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Saturday March 23, 2024 , 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site celebrated Women’s History Month, with docent presentations, games, puzzles, prizes, and an Irish “Ladies…

A Once in a Lifetime Event: Engine No18, restored to operation in 2017 by the Carson & Colorado Railway organization from Independence California, arrived on March 16, 2023 at the Laws…

On May 10, 1880, the Carson and Colorado Railroad Company was formed and incorporated by William Sharon, H. M. Yerington and Darius Mills. They planned to run the narrow gauge railroad from Mound…

The stamp mill and feeder here at Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site were built by the Joshua Hendy Machine Works in San Francisco California. . Joshua Hendy came to this country from…

JUNE 2021:   --The Engine House gang is busy with painting and doing some minor repairs on the “display train”. Many thanks to volunteers Paul Kirsten, Don Stansifer, Lynna Walker,…

THE MAIL CAR, online edition of the newsletter of Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site.     The Laws Railroad Museum & Historical Site Newsletter   June 2021 April 2021…

Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge locomotive #18 steams again after restoration at the Laws Railroad Museum near Bishop, California, on September 24, 2017. YouTube video courtesy of Gottfried the…

(compiled from the "Story of Laws" by Clarabelle Hawkins) On May 10, 1880, the Carson and Colorado Railroad Company was formed and incorporated by William Sharon, H. M. Yerington and Darius…

Recollections of days long ago in Laws and the Owens Valley.   Video by Backyard History and with funding provided through Bishop Chamber of Commerce.