Small picturesque village
Independence is a small picturesque village that can be found east of the Sierra Nevada in California is an interesting place to stop, stretch your legs and enjoy the landscape on U.S. Route 395 midway between the Tioga exit of Yosemite National Park and Death Valley west entrance. The village consists of 200 houses, that seems stuck in a time warp in the forties, with some places worthy of a horror film and others of Middle America. Some houses starred in Hollywood films such as "Do not lose the trial (Trial and Error) with Charlize Theron "or some scenes of" 60 Seconds of Nicolas Cage ". History can be traced back the American colonists time, in 1861 a post office was established, a year after Fort Independence, which was closed in 1964 to end hostilities with the natives of those lands.
