History of the Sierra NevadaUniversity of California Press, 1965 - 262 strani Panorama of human experiences in California's "great snowy range", including the Yosemite, Mt. Whitney, and Lake Tahoe areas, from its sighting by Spaniards to the present. |
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INDIANS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA I I | 11 |
SPANISH DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION | 15 |
JEDEDIAH SMITH AND THE FIRST CROSSING OF THE SIERRA | 23 |
JOSEPH WALKER AND ZENAS LEONARD | 31 |
THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR STRUGGLES | 41 |
FRÉMONTS WANDERINGS | 53 |
GOLD AND THE WAY TO THE MINES | 65 |
MARIPOSA AND YOSEMITE | 71 |
CLARENCE KINGS MOUNTAINEERING | 145 |
JOHN MUIR AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT | 155 |
The University Excursion Party in Yosemite | 160 |
MOUNT WHITNEY | 173 |
FURTHER EXPLORING AND CLIMBING | 189 |
Phimister Proctor on Half Dome in 1884 | 193 |
NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS | 201 |
White Horse Troop on a log 1896 | 211 |
BIG TREES | 83 |
OPENING OF THE PASSES | 93 |
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD | 107 |
A SCENE OF WONDER AND CURIOSITY | 117 |
THE WHITNEY SURVEY | 129 |
Summit of Mount Hoffmann | 139 |
THE SIERRA CLUB AND THE HIGH SIERRA | 217 |
End of 1908 trip from Yosemite to Kings Canyon | 224 |
UTILIZATION AND RECREATION | 239 |
ENVOY | 246 |
Detailed maps of the Sierra Nevada 250254 | 250 |
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
ascent of Mount August beautiful became Big Trees Brewer Bunnell Calaveras camp Captain Carson Clarence King climbed Mount Colby Creek crest crossed Dome Donner east expedition exploration Farquhar February feet followed foot Frémont Galen Clark Geological Survey Giant Forest glaciers granite Grove High Sierra Hoffmann horses Hutchings Indians Inyo John Muir Kaweah Kern Kings Canyon Kings River Lake Tahoe later LeConte Lone Pine Mariposa Merced Middle Fork miles Mono Mount Dana Mount Ritter Mount Tyndall Mount Whitney mountain Muir's mule NOTES AND REFERENCES Overland Owens Valley Pacific party Pass peak Pioneer railroad reached region Report ridge road rock route San Francisco San Joaquin seemed Sequoia sheep Sierra Club Sierra Nevada snow South Fork Stanislaus Starr streams summer summit took trail trip Tuolumne Meadows University of California wagons Walker West Whitney Survey William Yosemite National Park Yosemite Valley