Bishop Pass (quad)
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| BISHOP PASS, CREEK | [Mount Goddard, Bishop] |
Samuel Addison Bishop (1825-1893), an early settler of Owens Valley, 1863-1866;
native of Virginia; came to California in 1849 and engaged in various
activities about Fort Tejon; in 1866 a supervisor of Kern County; constructed
first street-car line in San Jose, 1868. (Chalfant:
The Story of Inyo, 1922, pp.
90-92.)
The creek was probably the first feature to receive the name; later it was
applied to the pass and to the town of Bishop. From
Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
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