Mono County
Historical Society
Bridgeport,
Ca liforn ia
2OL7 Newsletter
Antelope
Antelope Valley, in the north end of Mono County, extends to the Pine Nut Mountains in Douglas County,
Nevada- Joseph Walker explored the area in 1833, the Bartleson-Bidwell emigrant party came through
in L847-, followed in L844 by John Fremont and Kit Carson. Antelope was first known as Walker's River
Valley and was home to the Washo and Paiute lndians. lt was renamed for the great antelope herds that
roamed the region untilthey were all hunted down by L872. The rich soil produced crops of hay, alfalfa,
grain, beans, vegetables and fruit, while cattle, horses and sheep grazed on the lush
Srasses.
The first recorded water rights date to 1861. Farmer/trader Benjamin Hartshorn is credited with founding
the first settlement called Centerville, also known as Doubletown, because of its high produce prices. The
town was renamed Coleville about the time Fred Cole established a stage station, blacksmith shop & store
there in 1867- Benjamin Hartshorn was appointed the first Coleville Postmaster in 186g. Many longtime
residents insist the town was named for Fred Cole. Other sources feel it was named for Senator Cornelius
Cole, but this has not been confirmed. Fred Cole's original buildings were used for years and remain intact
to this day, next to the Antelope Elementary School.
The Slinkard Valley, northwest of Antelope and three
mÍles west of Highway 395 on SR 89 was once home
to three big ranches. ln the mid-186Os,42 taxpayers
from the Antelope and Slinkard Valleys petitioned the
California Legislature to grant them annexation to
Alpine County because of the "great distance" to the
Bridgeport County Seat. The document asserted the
majority of petitioners lived no more than 25 miles
from the Alpine County Seat at Silver Mountain and
that Monitor, Markleeville, and Silver Mountain were
Slinkard Valley, 2OL6.
natural markets for theír surplus produce. When the
petition failed to pass, it was said, "a man in the legislature was bought off". Slinkard Valley is
curren¡y a
winter deer refuge, part of the Slinkard & Little Antelope Valley Wildlife Area, protected by the Department
of Fish & Wildlife.
Benjamin Hartshorn organized the building of a road through Walker Canyon to connect with Emigrant
(Sonora) Pass. Once it was completed in the early L87O.s, it increased traffic and business in
the valley.
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During the 1870s, the Barnett Hotel-Livery Stable and the Coleville lnn were rest stops for stagecoaches
and freight wagons traveling between Carson City & Bodie. There was a fruit orchard behind the Barnett
Hotel (now the h¡gh school site) where guests were invited to pick all the fruit they wanted.
ïhe middle district school in 189O. Back row L-R:
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The Antelope School District and its first school were
established in February of L867, but by 1868 the 15
mile{ong valley became two districts. Sarah Rickey
had 16 students in the south district and Belle Clapp
taught 72in the north district. The teachers received
boarding and $5O monthly for the seven-month term.
The 1878 diphtheria epidemic killed more than half
of the valley's children, most of whom were buried in
the Antelope Cemetery. About 1900, North Antelope,
Antelope & South Antelope Districts were formed. The
schools were Swauger on the north, Chichester in the
middle and Little Antelope Valley.
and Rube Terry, Bruce and Annie Chichester, John Dickson,
MabelOwens, Edith Dickson, Arthur Larson and
Miss March. Front row L-R: Eva Larson, George
teacher
Richard Gassaway Watkins was
Barnett, one of the first settlers in 1866,
Myrtle Summers, John Carney and Tegsie
farming 16O acres in Mill Creek.
ln 1846, while a Seaman in the
U.S. Navy, he fought in the battle for Monterey during the Mexican War. ln 1851, he
was one of the first San Francisco policemen and was elected constable for the 5th
Precinct. Watkins later lost a leg in a San Diego gunfight, was shot in L852 during
the William Walker expedition to Nicaragua to form a republic, and was wounded in
1860 while leading the Silver City Guard during the Pyramid Lake Paiute lndian War.
He was later the Mono County District Attorney, and Justice of the Peace in Coteville
and in Clinton. Watkins was appointed Coleville Postmaster in L891,, a job he held
for 23 years. The only event that slowed him down was his death in Lg1"4 at age 88.
