Keeler, CA

Keeler, formerly known as Hawley, is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, United States. The 2020 census counted 71 residents. In 1880 a new mill was constructed at Hawley by the Owens Lake Mining and Milling Company for processing silver ore from the Cerro Gordo Mines in the mountains to the east. The steamship Bessie Brady brought ore from Keeler across the lake to Cartago. Lone Pine High School is the comprehensive high school of the district. Keeler's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider California setting. The local scoop is how Keeler's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Keeler is located along the eastern shores of Owens Lake along State Route 136.