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High Sierra Trail
The High Sierra Trail was the most colorful of all the backco...
John Muir Trail
During the period from 1916 to 1932, however,don’t need...
Bearpaw Meadow
In his anti-backcountry-roads campaign Colonel W...
General Grant Tree
In 1924, the American Forestry Association--who had promoted ...
Kern Canyon
On the advice of Clarence King, Langley had selected Mt. Whit...
Great Western Divide
Sequoia National Park lies south of Kings Canyon and adjoins ...
General Grant Grove
To Brewer fell responsibility for supervising the actual fiel...
Hospital Rock
Many Native American impacts on the landscape were localiz...
Giant Forest
Once established on the ground, Dorst turned to exploring the...
Christian Church – Coburg
Having met together since the 1880s, the Christian Church in ...
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High Sierra Trail
The High Sierra Trail was the most colorful of all the backcountry projects, a symbolic step in unifying the original park with its huge backcountry addition; it was also one of Colonel White's pet projects during his first dozen years ...
John Muir Trail
During the period from 1916 to 1932, however,don’t need this word construction and maintenance of two spectacular and costly "special status" trails commanded the attention and much of the appropriations of Sequoia National Park. One was the premier backcountry trail ...
Bearpaw Meadow
In his anti-backcountry-roads campaign Colonel White prevented a full third of Sequoia Park's later formal wilderness from being lost. Yet, he was not opposed to appropriate, low-level development, even in the backcountry. We have already documented his trail-building efforts, ...
General Grant Tree
In 1924, the American Forestry Association--who had promoted the planting of live community trees in memory of those who lost their lives in World War I--donated to the Christmas Eve event a living tree. Because of the recreational and multipurpose ...
Kern Canyon
On the advice of Clarence King, Langley had selected Mt. Whitney and vicinity as the site for an attempt to determine the amount and quality of the heat being sent to the earth by the sun. There he erected a ...
Great Western Divide
Sequoia National Park lies south of Kings Canyon and adjoins it. The park consists of a single unit that rises from the low western foothills to the crest of the Sierra at 14,495- foot- high (4,418- m) Mt. Whitney, the highest ...
General Grant Grove
To Brewer fell responsibility for supervising the actual field activities of the survey. Although the survey began work late in 1860, it was not until 1864 that it turned its attentions to the Sierra Nevada. During that wartime summer, while ...
Hospital Rock
Many Native American impacts on the landscape were localized. Hale Tharp, apparently the first white man to visit the Monache village at Hospital Rock, reported in 1858 that he found several hundred Indians living at the site, that the camp ...
Giant Forest
Once established on the ground, Dorst turned to exploring the rugged reaches of the new reservation. Almost before he could start, however, he ran into the problem that would dominate his first summer in the park—the Kaweah Colony's attempt to ...
Christian Church – Coburg
Having met together since the 1880s, the Christian Church in Coburg was formed in 1901. This church building, constructed in 1904, was built completely with Booth-Kelly lumber by church volunteers, on land donated by E.G. Delaney. Kitchen and classrooms were ...