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Other 186Os settlers incl uded Morris Dick (ra ncher/Postmaster/Cou nty Su pervisor),
Reuben Ïerry $armer/lumberman), Daniel Barnett (rancher/Postmaster/hotelier),
John Connell (rancher), Joseph Carney (farmer), Wood Larson (farmer), Joseph Pitts
(farmer), Henry Pitts (farmerlCounty Supervisor/builder of Fales Hot Springs), Sam
Swauger (farmer), and Sam Fales (farmed with his brother Tom, for ten years until
the construction of Fales Hot Springs was completed in LBT7\.
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R.G. Watkins about 191O
Courtesy Cal¡forn¡a H¡story Room
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State L¡brary, Sâcramento, CA
Homesteaders during the 1870s and later included George Chichester (farmer and
founding officer of the Bridgeport Masonic Lodge), Telge Hardy (farmer/merchant/nephew of Elizabeth
Chichester/founding member of the Bridgeport Masonic Lodge), John McKay (farmer in Antelope and the
Little Antelope Valley in the southwest part of Antelope Valley), John McAllister and son James (farmers
in Little Antelope and on land below Centennial Hill), Alexander Goens (bought the Centennial land in the
1890s and established it as the Meadowcliff Ranch), and James Krauph (blacksmith & Topaz farmer).
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The Meadowcliff Ranch, 189Os
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The Krauph Ranch about 1900. Delia Krauph
is sitting on the right. Carr¡e, James & George
Krauph are standing L-R on the porch.
And then there was Thomas B. Rickey, a man literally in a class by himself. Born in Ohio, he crossed the
plains in L852 with his family and settled in Amador County. ln 1859, when he was 23, Rickey drove a
small herd of cattle over the Sierras into Walker's R¡ver Valley with family members and homesteaded a
ranch on the West Walker River on the north end, just inside what was then the Utah Territory.
The Rickey ranch was located a short distance from the California border, just
east of Alkali Lake, a natural reservo¡r site with seasonal grassland later known
as Topaz Lake. ln 1864, after Rickey was shot in a gunfight with Smith Valley
landowner Doc Hudson and others over rights to Alkali Lake, he rode his horse
to Genoa, Nevada to be treated. Arrests were made, but not much resulted
from the incident. ln 1868, the Mono County Assessor's records listed Rickey's
father William and his brother Henry as living and paying taxes on land in south
Antelope, but Thomas was not mentioned ¡n the Assessor's records until L876,
when he was listed as a non-resident property owner living in Nevada. Rickey
was also serving as a Nevada State Senator at the time (1872-L878).
Reno banker Richard Kirman, another non-res¡dent taxpayer, started buying
Antelope land in L874 through agents. He partnered with Thomas Rickey in
L876 to purchase homesteads and water rights, operating as the Kirman &
Thomas Rickey, early 19o0s. Rickey Cattle Company. By 1884, Kirman & Rickey were the principle land
owners in Antelope and employed much of the valley's workforce and that of
Alpine County, where Rickey owned more acreage. ln 19OO, Rickey owned about 42,OOO acres of land
with water rights in Antelope Valley.
On July
4, 1.876, Wood Larson, John Connell and one of the Cole brothers scaled the bluffs behind John
McAllister's place (now Meadowcliff Lodge) and anchored a pole and American flag on the summit which
became known as Centennial Hill. ln 1951, Vic Larson and Virgil Connell hired Telge Hardy to mount a
bronze plaque at the base of the hill to commemorate the 75tn anniversary of the flag raising. On July 4,
L976 and again in 1988 at Larson family reunions, flags were replaced. ln 2OO7, Tim Fesko, the current
Meadowcliff Lodge owner & former Mono County Supervisor, climbed up to what is now called Centennial
Bluff and planted a new pole and flag. Tim and his wife Mary now install new flags each July 4tn.
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ln the 188Os, the Kirman & Rickey company headquarters was north of Coleville in a village called Topaz.
It soon became the center of activity in Antelope Valley, reverting Coleville to a quiet business community.
A Post Office was established in 1885, followed in 1888 by a two-story boarding house and hotel with two
farge dining rooms, one to accommodate ranch employees. Topaz also had a general merchandise store,
jail, saloon, a full-service blacksmith shop, a school and housing. Community affairs included local ranch
rodeos, and horseracing at a track in the dry portion of Alkali Lake.
