There are a number of books that provide some great information on the Bishop Creek area:

History

An Atrocious Murder - The 1908 inquiry into the death of Mrs. Fanny Snyder of Erie, Kansas while in Bishop, California by Todd & Donette Swain

Cardinal Mine - A Ghost of the Past by Signe E. Nakashima

Durham's Place-Names of California's Eastern Sierra: Includes Alpine, Inyo & Mono Counties by David L. Durham

The Story of Inyo by Willie Arthur (W. A.) Chalfant

Natural History

Sierra Nevada Natural History by Tracy I. Storer, Robert L. Usinger & David Lukas

Sierra Nevada Wildflowers by Karen Wiese