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    The Owens Valley War was fought between 1862 and 1863 by the United States Army and American settlers against the Mono people and their Shoshone and Kawaiisu...
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    Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It...
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  • Scout from Fort Crook to Round Valley, in Mendocino County Owens Valley Indian War (1862–1865) War against the Owens Valley Paiutes or Numa and their allies...
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    Owens River is a river in eastern California in the United States, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long. It drains into and through the Owens Valley...
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    Nevada in the Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ/Payahuunadu – "place/land of flowing water") along the Owens River (Wakopee) and south to Owens Lake (Pacheta)...
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    volunteers replaced Federal troops and won the ongoing Bald Hills War and the Owens Valley Indian War and engaged in minor actions in northern California. California...
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  • William Mayfield (category Owens Valley Indian War)
    Tulare County militia to aid settlers in the early part of the Owens Valley Indian War and was killed in the Battle of Mayfield Canyon. William Mayfield...
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  • Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation are a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians in California...
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    Angeles prevailed and kept the water flowing. By 1926, Owens Lake at the bottom of Owens Valley was completely dry due to water diversion. The water needs...
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  • The American Indian Wars were numerous armed conflicts fought by governments and colonists of European descent, and later by the United States federal...
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  • Moses A. McLaughlin (category Owens Valley Indian War)
    subsequent campaign that forced the capitulation of the Owens Valley Paiute in the Owens Valley Indian War and their removal to Fort Tejon. Moses A. McLaughlin...
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    of Mayfield Canyon in the Owens Valley Indian War. During the battle Colonel William Mayfield, leader of the Owens Valley settler militia was killed...
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    victory in the Mexican–American War in 1848. After the Owens Valley Indian War and Following the Tule River Indian War of 1856, the Tule River Farm, a...
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    Fort Independence (California) (category Owens Valley)
    established on Oak Creek in the valley on July 4, 1862, during the Owens Valley Indian War. It also served as an American Civil War army post. The fort was briefly...
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    the Snake War, Bald Hills War, Owens Valley Indian War, Chiricahua Wars and Carson's Campaign against the Navajo. List of California Civil War units The...
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  • Keyesville massacre (category Owens Valley Indian War)
    occurred on April 19, 1863, in Tulare County, California during the Owens Valley Indian War. A mixed force consisting of American settlers and a detachment...
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    units from the Southern California District fought the Owens Valley Indian War against the Owens Valley Paiutes, or Numa, and against their allies among the...
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  • Joaquin Jim (category Owens Valley Indian War)
    an Eastern Mono, war leader of the Owens Valley Indian War. Joaquin Jim, implacable war leader of the Mono allies of the Owens Valley Paiute, never surrendered...
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    Battle of Bishop Creek (category Owens Valley Indian War)
    Battle of Bishop Creek was one of the early engagements of the Owens Valley Indian War fought on April 6, 1862, along Bishop Creek, in what is now Inyo...
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    Owens Lake is a dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of...
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    meeting was held between the settlers in Owens Valley and leaders of the bands of Owens Valley Indians to prevent war over the trouble between them that had...
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  • Camp Babbitt (category San Joaquin Valley)
    on to Camp Independence in the Owens River Valley, participating in the final campaign of the Owens Valley Indian War, and escorted almost 1000 Paiute...
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    Valley War. Commodore Perry Owens was born July 29, 1852, not on September 10 as asserted by some sources. His father was named Oliver H. Perry Owens...
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    place, including the Pyramid Lake War of 1860, Owens Valley Indian War 1861–1864, Snake War 1864–1868; and the Bannock War of 1878. These incidents generally...
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    northwestern forests until 1864 and also the Owens Valley Indian War in 1862–1863. In the American Civil War the Home Guard or Home Guards were local militia...
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    "Mona Lisa of the 1930s." Florence Owens Thompson was born Florence Leona Christie on September 1, 1903, in Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. Both...
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  • role in the Keyesville Massacre, and victorious campaign in the Owens Valley Indian War Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Irish member of parliament (TD) for Donegal...
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    and conflict with the cattlemen began, leading to the subsequent Owens Valley Indian War. In March 1862, the Wool Growers Association reported that 100...
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  • Manzanar, California (category Owens Valley)
    the area was settled by the Owens Valley Paiute, who ranged across the Owens Valley from Long Valley on the north to Owens Lake on the south, and from...
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    Bishop, California (category Owens Valley)
    entire valley became known as The Owens Valley (see First Settlers below). The Paiute Indians called Owens Lake by the name of "Pacheta" and the Owens River...
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