San Carlos, Inyo County, California

Coordinates: 36°48′14.26″N 118°7′34.46″W / 36.8039611°N 118.1262389°W

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San Carlos is a former settlement in Inyo County, California.^[1] It was founded in 1863 and was located on the east bank of the Owens River 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Independence,^[1] close by to the west of the later site of Kearsarge, California.

Tensions in the area escalated as settlers from San Carlos, along with their cattle, exerted pressure on the Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region. In response to this encroachment on their land and resources, the Indigenous population took defensive actions, which included attacks on the town's residents. San Carlos and nearby Bend City competed to become the seat of the then Coso County. Several artifacts remain of San Carlos, including the ruins of stone buildings as well as old smelting tools.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1172. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ "San Carlos". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Inyo County, California, United States
County seat: Independence
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Unincorporated communities	Alabama Hills Aspendell Badwater Ballarat Coso Junction Crater Death Valley Junction Deep Springs Dolomite Dunmovin Fish Springs Grant Haiwee Harrisburg Indian Village Kearsarge Laws Millspaugh Owenyo Panamint Springs Park Village Poleta Rovana Ryan Stovepipe Wells Sandy Valley Zurich
Indian reservations	Big Pine Reservation Bishop Paiute Reservation Fort Independence Reservation Lone Pine Reservation Timbisha Shoshone Reservation
Ghost towns	Bend City Beveridge Burnt Wagons Cerro Gordo Chloride City Chrysopolis Coso Echo Greenwater Gerstley Kearsarge Leadfield Lee Lila C Lookout City Manzanar Narka Noonday Camp Owensville Panamint City Reilly Reward Roachville San Carlos Schwaub Sodan Sunland Swansea White Mountain City
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36°48′14.26″N 118°7′34.46″W / 36.8039611°N 118.1262389°W / 36.8039611; -118.1262389

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