Mono County, California Points of Interest

Gold was discovered here in 1859 by Wm. S. Bodey, after whom the town was named, and the town became the most thriving metropolis of the Mono country.... [click for more]

Site of the first major gold rush to the eastern slope of California's Sierra Nevada, Dog Town derived its name from a popular miners' term for camps ... [click for more]

In 1844, while exploring and mapping the area of what is presently the western United States, Lt. John C. Frémont's party passed through northe... [click for more]