Historic People And Places: FRANK DUSY
Even in the twenty-first century, much of the heart of Kings Canyon National Park is remote and seldom visited. Imagine then how difficult the region must have been to penetrate in the 1870s, when...
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: KENNETH REXROTH
Most students of twentieth century American poetry know the work of Kenneth Rexroth, yet few associate him with the southern Sierra Nevada. Missing this connection, however, leaves the man incomplete....
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: ALTA PEAK
It’s hard to imagine today, but for the first several decades of its existence, Sequoia National Park had only two high peaks of any significance – Mt. Silliman and Alta Peak. All the rest of the...
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: EVERETT RUESS
Most wilderness aficionados recognize the name Everett Ruess. He is remembered for his amazing wilderness wanderings and his ultimate mysterious disappearance among the red-rock canyons of the...
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: JOHN MUIR’S AUTUMN 1875 VISIT
John Muir, the famous Sierra Nevada naturalist, made at least eight separate trips into the region that is now within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, but one of these stands out as far more...
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: CLOUD CANYON
Few locales in Kings Canyon National Park have early histories as confused as that of Cloud Canyon. Fortunately, Judge William Wallace wrote a letter in 1924 to the Sierra Club Bulletin that captured...
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: THE MT. WHITNEY CLUB
On the evening of May 11, 1901, a small group met in Visalia for a very specific purpose. The conversation centered on the mountains of Tulare County and how they might be both made more accessible for...
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: MT. WHITNEY MILITARY RESERVATION
Surprising to most is the fact that before Mt. Whitney was a part of Sequoia National Park, even before it was part of the Inyo and Sequoia national forests, the region was set aside as a military...
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: BILL TUTTLE
The story of Bill Tuttle tells us about how things were done in the backcountry of Sequoia National Park in the days before helicopters and modern communications. In the summer of 1946,...
View ArticleHistoric People And Places: GORDON WALLACE
Since 1900, when the first summer rangers were hired at Sequoia National Park, thousands of young men and women have spent summers “rangering” in both Sequoia and its younger twin, Kings Canyon...
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