Author/artist Will James, one of the Kirman & Rickey bronc-buster cowboys, was the subject of the classic
Curly Fletcher poem, The Strawberry Roan, the story of Will's encounter with an unbreakable horse while
working on the ranch. Fletcher was another bronc-buster working with James at the time.
ln 188O, Kirman & Rickey used Chinese workers to dig miles of irrigation ditches in Antelope after they
gained interests or ownership in the Walker River lrrigation Ditch Company, Tunnel Ditch Company and
the Hartshorn Ditch. They controlled most of the Antelope water rights including Alkali Lake. During the
188Os, Rickey acquired 22,380 acres of Owens Valley land, including water rights, and quickly became
the major landholder in lnyo County. ln Mono County, he bought most of Long Valley, land in the Mono
Basin, five meat shops and a slaughter house in Bodie, ranches in Summers Meadows on the southern
end of Bridgeport and the Valley View Ranch in the Bridgeport Valley (now the Point Ranch).
ln 1888, Kirman & Rickey sued Bridgeport rancher Napoleon Hunewill for diverting water for mining use
from Ditch No. 1, the 186Os Mono Digg¡ngs placer mining ditch on the west fork of Dogtown Creek south
of Bridgeport. Kirman & Rickey charged they were deprived of water for four months downstream at the
Valley View Ranch and eventually won the court action. This case would become quite ironic years later.
ln 1889, Kirman & Rlckey bought 21,OO0 acres in Lyon and Esmeralda Counties in Nevada. During the
189Os mining decline and recession, they remained solvent by shipping large numbers of catge by train
to San Francisco from Carson City, allowing them to buy the Morris Dick ranch in Antelope Valley and the
Waltze Dairy Ranch in Bridgeport.
Rickey was re-elected as a Nevada Senator in 1890, serving through L894. His wife Jenny died in 1891,
ln 1893, Rickey married his one-time employee, Alice Crowell of Bridgeport, an action not popular wíth his
four children by Jennie. ln 1898, when Rickey was 61, his daughter Alice was born.
ln 1895, Kirman & Rickey used a 2O-horse ditching machine to form the Rickey Ditch in the Bridgeport
Valley. After Richard Kirman died in 1896, Rickey bought out Kirman's interest in the company from the
estate and renamed it the Rickey Land & Cattle Company. He turned over management of the company
to his son, Charles, the Mono County Supervisor for Antelope Valley. Kirman's son, also named Richard,
later served as the 18t¡t Governor of Nevada, 1935-1938.
Present-day Topaz Lane was the site of the Kirman & Rickey ranch house, barns, out-buildings and corrals.
The large Cottonwood trees on Highway 395 in Topaz were planted about lgOO by Rickey employee Henry
Dickson to provide shade for Dickson's handicapped daughter during her afternoon buglgS rides.
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ln 1899, Thomas Rickey began the conversion of Alkali Lake into a reservoir with plans to sell water to
Nevada farmers which included Henry Miller, part-owner of the Miller & Lux Company, one of the largest
landowners in the United States. After Miller accused Rickey of holding back downstream water, Rickey
claimed riparian rights to all water in the Walker River, stating Nevada was only entitled to excess water.
The resulting federal lawsuit filed by Miller & Lux in 1902 was the beginning of a downward spiral for the
Rickey empire.
That same year, Rickey organized and was president of the Nevada State Bank & Trust Company, with a
chain of banks in Carson City, Tonopah, Goldfield, Manhattan and Blair. ln addition, he was president of
the Goldfield Consolidated Water Company, Homer Wilson Trust Company and part owner of the NevadaCalifornia Power Company. But Rickey's fortunes suffered in 1904 when enormous numbers of his catile
were kif led by disease. ln 1905, Rickey sold 22,67O acres of Owens Valley and Long Valley land to Fred
Eaton, former Los Angeles Mayor & Water Commissioner, for $45O,OOO. lncluded in the sale was land
that would become Crowley Lake. Rickey had originally intended to deal with the City of Los Angeles for
more money and was not happy once he realized that Eaton was an agent acting in behalf of the city.
During the 19O7 financial panic and depression, when Nevada bankers were loaning depositors too much
money and forcin$ bank closures, Rickey was targeted because of suspicious banking practices. ln 19O9,
he was cleared in a case that ended up in the Nevada Supreme Court, but a later Carson City indictment
and subsequent investi$ation of embezzlement lasted into the 192Os without a definitive disposition.
