Convict Lake in the Sierra Nevadas near Mammoth Calif. The Eastern Sierra lake acquired its name from the most famous prison break in Mono County history in 1871, according to Dave Desurra, owner of Convict Lake Resort. Twenty-nine prisoners, including murderers and train and stage robbers, escaped from Nevada Territorial Prison in Carson City. Six of them headed towards the Owens Valley and murdered Billy Poor, a mail carrier, near the town of Aurora. Aurora citizens organized a posse and followed the convicts south, while another posse from Benton pursued the fugitives into Long Valley. The convicts were eventually sighted on the shore of Mount Diablo Lake, which became known as "Convict Lake." Gunfire broke out and two of the posse were killed, including Robert Morrison, for whom Mt. Morrison on the lake's south shore was named. The convicts escaped, but two were captured and later hung by vigilantes in Round Valley near Bishop. All of the remaining prisoners except one were returned to the prison to serve life terms.
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Sigridur Bachmann 13 Dec 2009
Beautiful balance and colors ! Great dept of field !Renata Cavanaugh 14 Apr 2005
Wow, pretty funky story....very pretty placeMaureen Santina 14 May 2004
Wonderful composition, Gary-very dramatic and striking.cile bailey 12 May 2004
Now this is perspective! WOW. CileGreg Summers 05 May 2004
I lkke your perspective here you must been right int he water or darn close