Grave of
Adeline Carson Stilts
In sight of this location is the grave of
Adeline Carson Stilts, daughter of Scout,
guide and explorer Kit Carson. Called
"Prairie Flower" by her father and considered
to be his favorite child she came to the
gold site of "Mono Diggins' " with her
husband in about 1858. She died in the winter
of 1859, at the age of 21, at the home of her
friends, known as the Wilson Ranch.
Dedicated September 8, 1973
Bodie Chapter, E Clampus Vitus
Mono County Board of Supervisors
