| On May 10, 1880, the Carson & Colorado was formed. It has been often referred to as the railroad that was built 300 miles too long or 300 years to soon. As word was out that the railroad would run east of the Owens River people started to arrive at what is known now as Laws a new railroad town was built. it took three years for the rails to be laid from Mound House to Laws, with the first train arriving April of 1883. The C&C sold to the Southern Pacific Railroad in March 1900 |