When Rickey's holdings eroded during the 1910s, he was one of the largest landholders in California and
Nevada. His Antelope holdings were acquired by William Moffat of the Union Land & Cattle Company, aka
the Antelope Valley Land & Cattle Company. Through it all, Rickey hid considerable assets, enabling him
to live comfortably in Carson City with his wife before moving to Oakland, California where he died in 1920
at the age of 84' Rickey's daughter Alice sold some of his Carson City land to the State of Nevada for ten
dollars for construction of the Governor's Mansion. Rickey's son Charles died of cancer in 1g16.
ln 1919, after a t4-year litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Miller & Lux, which agreed to
the construction of the Alkali Lake reservoir by the Antelope Valley Land & Cattle Company, provided all
parties received water. Henry Miller died in 1916 and missed the outcome. Money problems forced the
Antelope Valley company to sell the reservoir site to the Walker River lrrigation District, formed in 1g19
by farmers in Yering[on, Nevada. Between 1920-1930, individual families and other parties bought the
rest of Antelope land once belonging to Thomas Rickey.
WRID applied to the California State Water Commission
and received permission to resume construction on the
reservoir. Bond sales in Lg2tfunded the project which
included a 2tOO foot tunnel to allow water to pass from
the lake back into the West Walker River. The reservoir
was completed in L922 and was officially named Topaz
Reservoir, but it is better known as Topaz Lake.
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A view of Topaz Lake today.
Coleville continued as a stage stop into the 19OOs. The General Merchandise store was operated in the
1890s by James Todkill, Postmaster from L878 to 1887. ln 1900, the Post Office was in the Coleville lnn.
Ruben Terry ran Terry & Sons Lumber Mill on his Little Antelope farm, filling orders as they were received.
The economy was given a boost once Coleville and Topaz became destinations for fisherman and hunters.
ln 1908, California approved the construction of a State Highway from the Placerville Highway Summit to
the Sonora-Mono H¡ghway Junction, cutting through Hope Valley to Markleeville, into Antelope Valley and
following the West Walker River. Before 1908 there was no highway connecting Mono & Alpine Counties.
Gold and copper mining was active in the reg¡on from the early
19O0s into the 1930s. The Golden Gate Mine had promising
strikes, operating a ten stamp mill above Little Antelope Valley.
Mining companies working on the east slde of Antelope included
the Lilly Mine in Blackwell Canyon, the Arrowhead Mine in Risue
Canyon and the Rickey Mine in Rickey Canyon. Sporadic mining
production became their downfall.
The Golden Gate Mill in L9L7.
Antelope landowners such as the Chichesters, McAllisters, Pitts
and McKays survived the Rickey era. Those who later acquired
the former Rickey acreage included the Fulstones and Roberts,
George Silvester, Frank Spring, Baldo Giorti, the Sceirine family,
the Sciarani brothers, and the Park Ranch.
Telge & Cornelia Hardy operated Hardy's Store.Post Office in Coleville in the 191os-1930s, and Cornelia
served as Postmaster, 1915-L937. Della Borer was Postmaster in 1938 until Carl & Grace Smith bought
the business and renamed it the Smith Store. Grace Smith was the Postmaster until L941, when she died
from an accidental gunshot wound. lrene Roberts was appointed Postmaster and worked for the next 31
years. Renowned Washo lndian basket weaver Lena Dick from Antelope displayed and sold her creations
in the Hardy and smith stores during the 192os & 193os.
The Topaz Post Office on the north end of the valley burned in L922
but reopened on the Pitts Ranch with Postmaster Alice Cunningham.
Beginning in 1928, Postmaster Vembra Pitts used a Rickey building
until it burned down in 1955, then the Gage house was utilized until
a McKay ranch building was acquired. Pitts retired in 1958 and Alta
McKay assisted untilshe was appointed Postmaster in 1960. After
the McKay building burned in 1970, a smallstructure was moved in
from Smith Valley to Highway 395 and Topaz Lane. lt served as the
Post Office and a landmark until it was closed for good in 2OL6.
The Topaz Post Office about 1920.
ln 1938, Roy & Grace Tracy opened the Coleville Inn complete with a
a nevy lodge, cabin, apartments & store. The Coleville General Store
and service station were being operated by Herman Hobbs.
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Joe Koen¡g is seated on the left and
Albert Roberts is sitting to his left.
MC High School - Coleville, ¡n the 194Os.
Also in 1938, construct¡on on the new Antelope Union School in
Coleville was completed and work started on the four-year Mono
County High School next door. Before it was opened in 1939, all
students crowded the Union School building. Due to the distance
between communities, another school, also named Mono County
High School, was built in Lee Vining.
ln October of 1939, northeast of what is now Walker, a site was designated for Camp Antelope, a Civilian
Conservation Corps camp tor 2OO unemployed men providing labor and support to the U.S. Forest Service.
