immediate above photo of Mt Whitney taken by othersBefore the White Man arrived, the Owens Valley was inhabited by the Southern Paiute Indians of the Mono Tribe, who occupied the cooler mountain valleys in the summers and retreated to the warmer Owens Valley floor during the winter months.
The town of Lone Pine is named after the lonely pine tree that was found at the mouth of Lone Pine Canyon. The town was founded during the 1860's to provide supplies to the local gold and silver mining communities of Kearsarge, Cerro Gordo and Darwin, and later to farmers and ranchers.
Like to spend more time in this area. Mt Whitney is the highest mountain in the continental US (14,505ft .
John Muir made his first ascent of Whitney on October 21, 1873. Muir was the first person to climb Whitney from the east via what is today known as the Mountaineers Route. He had attempted to summit via the southwest, as those before him, but had retreated to Independence after a cold night out, returning to summit by this new route
In 1920, Lone Pine was changed forever when a silent movie, The Roundup, was filmed in the Alabama Hills. Since then, over 400 movies, 100 TV episodes, and countless commercials have been shot in location in the area, immortalizing the striking rock formations and taking advantage of the picutre-perfect weather.
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