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Bridgeport, California

Newspaper Articles

1899

Inyo Register, February 2, 1899
The Mono contest case of Sheriff Hayes against Sheriff-elect Emery Kirkwood has occupied the attention of Bridgeporters lately, before Judge Conley of Madera. No decision has yet been rendered.

1905

Inyo Register, February 9, 1905
The [Bridgeport] Chronicle Union reports that the Indians in the vicinity of Bridgeport are under quarantine, a case of smallpox having been discovered in one of the camps.

1908

Inyo Register, January 30, 1908
Summary: Death of Mrs. Martin [Mardin?], who was a pioneer resident at Bridgeport and Aurora.

Inyo Register, June 25, 1908
"PIONEER PASSES AWAY."
Summary: Death of I.P. Yaney, of Bishop. He was 88 years old at death. Came to Aurora in 1863. Moved to Bridgeport then in 1867 he moved to Bishop. Also lived at Benton between 1876 and 1879.

Inyo Register, September 17, 1908
“TABOOSE”
Summary: Officer Bradshaw returned from Bridgeport Monday bringing back Tom Roberts, an Indian, who escaped from the town jail. Quote from paragraph:

"The captive will now finish up his fifty day sentence provided, of course, that he doesn't happen to leak out again."

1909

Inyo Register, April 15, 1909
"SHOTGUNS AND PIONEER LAWYERS"
Summary: Death of Judge Theron Reed in Siskiyou County, California. Judge Reed formerly lived and worked in Bridgeport, Benton, Aurora and Independence.

1952

Inyo Register, January 3, 1952
“MRS. ROY HAMILTON DIES AT BRIDGEPORT AT THE AGE OF 56.”
Mrs. Roy Hamilton, 56, passed away at 11 a.m. At the Mono county hospital at Bridgeport. Blake Funeral Chapel will arrange funeral services upon arrival of relatives, it was announced.
Mrs. Hamilton was the former Adeline Bell Baker and was born in Oklahoma in 1895. She married Roy Hamilton on Dec. 12, 1929 at Los Angeles, where they lived until 1944. That year they moved to Leevining, where they lived ever since. Hamilton has worked for the California Electric Power Co. and for the county and state highway road departments.
Mrs. Hamilton is survived by her widower, and two sisters. Miss Ollie May Baker of Palm Springs and Mrs. J.H. (Nellie Bly) O'Bryan of Happy Landing Resort at Lundy Lake.

Inyo Register, January 3, 1952
“JAMES PATTISON FOUND DEAD IN CAR NEAR BRIDGEPORT.”
James Pattison, age about 42, of Bridgeport was found dead in his car New Year's morning near Bridgeport dam on the Sweetwater road.
The car's engine was still running, and his dog was still alive in the car.
Pattison had been in town the afternoon before, and was reported to have had trouble with his car. Apparently he left town about midnight to return to the Sweetwater Ranch where he had been working for several months.
It is believed that he had pulled off to the side of the road to spend the night, and wrapped up in a robe, leaving the car's engine running.
One of the Glazier boys reported finding the body about 11:30 a.m. Jan. 1.
Death was believed to have been caused by carbon monoxide.
Ed Blake of the Blake Funeral Chapel, of Bishop, went to Bridgeport New Year's Day to get the body. Funeral arrangements were pending at press time, and it is believed that final rites will be handled by a Yerington mortuary.
Pattison had been around Bridgeport more than five years. He and Hazel Willis had operated the Resort Cafe, and he was known locally as a good cook, horseman and cowhand.
He was a native of Colorado, and last summer his mother and sister and family had visited him in Bridgeport. Hazel Willis was reported to be in Reno, and was not available at press time.

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