Keeler’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Keeler. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗When the 1872 Lone Pine earthquake rendered the pier in nearby Swansea inaccessible by uplifting the shoreline, a new pier was constructed to the south at a community named Hawley. In 1880 a new mill was constructed at Hawley by the Owens Lake Mining and Milling Company for processing silver ore from the Cerro Gordo Mines in the mountains to the east. A town was laid out by the company agent Julius M. Keeler, for whom the town of Hawley was later renamed.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Keeler’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Keeler’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSodaWorksAtKeeler, 1901: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Keeler
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Keeler, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Keeler is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Keeler has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Saline Valley Salt Tram Historic Structure in Keeler, 8.6 miles away.
Keeler and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as SodaWorksAtKeeler (1901) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.