The CCC was organized by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 and Antelope was just one camp of many
in the program. When funding was cut in L942 during WWll, the camp was used by the American Friends
Service Committee to house conscientious objectors who fought fires with the Forest Service.
By 1949, the Coleville Store was operated by Bill Cornutt and Bill Heron as the C&H Store, with a service
station & coffee shop. ln 1950, Doc and Jerry Crafton had the Coleville lnn, serving food & cocktails from
6am to midnight. Dances were held in a building out back. ln the early 1950s, Howard Dinsmore ran the
C&H as the Coleville General Store. ln 1955 it was the Hammerbacher Market with Alice's Café next door.
After Alice Hammerbacher died in 1991, her husband Paulclosed up and moved to ldaho. The store was
never reopened, but Fred Cole's original buildings have stood proud for 150 years.
ln 195O, the U.S. Marine Mountain Warfare Training Center was established four miles west of the Sonora
Junction to train for mountain and extreme weather conditions. Early family housing for Marine personnel
was available on the base and later at Camp Antelope. Construction of permanent housing began in 1983
one mile north of Coleville. Marine children attend Coleville schools.
ln 1953-1954, the new community of Walker was established on Heintz Ranch property in south Antelope
Locals considered Jim Heintz crazy after he planted signs offering lots for sale, but he was crazy like a fox.
Real estate agent Glenn Devenpeck later bought and subdivided the Heintz ranch, and the rest is history.
With the passage of time, some old buildings burned down and
others were moved. During the 195Os, the Coleville Post Office
was a smallframe building behind the general store. ln 1956,
Postmaster lrene Roberts built a block structure on her property
across the highway to replace it. ln L987, a facility was built on
the north end of town and is still in use. Camp Antelope is now
used as Bridgeport lndian Colony housing. The Toiyabe lndian
Health Project operates the public Coleville Clinic down the hill.
Coleville High School alumni include retired U.S. Army Four€tar
The Cotevile Post office in 1955.
GeneralJohn Abizaid, class of 1969, and U.S. Air Force Colonel
Scott Zippwald, class of 1986, Commander of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
Antelope Valley is an active close-knit community and remains a thriving farming and ranching area in the
21st Century. Topaz Lake stillfunctions as a reservoir and a great fishing destination.
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SOURCES OF IITFORMATIOT{ AND PHOTOS
Mono County Museum Archives
Mono Log, MC High School, Coleville, CA
Walker River lrrigation District, Yerington, NV
Abbie Bridges, MC Library, Bridgeport, CA
Lois McAllister Jones, Gardnerville, NV
Marilyn Koenig Summers, Topaz, CA
Ken Gardner, Genoa, NV
Bridgeport Chronicls'Union
Northern Mono Chamber of Commerce
CA State Library, Sacramento, CA
Lloyd Chichester, Coleville, CA
Peggl Parker, Coleville, CA
Karen Dustman, Markleeville, CA
Bernie Allen, Carcon City, NV
Gardnerville NV Record Courier
of Fish & Wildlife
Robert Ellison, Minden, NV
Marye Roeser, Coleville, CA
Tim Fesko, Coleville, CA
Steve Love, Newhall, CA
Howard Daniels, Bridgeport, CA
CA Department
A Htstory of tåe State of Nevada, Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Co., NY, 1904.
A Place In Tlme, Marye Roeser, The Album, Chalfant Press, Bishop, CA Winter/Spring, 1994-1995.
Centennlal HIll & Iarson Ldne, Enid Larson, The Album, Chalfant Press, Bishop, CA, October 1988.
Goldfleld, The Last Gold R¿så on the Western Frontler, Sally Zanjani, Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, t992.
of P¡omlse fo¡ the Man of Industry, F.W. Mclntosh, Gazette Publishing, Reno, NV, 1908.
Mono Dlggrtnç, Frank S. Wedertz, Chalfant Press, Bishop, CA, 1978.
Rlverc lnthe Desert, Margaret Leslie Davis, HarperOollins Publishers, NewYork, 1993.
The Caltle l$n$, Êdward F. Treadwell, Great West Books, Lafayette, CA, 2OO5 (original printing 1931).
U.S. Ilfarlne Gorps MWTC 7957-2007, Maj Gen Orlo K. Steele/Lt Col Michael L Moffett, History Div USMC, Wash DC, 2011
[Ulono County Callfornla/Land
Who's Got tåe Water, Jonni Hill, Gardnerville Nevada Record Courier, January 29, LgO7.
