The pictures behind the charts. Newspaper pages from the years the town was being built, scanned whole and readable, and photographs of the place as it is now — each one dated, credited and linked back to where it came from.
From the newspaper
6 pages from the Los Angeles Times, 1971 to 1990, covering the condominium boom, the 1980 turn and the airport dispute that later bankrupted the Town. Each thumbnail opens the full page as a PDF — the type is legible at full size and not at this one.
1971Sierra Park Villas under constructionLos Angeles TimesFraming and materials on site as the complex went up.open the full page ↗Sierra Park Villas →1971 →1972Condominiums near sellout at MammothLos Angeles TimesThe 1972 condominium boom at its peak.open the full page ↗1972 →1972Lottery slated for Mammoth condominiumsLos Angeles TimesDemand so far ahead of supply that units were allocated by lottery.open the full page ↗1972 →1972Ski resort rides realty liftLos Angeles TimesHow the mountain pulled the property market with it.open the full page ↗1972 →1980Economy brighter at Sierra townLos Angeles TimesWritten as the 1980 peak was turning.open the full page ↗1980 →1990Dispute may put end to airportLos Angeles TimesThe airport litigation that later bankrupted the Town.open the full page ↗1990 →
Held as evidence and linked rather than republished as text. If you own material here and would rather it were not, write to [email protected] and it comes down without argument.
Photographs
The dates and the locations are the cameras’, not ours: where a photograph carries a complex name below it, the camera was standing within sixty metres of that complex’s parcels. Everything here is either the site’s own or openly licensed, and the credit travels with the file.
The same lot in 2012: Frosty's mini golf, beside the Sierra Nevada Lodge2012-07-21The Latest · Own photographThe Village at Mammoth, opened 20022015-07-09The Latest · Own photographTwin Lakes, from the falls in the upper Lakes Basin2016-07-01The Latest · Own photographFourth of July over the Village2016-07-03The Latest · Own photographMammoth Creek Park, with the Sherwins behind2017-06-29The Latest · Own photographCondominiums behind the aspens off Old Mammoth Road — the stock nearly every price on this page describes2017-06-30The Latest · Own photographChateau Blanc, 3199 Chateau Road2017-06-30The Latest · Own photographLodgepole pine in flower, early summer2021-06-30The Latest · Own photographNew housing going up across from Sierra Park Villas, on the lot where Frosty's mini golf course stood2023-06-28Sierra Park VillasThe Latest · Own photographMammoth Mountaineering Supply on Old Mammoth Road, in the building that was Grumpy's2023-06-29The Latest · Own photographThe Sherwins from the sagebrush flat at the south edge of town2023-06-29The Latest · Own photographThe Main Lodge in July, with the road still under snow2023-07-01The Latest · Own photographThe bench on the Sherwin Vista path, above Old Mammoth Road2023-07-03The Latest · Own photographThe Sherwin Range above the townCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain ↗The Long Valley Caldera, whose rim the town is built onblmcalifornia · Public domain ↗Lake Mary and Lake George, in the Lakes Basin above townSrishti Sethi (talk · contribs) · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗The Minarets, seen from the top of Mammoth MountainUS Forest Service, Region 5 · CC BY 2.0 ↗Meadow below the Sherwins in summerEmmanuel Maceda bochie · CC0 ↗
