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Identifier: sierraclubbullet6108sier (find matches)
Title: Sierra Club bulletin
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Sierra Club
Subjects: Sierra Club Outdoor life Environmental protection Conservation of natural resources
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Sierra Club
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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not far from the true value. 114 Sierra Club Bulletin. On July 27th a monument was built on a granite ledgenear the old trail between Paradise Park and LongmiresSprings, and directly opposite the glaciers snout. Thismonument was about ten feet to the left and above thetrail. The bearing from this point to the end of theglacier was about N. 8o° 30 W., magnetic. The angleincluded between the end of the glacier and the right-handedge of Gibraltar Rock was 70° 53, and between the endof the glacier and the summit of Tumtum Mountain,540 00. It is hoped that this will help future observersto determine something positive concerning the retreatof the glaciers snout. The writer desires to express his thanks to Mr. JamesHutchinson, and other members of the Sierra Club, with-out whose aid the measurements could not have beenmade. Also, to Professor Harry Fielding Reid for hiskindness in suggesting methods of procedure, and incriticising the results. SlKKR\ CI.LR BLLLETIN, VOL. VI. PLATE XXVIII.
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TEIIIPITE DOME, MIDDLE FORK OF KINGS RIVER.From photograph by J. N. Le Conte. Report on Kings liver Canon and Vicinity. 115 REPORT ON THE KINGS RIVER CANONAND VICINITY. To the President of the United States,To the Secretary of Agriculture, andTo the Forester: We beg to submit for your consideration the followingreport:— This report has been inspired by the grandeur and magnifi-cence of the scenery of the Kings River Canon and the adjacentregion. This includes the Tehipite and Paradise valleys andthe High Sierra, where the two main branches of the KingsRiver—the South and Middle forks—and their tributaries rise.The Sierra Club has visited this region on two of its annualOutings—in 1902 and again in 1906. Because of its inaccessibility,comparatively little is known of this extensive mountain parkwhich lies in the upper drainage basin of the Kings River. Atthe present time the trip entails many miles of ardu-ous stage-riding and travel over rough mountain trails. However, theLegis

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Joseph Nisbet LeConte  (1870–1950)  wikidata:Q6285823
 
Joseph Nisbet LeConte
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Joseph N. LeConte; J. N. LeConte
Description American explorer, photographer and mountaineer
Date of birth/death 7 February 1870 Edit this at Wikidata 1 February 1950 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Oakland
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1906
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  • bookid:sierraclubbullet6108sier
  • bookyear:1893
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Sierra_Club
  • booksubject:Sierra_Club
  • booksubject:Outdoor_life
  • booksubject:Environmental_protection
  • booksubject:Conservation_of_natural_resources
  • bookpublisher:San_Francisco__Calif____Sierra_Club
  • bookcontributor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • bookleafnumber:176
  • bookcollection:americana
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