Early military rule in Alaska was a challenge the Army was not prepared or often authorized to effectively execute. When the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, it acquired far more than a remote wilderness rich in furs and fisheries. The transfer also handed the federal government a difficult administrative problem: how to […]
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Camp Independence | Owens Valley History
Owens Valley history rivals any John Ford western ever made. I believe Ford took many of his story line ideas directly from the history of Camp Independence and the Owens Valley. Owens Valley was the scene of conflicts between the native people and settlers, corrupt Indian agents, nefarious road bandits, tensions between Confederate sympathizers and […]
Wedding at Cerro Gordo, California | American Hotel
The Wedding at Cerro Gordo was initially shared on my original website at majorproduction.net. Recently the ghost town of Cerro Gordo suffered a devastating fire which destroyed the American Hotel where our ceremony took place. It has been on my list of things-to-do to overhaul the original page in favor of better layout and graphics. […]
How a 7.1 magnitude earthquake saved our property
On July 7, 2019 I wrote a blog detailing the events and consequences of the Ridgecrest Independence Day earthquakes on our home in California. At the time I had no idea of the irony that I would discover. I have been fond of joking why we kept our home and property in California when we […]