Mono Mills Junction, California Explained

Mono Mills Junction
Nickname:Benton Junction
Settlement Type:Location
Total Type:Location
Pushpin Map:California
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in California
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Mono County
Coordinates:37.8869°N -119.0905°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation Ft:6883

Mono Mills Junction (may sometimes be referred to as Benton Junction) is a location within the Mono Basin in central Mono County where the Mono Mills Road [2] [3] California State Route 120, proceeds eastward from U.S. Route 395. Route 120 accesses the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, including Navy Beach and South Tufa along the shores of Mono Lake, and leads through Mono Mills to Benton where it reaches the U.S. Route 6.

This junction is the site of the "Grave of the Unknown Prospector",[4] a historical monument erected by the E Clampus Vitus. This marker is not listed in the ECV's Bodie Chapter registry, although it surely does exist.[5] It is local knowledge that this grave was attended with flowers and shoes over many years as a memorial, but no individual is actually buried here.

Notes and References

  1. United States Geological Survey, Mono Craters Quadrangle, 15 minute series, 1953 (est)
  2. http://www.floodgap.com/roadgap/6/u1/ Kaiser, Cameron, "Floodgap Roadgap's Summer of 6"
  3. http://www.explorehistoricalif.com/mono_mills.html Likes, Robert C. 197x. "Mono Mills to Bodie". Desert Magazine. Available on the Internet, by permission
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/us/14california.html New York Times, October 13, 2006," Promoting Offbeat History Between the Drinks", by Jesse McKinley, New York, NY, p.A12
  5. Web site: Webshots - Wallpaper / Screen Savers.