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230 W. Ridgecrest Blvd. P.O. Box 2001, Ridgecrest, CA 93556 760 230 W. Ridgecrest Blvd. ● P.O. Box 2001, Ridgecrest, CA 93556 ● 760-375-8456 Vol. 34, No. 7 September 2019 To see our schedule of events, visit us at hsumd.org or on Facebook at HSUMD Welcome back to a new year of programs at the Historical Society. We will start off in September with Gail Swain, a neighbor from up north in Bishop, who will do a series of readings in the persona of Mary Hunter Austin. The September meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 17th, at 7:00 PM at the Historic USO Building at 230 W. Ridgecrest Blvd. Mary Hunter was born in Illinois in 1868 and moved with her family to California in 1888, homesteading in the San Joaquin Valley. In 1891, she married Stafford Wallace Austin, and they moved to Lone Pine, where Mary Austin developed a great appreciation for the desert and the people who lived there, especially the Native Americans. Her love of the desert eventually resulted in The Land of Little Rain, her classic 1903 study of the Owens Valley and its inhabitants. More books dealing with similar themes followed, while the Austins got involved with fighting the Owens Valley Water Wars. After they lost and Los Angeles won, the couple split up and moved, Stafford to build Trona and Mary to the arts colony in Carmel, where she continued and expanded her literary career. A later move to Santa Fe, New Mexico, gave her the opportunity to collaborate with Ansel Adams on their book Taos Pueblo. Her later works included an autobiography written in the third person, where she referred to herself as I-Mary, which gave her the perspective to see herself from the outside. At our meeting, Gail Swain will be portraying three different Mary’s, the original, I-Mary, and the spirit of Mary. Gail grew up in South Dakota and attended the University of South Dakota, where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre. Gail taught high school English and Drama in the Midwest, until she became a corporate trainer in Los Angeles and later Minneapolis. Since moving to Bishop in 2006, she has become a Master Gardener, a member of Altrusa International of Eastern Sierra, the Writer Actors Guild, Bishop Mural Society, Playhouse 395, the Edison Theatre and Sierra Classic Theatre in Mammoth. Gail has acted in four productions of the Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre, coordinated costumes for three of Bishop’s Playhouse 395’s productions, as well as acted in two of Mammoth’s Sierra Classic Theatre productions, including the most recent, Tennessee William’s “Summer and Smoke.” The Society meets on the third Tuesday of most months. Meetings are free and all are welcome to attend. For more information on this or future meetings, call the HSUMD at 760-375-8456. Vol. 34, No. 7 September 2019 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE- Did anything out of the ordinary happen since our last newsletter? Oh, yes, WE HAD TWO MAJOR EARTHQUAKES! The Historical Society and its historic buildings were lucky. We were in the midst of our ever- popular Open Mic Night when the larger earthquake (magnitude 7.1) hit – and while two of our “regular” musicians were playing and singing Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin” On!” I’m serious! We immediately and safely evacuated the Historic USO Building, secured it, and all went to our homes to take care of possible damage there. An engineer from the Kern County Building Inspection Department came the next day to inspect the Historic USO Building, and no structural damage was found; we were given a Green Notice of safety for the building. While we are very relieved that our Historic USO Building survived such a natural but large “surprise,” we also want to be prudent as we look forward. So we hope to engage engineering help in making a detailed inspection of our auditorium’s trusses and take measures that may strengthen them and make our building’s future safer. We are now looking for that help and our ability to pay for possible actions, so if any of you can help us, that would be very much appreciated! Meanwhile, our efforts to organize, protect and exhibit our community’s history go on, as do our community events that entertain, educate, and involve the community. Liz Babcock, who has been our newsletter editor for the past eleven years decided to “retire” from the post this summer. We give a huge THANKS to Liz for her years of dedication to the newsletter and HSUMD. We cannot find adequate ways to let Liz know how much we appreciate her years of such service to our organization and to our community. Liz, we respect you, we honor you, we love you. So, this issue is our first newsletter prepared by our new newsletter editor. Our newsletter is a critical way for us to reach out to our Society members and to the visiting community. You can contact the newsletter team at [email protected] with articles, information, comments, and requests- such as email delivery of the newsletter. Be sure to add the newsletter email to your address list so your computer won’t mark it as spam! - Tex Hoppus The Shaky History of the Earth in the Upper Mojave Desert The July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes were certainly major events to residents- and now are historical events. But it wasn’t the first time the Upper Mojave Desert has been rocked by a major tectonic upheaval. On Tuesday March 6th 1872, at 2:30 in the morning, Lone Pine was shaken by a major earthquake of magnitude estimated between 7.4-7.9. This is a similar magnitude as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and places it as one of the largest earthquakes to hit California in the historical record. Twenty-seven people were killed and fifty-six were injured. The common grave of the earthquake's victims is now registered as California Historical Landmark #507. Most buildings in Inyo County were damaged and here in the Indian Wells Valley adobe buildings were cracked and damaged. The Lone Pine earthquake occurred along the Lone Pine and Owens Valley Faults and created new surface ruptures. Fault scarps, which are vertical displacements in the ground caused by earthquakes, were created from north of Big Pine and south to the Haiwee Reservoir area and show the violent vertical movement of up to 20 feet. There was also lateral movement of up to 40 feet displacement. The Lone Pine earthquake created a small graben, or depression between parallel faults, that filled in with water to create Diaz Lake. So, historically, the July quakes were not the first major earthquakes in this geologically active area, and probably won’t be the last. The key for local residents is to prepare effectively for these future historical events! 2 Vol. 34, No. 7 September 2019 While most of the collections and archives made it through the recent earthquakes unscathed, we did have a collapse of bookcases upstairs holding reference books. One bookcase fell on the upstairs conference table and broke one leg. The table is being repaired and the bookcases will be secured to the walls, but repairs will require a few hundred dollars. Our dedicated volunteers have worked to clean up and get the books safely stored while the bookshelves are being repaired. We were really very lucky- no one was working upstairs at during the quakes and very little (some picture glass and the aforementioned furniture) were damaged. If you have any pictures related to the earthquake you could provide for our archives, that would be appreciated- as this was an historic event! Please include the location and who took the picture, thanks! Earlier this year I mentioned all the hats we have received this past year and the plan I had to display them. This month seems like a good time to get this going. I would like to start this effort on Tuesday Sept 10th. We need to sort through and make our choices. I will be at the main building by 8:30 and working until about 11:30. Give me a call if you have any questions. I am including the photos of the hatboxes just so you get the idea of why I need more hands! This is not just a ladies request- those exhibit shelves could use the male touch especially since I have to get on a stool to reach the upper shelves. I am only good for about 15 up and downs before I lose interest. Call me with your questions (760) 793- 2505. I will also need volunteers to help reorganize our shelves that hold the prepared exhibits and our many collected items. Examples: past “Vote for Me” buttons, old bottles and medicine cans, old kitchen utensils and so much more. We need these items stored in boxes and labeled rather than on open shelves collecting dust and falling in the next earthquake. Once you get started and know the plan it would be fine for you to work on your own schedule. The building is open Tuesday through Sat. 11a.m. to 3 p.m. and the Gift Shop folks can let you in to the upstairs area. Come and enjoy the activities and share the history at the HSUMD! - Carol Porter 3 Vol. 34, No. 7 September 2019 Movies to Cool the Late Summer Brow! The long, hot, and in our case, rockin’ summer is slowly beginning to wind down to an end, and we can look forward, eventually, to some cooler temps and those wonderful end-of-year holiday events at our beloved Historic USO Building.
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