Manual Castro, the manager of F. W. Aggregates (owner and operator of the nearby dolomite quarries once known as the Inyo Marble Company Quarries) donated this and other large pieces of dolomite quarried from the nearby F. W. Aggregates quarries for use as local monuments. (These photographs were taken by Peggy B. and Pat Perazzo in late September 2010.) More information and photographs of the Inyo Marble quarries and present-day F. W. Aggregates dolomite quarries is available in the “Inyo Dolomite/Marble Company Quarries” section of our web site. Information about the town of Keeler is available on the “Keeler, California” section of Wikipedia. (A transcription of the plaque is available at the bottom of this page.) Peggy B. Perazzo
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The “End of the Line” dolomite monument in the town of Keeler |
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Close-up photographs of the piece of dolomite quarried at the F.W. Aggregates quarries near Lone Pine |
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“Keller – End of the Line. From Mound House, Nevada, narrow gauge rails of the Carson & Colorado Railroad reached this site in 1883. Cerro Gordo and the other mines faltered, the rail line fell on hard times, so plans to extend the line to Mojave were abandoned, leaving Keeler as “end of the line.” Dedicated May 12, 1973, Slim Princess Chapter, E. Clampus Vitus, Inyo County Board of Supervisors.”
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