Enjoy these Eastern Sierra tales of bygone days for your reading pleasure.

The Red Apple Route

In the year 1908 Owens Valley residents had already been riding the Carson and Colorado Railroad for nearly 25 years.  But now grumbling began to surface from a frustrated population; the train was on the wrong side of the Valley. The railroad was built specifically to serve mining operations on the eastside, but the population centers were to the west. Residents wanted a railroad connecting their towns, and they were ready to make it happen.