 2, 2019 Train Rides: Steam train rides start at 9AM Cost: $20 donation, buy tickets at the engine house…
On Saturday, May 5th, the Eastern California Museum in Independence will celebrate its 90th anniversary of preserving the region's history, with a fun filled day of yesteryear walking tours, history presentations, inspiring oratory and enticing refreshments.The day kicks off at…
The two adobe brick kilns, built on the west side of Owens Lake by Col. Sherman Stevens in January 1877, produced charcoal to fuel the smelters used to process silver-lead ore from the Cerro Gordo mines in the Inyo Mountains…