Brown, California

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Brown was settled in 1909 as a work camp for the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Brown contained a saloon, hotel, several businesses, and the Mount Owen School, a one-room school which was open until 1951. Aqueduct workers were housed in temporary barracks and were fed in the Diamond mess tent, which was the largest structure in the town. The animals for the aqueduct were stabled in a large corral located just outside of town.

In 1909, the Owenyo branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad railroad reached Brown and a large corrugated iron shed was built to house railroad operation. In 1909-10, Brown also served as a supply center for the miners and prospectors who came to the area as a result of the 1909 gold strike in Wilson Canyon. In 1964 all that remained of Brown, which once had a population of over 2,000, was a few random buildings and not more than three or four people.

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