Warm Springs Rd. Bridge over Owens River
This is a lightly used country road cuts across the old Owens River flood plain between US-395 and the base of the White Mountains. Along the banks where the bridge crosses the river there are numerous places to turn out to fish and wade in the cool waters of the...
Ernest Kinney Teamster Family
By Robert Thomas, John Knowlton Jenna Morgenstein, Rich Perkins, Tory Michener and J.T. Schmidt, 1999. Conceived by Er nest Kinney of Bishop, this mural is a triptych (three panels in one mural). The wall also incorporates trompe l’oiel (fool the eye) decoration to...
Home of Mary Austin
At 235 Market St. in Independence, CA Mary Austin and her husband, Stafford Wallace Austin, built a small house at the “end of the village street.” Here, in the heart of the Owens Valley, Mary Austin wrote her best known and classic work, The Land of Little Rain. It...
Bishop Mining Mural
By Art Mortimer, 2005. This “Mural-in-a-Day was painted by volunteers in conjunction with the California Mural Symposium. The centerpiece map shows some of the now mostly abandoned mines around Bishop, including the Champion Sparkplug Mine and the Pine Creek...
Drain
By John Pugh, 2005. The artist has graphically illustrated the piping of water from the Eastern Sierra. In this controversial piece, an agricultural Shangri La appears as a mural within a mural. This vision of the valley’s past derives from old paintings...
The Sunland Orchard circa 1912
By Janet Essley, 2005. Starting in the 1870s, early settlers trapped the Owens River to irrigate fields and orchards in the remote valley and created, for a short time, one of the most productive agricultural areas in California. 789 Home St., inside Bishop...
4-H Quilt
By Janet Essley, 2001. This mural honors the 4H children, their activities and the 100-year anniversary of the 4H Club. Tri-County Fairgrounds, Sierra St. & Fair Dr., Douglas Robinson building.
Young at Heart
By John Pugh, 2002. Inscribed with a land title, this layered core sample of Bishop earth represents a sedimentary survey of the town’s heritage. Digging down through the bullets, spurs, old keys, Bristlecone pine roots, and Paiute arrowheads, we see...
Owens Valley Warm Water Fisheries
Fishing is legal all year on the Owens River! The warm water fisheries on Rawson canal, that runs alongside the Owens river, are the perfect place for a quick fishing outing or family fun fishing day. Fishing in this series of beautifully maintained warm water ponds...
Father Crowley
By John Knowlton, Mary Gipson-Knowlton, Kathy Sexton, Jenna Morgenstein and Pat Morgan, 2002. The “Desert Padre,” Father John Crowley remains a legendary figure, recognized as the visionary leader who saw the potential for the region, and as a man of faith who...
Trompe L’Oiel
By Bob Unkrich, John Knowlton, Barbel Williams & David Williams, 1997. This mural was painted to “fool the eye” by matching the windows, awnings and siding of the adjacent building. Mural Society founder David Williams is pictured as in real life. 462 Rose...
Dog Town
Dog Town was a name often given to mining camps where prospectors lived in miserable conditions. It is said that this town also got its name because of the many dogs that lived in the camp. Today little remains of the site except a single grave, the walls of a few...
Pine Creek Pack Station
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Pleasant Valley Reservoir
This deep body of water weaves down the narrow mouth of the Owens Gorge canyon. The walls rise several hundred feet above the lake and on calm days the water is mirror-like. The dam that created this reservoir was built in the 1950s by the Los Angeles Department of...
Celebrating the Sierra
By Patricia Holton, Betty Cameron, Susanne Olson, Margaret Phelps, Sara Steck, Coleen Randolph, Earl Gann, Carolyn Lynch & Carol Conner-Turner, 2011. This natural history mural of ceramic tile and mosaic includes 237 species of Eastern Sierra flora and...
Pine Creek Canyon
Pine Creek canyon is a spectacular example of a steep-sided glacial canyon. It is a deep, rock scoured canyon with a huge U-shaped cirque at the head of the canyon. The sides are bounded by high, steep walls and the mouth is bordered by glacial moraines. The road to...
Chalk Bluff
Just north of Bishop a 300-foot-high bluff stretches for 5-miles across the northern Owens Valley. Known as Chalk Bluff, this impressive escarpment marks the southern end of the Volcanic Tablelands that were formed by a massive volcanic explosion about 760,000 years...
Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns
Where Highway 395 runs west of the old shoreline of the now dry Owens Lake, is a dirt road leading to the historical landmark that is the Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns. The kilns were built in the late 19th century to produce charcoal for the nearby mining operations, and...
The Slim Princess
By Robert Thomas, John Knowlton and Richard Perkins, 2000. This mural depicts Laws, a thriving railroad depot and community, just outside of Bishop circa 1909. The railroad line, called the “Slim Princess,” by the local population, was a major...
Bishop Bakery 1922, mural
By Janet Essley, 1998. Since the 1850s, Basque sheepherders have trailed their flocks in the area. The shepherds taught their time-honored recipe for a thick-crusted, tasty bread to Bob and Louisa Schoch, the owners of the Bishop Bakery. The original...
Will Rogers in Bishop
By Philip Slagter, 2003. This portrait of long time resident Dr. Robert Denton is one of five colorful scenes depicting local people, traditional medicine from plants and an old-time soda fountain. 644 West Line St., Dwayne’s Friendly...
A Dangerous Arrest
By Richard Per-kins, John Knowlton, Kathy Sexton, Jenna Morgenstein, Mary Gipson-Knowlton, 2000. This mural shows an “Old West” event that broke the peace and quiet of Bishop in 1887. 207 W. Line St., Bishop Police Station.
Mural Walk
On buildings throughout Bishop the history of the Owens Valley is depicted on the exterior walls in the form of historically accurate and visually beautiful murals. A walk around town is a wonderful way to learn a little of its history from the beautiful murals that...Visual Guided Story Maps
Pick your path along these inspirational story maps that inform and inspire.
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