| The history of Mammoth Lakes began 200,000 | | | | Mammoth was born in that time.A lot of people |
| years ago, before the human populated the | | | | were coming to Mammoth Lakes from Los Angeles |
| area. There were a lot of volcano bursts in | | | | and the trip took around 2 days from Los |
| the area of Mammoth Lakes. The last eruption | | | | Angeles. A store, hotel, bakery and post |
| took place 50 millennia ago.The Mammoth Lakes | | | | office were built to represent Mammoth Lakes. |
| were not populated by white people at first. | | | | Also a lot of camps started to open up. |
| First were the Native American tribes - | | | | Those people built cabins in the Lake Basin |
| Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes. Later in | | | | Area. |
| time in 19th century the white people started | | | | |
| to populate the Mammoth Lakes with the | | | | During the winter only few of them stayed to |
| California gold rush. A lot of saloons, | | | | protect the properties and mail and supplies |
| hotels, houses were built in that time. The | | | | were delivered to them with dogsleds.Mammoth |
| process of city growth slowed down when | | | | lakes got its name from the mining era, |
| people found out, that the Mammoth Lakes were | | | | Mammoth Mining Company.Mammoth Lakes became a |
| not really full of gold.The Mammoth Lakes | | | | township in 1984. The population is around |
| tourist history began after the year 1890, | | | | 10000, but it triples on the weekends. |
| where the first tourists started to visit the | | | | Mammoth Lakes is now one of the favorite |
| Mammoth Lakes. They came to hunt, relax, take | | | | California mountain resort paradise.Mammoth |
| pictures, swim, fish in the pristine nature | | | | Lakes measures approximately 2,500 acres. It |
| environment. The skiing part gave Mammoth | | | | has successful schools, college, hospital, |
| Lakes more importance. The Village of Old | | | | different art centers and an airport. |