The Kittie Lee Inn was built in 1924 and was considered the height of luxury. During Hollywood’s heyday of filming movies in the High Sierra, many major stars stayed there, including Will Rogers, Randolph Scott, Hop-a-long Cassidy, Cary Grant, John Wayne, Bing Crosby, Curly Fletcher, and Pat O’Brien. Executives of the U.S. Vanadium Mine, a tungsten mine up Pine Creek, and Wah Chang of the Blackrock Mine were also guests. An Ohio Buckeye tree planted in the deck at the front door of the gift shop at the Whiskey Creek Restaurant was brought from Ohio in 1924 and still bears buckeyes every fall. During World War II, the Kittie Lee dining room was closed and used as a dormitory for U.S. military pilots training at the Bishop Airport. After the war, the dining room was remodeled and reopened as the Copper Kettle Coffee Shop, known for its excellent food and extensive Royal Doulton Toby Jug Collection. The Kittie Lee Inn was torn down in 1965 to make way for a new dinner house called the Carriage Room, while its bar, Charlie’s Room, remained in operation. In 1976, Sam and Shelly Walker bought the business from Will Whorff, son of the original owner of the Kittie Lee, and changed its name to Whiskey Creek. In 1999, the Walkers sold the business to Greg Alexander, beginning a new era.