Coso (former settlement), California
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Coso was a settlement in Inyo County
, California
. It is located in the Coso Range
4 miles (6.4 km) east-southeast of Coso Peak.
Dr. Darwin French
discovered gold at the site in 1860. The place was named Granite Springs in 1860. The name Coso comes from the Coso people
, local Native Americans.
Inyo County, California
-National protected areas:* Death Valley National Park * Inyo National Forest * Manzanar National Historic Site-Major highways:* U.S. Route 6* U.S. Route 395* State Route 127* State Route 136* State Route 168* State Route 178...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It is located in the Coso Range
Coso Range
The Coso Range of eastern California is located immediately south of Owens Lake , east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and west of the Argus Range. The southern part of the range lies in the restricted Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake...
4 miles (6.4 km) east-southeast of Coso Peak.
Dr. Darwin French
Darwin French
Doctor Erasmus Darwin French was an American man of adventure. He was born in 1822 in New York State, trained as a doctor and then enlisted in the army, later becaming a silver prospector. He married Miss Cornelia S. Cowles, daughter of Judge Cowles of San Diego in 1858. They had two sons Alfred...
discovered gold at the site in 1860. The place was named Granite Springs in 1860. The name Coso comes from the Coso people
Coso People
The Coso people are an indigenous people of the Americas and Native American tribe associated with the Coso Range in the Mojave Desert of California in the southwestern U.S.. They are of the Uto-Aztecan language and spoke one of several Numic languages, related to that of the Northern Paiute.They...
, local Native Americans.