Shoshone Village is a census designated place in Inyo County, California, United States. The population was 31 at the 2010 census, down from 52 at the 2000 census. The town was founded in 1910
Tecopa is a census-designated place in the Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California, United States. Tecopa is located 9 miles south-southeast of Shoshone, at an elevation of 1,339 feet
Little is known about activities or people here at China Ranch from 1850 until the turn of the century. According to available sources, a Chinese man named either Quon Sing or Ah Foo came to this canyon after many years of work in the Death Valley borax mines. He developed the water, planted fruits and vegetables, and raised meat for the local mining camps. It became known as Chinaman's Ranch. Sometime in 1900, a man named Morrison appeared, and, as the story goes, he ran the Chinese farmer off at gun point and claimed the Ranch for his own
