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