| Ft. Independence Reservation Ethnology-Language: Owens Valley Paiute and Panamint Shoshone Established: 1915 County: Inyo Acreage: 356 Population: 100 Location: About two miles north of the town of Ft. Independence on U. S. 395 at the base of the Sierra Nevada Range. Ft. Independence was once a U. S. Army fort that was abandoned in the late 1800s and later occupied by the Paiute people, becoming a reservation in 1915. Mt. Whitney towers over Ft. Independence which has a few buildings, a campground and a few pastures. Library: It is unclear as to whether or not Ft. Independence has a library. Tribal Hall staff, working out of a small trailer, indicated that a library grant was received in the past and that there are plans to include a library in a new education center. |
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