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View from near partly-finished Boarding House of the Main Building, with scaffolding still in place

Deep Springs Mary was one of the last Paiutes resident in Deep Springs Valley, and did laundry for the early students. Husband was Deep Springs Harry, who worked as an irrigator at the ranch.

Left to right, Mr. Knopf, LL Nunn, Bruce Simmons, and Irwin Scott in the desert, exact location unknown, possibly deciding where to build the college

The FWD truck, carrying items from Beaver Branch of Telluride Association to Deep Springs, mired somewhere between. Chet Dunn and other students undertook this trip

Julian Steward DS18 with Native American informant later in his career in anthropology

GMC truck pulls FWD truck out of the mud. Chet Dunn DS17 and others made the trip, hauling furniture and other items.

View of Stewart Ranch before construction on Deep Springs College started

Early generations of Deep Springers rode the narrow-gauge railroad, nicknamed the "Slim Princess," up the Owens Valley. Stations were east of the towns on present-day Highway US 395. The Big Pine station was named Zurich.

Community group on porch, including LL Nunn

LL Nunn on the Main Building front porch