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2 Little Lake post cards

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2 Little Lake post cards
One of hotel and one of gas station. Little Lake as a rest stop for travelers has a long history. Once called Little Owens Lake, its sparkling surface water stands in stark contrast to the black basalt lava formations surrounding it, nestled tightly between the foot of the Sierra Nevada and the Coso Range at the northern fringe of the Mojave Desert. Prospectors and other hopeful settlers of the Owens River, Cerro Gordo and Darwin communities stopped and partook of the overnight accommodations. Then in 1905 the City of Los Angeles cast its eyes upon the abundant waters streaming down the Sierra along its eastern spine, Little Lake was considered a natural holding pen for a 250-mile long aqueduct that was built to divert the liquid gold to a thirsty city. While building the aqueduct, Southern Pacific built the "Jawbone Branch" from Mojave to Lone Pine, completed in 1911. (Ames Collection)

Date: City: Little LakeCounty: InyoState: CA