[1] Laws is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Bishop on U.S. Route 6, towards the Nevada state line.

Today the town of Laws exists as a museum of Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra Nevada history.

"[4] The Laws Railroad Museum and Historic Site includes static displays of a train consisting of an oil-fired steam locomotive, Southern Pacific 9, and several freight cars from the Southern Pacific Railroad's 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge lines.

The museum's display explains that the railroad was relied on by many Eastern Sierra communities before modern roads were built during the 1950s and 1960s.

Photographs and docents show and explain that the Valley included large tracts of agricultural land; from the Paiute Native American era, through pioneer days, to the Aqueduct 'water wars era' that began diversions of water in the early 20th century to Los Angeles.

A tour docent, sharing a vintage black-and-white photograph, explained "This is a picture of my mom's apple orchard."

A sweep arm – the elm log – is rotated and drags heavy stones over pieces of ore-rich rock to be pulverized.