Who'sWho ln Nevada, Betty Beatty, Home Printing Co., Los Angeles, CA, 1907.
PASS|t{GS
ROBERT "BOB" BARNES - September Lg, tg32/July t2,2Ot6, age 83. Born in Texas, Bob moved to Bakersfield, where
his wife Agnes and he had two children, Janet & Glenn. They moved to Bridgeport in 1964, where Bob was a jailer for the
Mono County Sheriff's Department. Bob then spent many years with Mono County Public Health inspecting restaurant
water and septic syrstems. Upon retirement, he operated healy equipment, something he did in his early da¡a.
DR. JAMES N. ELLIOTT - September LL, Lg25/August 17, 201:6, age 90. Dr. Elliott was a U.S. Navy pilot in the Pacific
Campaign during WWll, after which he graduated from medical school and was Chief of Staff at two San Diego hospitals.
Dr- Elliott had a private practice in Bridgeport 1963-1973 and was the County Health Officer. Later he was an Emergency
Physician at Greater Memorial Hospital in the Central Valley. He is survived by children Denice, James, Jeffrey and Jon.
DAVID *WHITEP HUGGANS - October L7, L936/December 20,2OL5, age 79. Born in Montana, Whitey met Jan Wedertz
after moving to Northern California and they married in 1964. Their five children are Sarah, David, Joseph, Kathleen and
Elizabeth. The family moved to Bridgeport in 1968 where Huggans Excavating was established. During the winters, Whitey
worked for Caltrans. After "retirement", he continued to operate heary equipment. Whitey was everybody's friend.
EDITH MC CANN - June L3, Lg25/September 1,1,,2OL6, age 91. Edith, a Paiuteshoshone lndian, was born at Mono Lake
to Edward & Rosie McCann. She had five sisters and three brothers. Edith's mother was better known as the noted local
basket weaver Rosie August.
ALBERT PEGORARE - April 4, t947/December 29,201.6, age 69. Albert was a 34-year resident who first worked first at
Twin Lakes Resort as a butcher with his father. After his father's death, he was the butcher for the Bridgeport General Store
until he leased the building that became Albert's Meat & Deli. As president of the Bridgeport Gun Club, Albert founded the
annual Gun RiShts Dinner, catered numerous fundraisers, supported many worthy causes, built a new range and trap facility,
and generally worked like a demon to give back to the community that he loved, shunning any recognition or remunerat¡on.
The memorial held for him at Memorial Hall on January L5,2Ot7 was standing-room only.
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THE MONO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIEW
The Mono County HistoricalSociety and the Mono County Museum are funded by memberships,
donations, admissions and sales. The Curator and the Board of Trustees are strictly volunteers.
The Museum Docent is the only paid employee. ln 2016, production costs for the 2OL7 MCHS
calendar were reimbursed by Mono County Economic Developmentfourism & Film Commission.
During 2OL7, the museum will be open May 25 through September 30, Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-4pm
Admissions: Adults/$2.00, Seniors 55+/$1.50, Children 6-L7/$1,.OO. Children under six are free.
Museum telephone: 760-932-5281,. Visit our website at www.monocomuseum.orÉ.
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The 2OtT Founder's Day Celebration will be held Friday, September through Monday, September 4.
Events include a ranch rodeo, wagon rides, vendors, historical presentations, and the annual quilt
exhibit. A dinner and historical presentation are scheduled Sunday evening at the Memorial Hall.
The coupon below is for new memberships, membership renewal and donations. Patron and Life
memberships are valid for life. Other memberships are renewable each year effective January 1.
MCHS is a registered non profit organization per Section 501(c)3 of the lnternal Revenue Code and
a public charity per Section 509(a)2, Federal Tax lD # 77-OL9L728. Memberships and donations
are tax deductible.
MONO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOC¡ETY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Kent Stodda rd, President/Cu rator
Ed Oliver, Vice President
Nancy Alaniz, Secretary
Josie Annett, Treasurer
Lynda Bryant Pemberton, Non-Officer Voting Trustee
Mary Lent, Non-Officer Voting Trustee
The Museum Docent is Pam Haas-Duhart
MONO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP, RENEWAL AND DONAÏIONS
lndividual
-$1o.o0 Life
-$1o0.0o
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Family
Sustaining
-$15.00 Patron
-$25.00
-Donatio
-$5o0.oo
Organization/Business
-$so.Oo
ADDRESS
Make checks payable to MCHS
Mail this coupon and remittance to the Mono County Historical Society, PO Box 4L7, Bridgeport, CA 935LT
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