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Title: Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Railroad, officially known as the Keeler Branch
Creator: Fallberg, Carl
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956
Publication Information: Hungerford Press
Los Angeles: Occidental College Library, 2008
Contributing Institution: Occidental College Library
Collection: Occidental College Railroading
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 1950s map, shows map of narrow-gauge railway from Laws to Keeler via Owenyo, the connection with the SP "Jawbone" branch to Mojave and Los Angeles. The map also shows surrounding towns, such as Bishop, Lone Pine and Olancha. The route of Hwy 395 is also marked. The map is dotted with little pictures of sites such as Mount Whitney, the hotels at Bishop, and the water tower at Keeler.
The theme of my project is the correlation between the rise and fall of towns and the rise and fall of the railroad, and the now-non-existent towns along the Keeler Branch provide a good case study.
The bottom contains the quote, "Map by Carl Fallberg, copyright 1956 from "The Slim Princess", the story of the SP Narrow Gauge, 40 pages, by Hungerford Press, Reseda, CA. Original has date June 1 crossed out and changed to June 20.
Full document scanned.
Type: image
Format: maps
image/jpeg
Extent: 21.5 x 14 cm.
Identifier: Scllo0002
http://callimachus.org/cdm/ref/collection/p131301coll0/id/39
Language: English
Subject: Map, Railroad, Narrow Gauge, Southern Pacific, California, Owens Valley, Inyo County, Keeler, Mount Whitney, Carl Fallberg, Jawbone Branch
Narrow gauge railroads--California--Inyo County--Branch lines
Narrow gauge railroads--California--Inyo County--Maps
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Narrow gauge railroads
Maps
Source: Occidental College Library.
Relation: Special Collections. John Lloyd-Butler Railroadiana Collection. (scllo)

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