{"id":543,"date":"2023-03-23T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T20:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/?p=543"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T21:22:18","slug":"josie-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/josie-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"Josie Bishop Claim and Grave Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"543\" class=\"elementor elementor-543\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd7264c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd7264c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56acf8c\" data-id=\"56acf8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-014658a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"014658a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Josie Bishop Claim and Grave Site<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395c97b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"395c97b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Josephine Stevens Whitehill Bishop was dubbed \u201cRadium Queen of the Mojave\u201d by the media after her discovery in 1936 of radium-bearing ore on one of her claims above Jawbone Canyon. She was born in Silver City, New Mexico, in 1875. She taught school and married Herbert H. Bishop in 1896, eventually bearing him seven children. Josie and Herbert went their separate ways and Josie became a prospector in Kern County.<\/p><p>In the 1930s, Josie Bishop settled on this site where she later discovered radium. She appeared at the 1939 San Francisco World&#8217;s Fair and on Ripley&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Believe it or Not<\/i> in New York. Though her discovery was worth a considerable fortune at the time, wealth from her discovery, and the fame that came with it eluded her. The only compensation she received from her claim was a total of $50.<\/p><p>Josie died in an auto accident in 1951 and is buried on her claim\u00a0next to son, Charlie, who died of tuberculosis in 1948. The graves and former claims are now on public lands. 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founder of the Friends of Jawbone (FOJ)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-003e5f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"003e5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Special Thanks To:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ace41ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ace41ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Please join us in thanking our Business Supporters:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac01aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ac01aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>MAX-Tank<\/strong><br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/max-tank.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">max-tank.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adf567a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adf567a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>BENEFACTOR MEMBERSHIP<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9669382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9669382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Southern California Overland Trail Association<\/strong><br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/scota4x4.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scota4x4.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e3a9ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e3a9ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>BENEFACTOR MEMBERSHIP<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8095a42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8095a42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please join us in thanking the sponsors of our 25th Moose Anderson Day:<\/p><p><strong>Bureau of Land Management<br \/>Karl&#8217;s Hardware<br \/>CSI Electrical Contractors<\/strong><br \/><strong>X-West<\/strong><br \/><strong>RSI Petroleum<\/strong><br \/><strong>Bank of the Sierra<\/strong><br \/><strong>Green Tea Garden<\/strong><br \/><strong>Kern County Search and Rescue<\/strong><br \/><strong>Peak Productions<\/strong><br \/><strong>West Best Pizza<\/strong><br \/><strong>Mojave Off Road Adventures<\/strong><br \/><strong>Indian Wells Brewery<\/strong><br \/><strong>O&#8217;Neil<\/strong><br \/><strong>Terra-Gen<\/strong><br \/><strong>Friends of Oceano Dunes<\/strong><br \/><strong>Biker Kings<br \/>Alta One<br \/>Point Mugu 4&#215;4 Club<br \/>Mojave Gold<br \/>Happy Trails<br \/>IMC<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3b097 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c3b097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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If you or your business would like to support Friends of Jawbone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/support-foj\">ple<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/donate\/\">ase<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/donate\/\"> click here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josie Bishop Claim and Grave Site Josephine Stevens Whitehill Bishop was dubbed \u201cRadium Queen of the Mojave\u201d by the media after her discovery in 1936 of radium-bearing ore on one of her claims above Jawbone Canyon. She was born in Silver City, New Mexico, in 1875. She taught school and married Herbert H. 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