| Saturday, August 13, 2022 Train Rides Cancelled We are sad to announce our scheduled train ride for this Saturday, August 13th is cancelled. Servicing the 1927 Brill Car #5 can be a delicate operation and out of an abundance of caution we are choosing safety first. We know, it’s a bummer. ...Our next scheduled train rides will take place on Saturday September 3rd. |
Tickets Now Available for the September 9 Dave Stamey Dinner Concert
part of this year's "Curley Fletcher and the Good Ole Days" celebration
Join other visitors from around the world who have come here to experience this unique museum setting. You’ll find eleven acres of indoor and outdoor exhibits including the original depot and steam locomotive engine #9. Experience what life was like over 100 years ago.
We received an amazing donation that could soon be yours! Our very own Howard Holland has handcrafted this one of a kind 1883 Replica Mailbox. With an added bonus, the roof is made of actual shingles from the original depot roof.
Enter for your chance to win this one-of-a-kind mailbox for yourself or the railfan in your life!
Tickets are only $5 each or 5 for $20, Send your check payable to Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site, and mail in to P.O. Box 363, Bishop, CA 93515 or use the "donate" button below. Be sure to note that your contribution is for the Mailbox Raffle.
Join us on September 9 through 11 for our annual Laws Museum event commemorating the life of Curley Fletcher.
The literature of Curley Fletcher (September 22, 1892-September 5, 1954), local Owens Valley writer and poet, not only had a profound impact during his lifetime, but is remembered and recited around the world to this day: --and certainly will be for many years into the future. Curley's poem, The Strawberry Roan, is a classic, having been set to music by “Tamale Joe”, aka Edward William Hargatt, and made famous by the legendary performer Marty Robbins.
Curley arrived at the town of Laws as a baby, and after death was buried at Bishop Pioneer Cemetery. Fletcher's collection of poems, Songs of the Sage, was published in 1931 and reprinted in 1986 by Peregrine Smith Books with a preface by Hal Cannon, founder of The Western Folklife Center.
-Kick off the weekend with a Friday night dinner concert at Whiskey Creek, featuring the music of Dave Stamey.
-Come to the Laws Museum Grounds on Saturday, to participate in this timeless celebration of days gone by.
-Sunday morning we will pay our respects at Curley's gravesite.
Vendors/Exhibitors: Sign up for a booth here.
Update: 1883 Agent's House Now Open To The Public
California State Historical Landmark #953, Laws Narrow Gauge Railroad Station and Yard, was built in 1883, the Carson & Colorado Railroad was built between Mound House (near Carson City, Nevada) through Laws to Keeler, California, a distance of 300 miles. Laws Station was named in honor of Mr. R. J. Laws, Superintendent of the railroad. Between 1883 and about 1915, this railroad provided the only dependable means of transportation in and out of Owens Valley. Train service was stopped on April 30, 1960. On February 26, 1964 Bishop Museum and Historical Society dba Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site incorporated and began the task of preserving the history and artifacts of Inyo County pioneer families.
The Agent’s House has undergone several projects over the years: 1916 the kitchen was added, 1923 brought the addition of an indoor bathroom and scullery, followed by the second bedroom. The original colors were oxide red with white trim, Southern Pacific painted the house and depot the yellow with brown trim you see today. In 2010 a foundation was installed to preserve the building.
We are delighted to announce our goal to have the Agent’s House open to the public on a daily basis has been reached.