Little Lake Hotel
(Photo courtesy of Rich McCutchan)

Sam Lewis on his High Lonesome Ranch located on Portugese Bench just west of Coso Junction

Little Lake post office and ice cream palor

L/R: Dottie Cowan, Earl Sullivan (Sully), Arlyne Bramlette (in front), Hazel Bramlette - 1941

Nina Reid in front of the Little Lake Cafe - 1936

Ann Pherson Fjeld - acting postmaster - 1957

L/R: Carl White (Tom Bramlette's cousin), Grandpa Gurdy (Elvira Bramlette's father) - 1926

Tom Bramlette with a bobcat - age 10 years

L/R: Nephew, Riley Hart, Julia Hart, Nancy Hart - 1913
Riley Hart ran the Little Lake spread and was postmaster

Written by Mr. Whittock's sister on the back of this photograph:
Brother's ranch house and store - a stopping place for travelers.
Kate (Mr. Whittock's niece) ran the store and Post Office and sold these cards.
(circa 1900 - when Little Lake was still a stage stop between the mining communities east of Owens Lake and Los Angeles)

Converted standard gauge passenger cars stationed at Little Lake for the Southern Pacific Jawbone Branch RR workers

Converted standard gauge passenger cars stationed at Little Lake for the Southern Pacific Jawbone Branch RR workers

Converted standard gauge passenger cars stationed at Little Lake for the Southern Pacific Jawbone Branch RR workers

Converted standard gauge passenger cars stationed at Little Lake for the Southern Pacific Jawbone Branch RR workers

Converted standard gauge passenger cars stationed at Little Lake for the Southern Pacific Jawbone Branch RR workers

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Rose Valley when U.S. 395 (then the Midland Trail) was still a
dirt stagecoach road

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Little Lake in the 1950s

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Lucille Bramlette in front of the old hotel - circa 1920

A photo from Alden Armstrong. Being that railfan/photographer he captured many moments in time along the old Jawbone branch that ran through Little Lake. In this photo he spoke of the impending demise that would eventually bring rail operations to an end but how at this moment the structures could almost speak to you about life in a small town with limited rail operations. I sure wish I could see a better shot of that old passenger car hidden behind that old box car workshop in the middle. Me personally, I could have spent all day here and never left till the sun went down just taking it all in.
(Text courtesy Bob Alvis)

Little Lake prior to the re-routing of U.S. 395 / El Camino Sierra / Midland Trail
(Photo courtesy of Rick Olson)

Witherby's Buick parked at Bramlette's gas station at Little Lake, CA - 1947

L/R: Mary A. West, Frances West, Wilhelmina West, Elizabeth West with car trouble near Little Lake, CA - 1914

L/R: Mertie West, Agnes Whitaker at Little Lake, CA - 1940

L/R: Minnie West, Frances West in H. H. West's Buick
at Little Lake - 1914

Southern Pacific Railroad Depot at Little Lake, CA - 1940

Forest Whitaker's Ford and trailer parked at Little Lake - 1941

Elizabeth West getting water from a spring at Little Lake, CA - 1914

Little Lake stone store dating back to the Civil War - 1913

H. H. West's Buick and another car parked outside of the Little Lake store - 1913

Sullivan's Chevron Service Station at Little Lake - 1960

Aerial view of Little Lake - October 1944

Aerial view of Little Lake - October 1944

California & Nevada Railroad at Little Lake - circa 190x
It appears that the road is being graded that is servicing construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct
(Photo courtesy of Larry Vredenburg)

Aerial view of Little Lake - October 1944

Aerial view of Little Lake - October 1944

Little Lake swimming pool - 1970
(Photo courtesy of Monique Ford)

Little Lake Hotel - 1970
(Photo courtesy of Monique Ford)

SP Jawbone Branch RR tracks near Little Lake
(Photo courtesy of Bob Alvis)

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Little Lake Hotel
(Photo courtesy of Rick Olson)