Place Names Of The Sierra Nevada


Place Names Of The Sierra Nevada
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Sierra Nevada Place Names


Sierra Nevada Place Names
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Author : Peter Browning
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

Sierra Nevada Place Names written by Peter Browning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.


This is the third edition of the book Place Names of the Sierra Nevada, first published in 1986. In this book are the place names of the Sierra Nevada from the Lake Tahoe basin south to Walker Pass. Not included are place names within Yosemite National Park, with the exception of the names for the features on the park's boundary with the adjacent national forest. All other Yosemite names are in the book Yosemite Place Names. The origin of the names within the Lake Tahoe Basin are in the book Tahoe Place Names. Both those books are also published by Great West Books. Altitudes of most peaks and lakes are given, and the name of the topographical map and the feature's location on that map are also provided. The names of the current 7.5' maps are referenced to their positions on the former 15' map series. There is an extensive bibliography. New in this edition are two indexes: one is of those who named features, and the other of those whose names appear in the text of various entries



Place Names Of The Sierra Nevada


Place Names Of The Sierra Nevada
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Author : Peter Browning
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

Place Names Of The Sierra Nevada written by Peter Browning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.


Over the years, the High Sierra has attracted a diverse group of travelers and residents who have explored its rivers, valleys, mountain peaks, lakes and passes. These names are clues to the colorful and unusual aspects of the area's past, and the people and events that shaped it.



Place Names Of The High Sierra


Place Names Of The High Sierra
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Author : Francis Peloubet Farquhar
language : en
Publisher: San Francisco, Sierra club
Release Date : 1926

Place Names Of The High Sierra written by Francis Peloubet Farquhar and has been published by San Francisco, Sierra club this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926 with California categories.




California Place Names


California Place Names
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Author : Erwin G. Gudde
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998

California Place Names written by Erwin G. Gudde and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.


This anniversary edition concentrates on the origins of the names currently used for the cities, towns, settlements, mountains, and streams of California, with engrossing accounts of the history of their usage. The dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography.



Comstock Place Names


Comstock Place Names
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Author : Mary B. Ansari
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

Comstock Place Names written by Mary B. Ansari and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.




California S Spanish Place Names


California S Spanish Place Names
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Author : Barbara Marinacci
language : en
Publisher: Tioga Publishing Company
Release Date : 1988

California S Spanish Place Names written by Barbara Marinacci and has been published by Tioga Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Travel categories.




California Place Names


California Place Names
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Author : Erwin Gustav Gudde
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1960

California Place Names written by Erwin Gustav Gudde and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with California categories.




Nevada Place Names


Nevada Place Names
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Author : Rufus Wood Leigh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964

Nevada Place Names written by Rufus Wood Leigh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Names, Geographical categories.




1000 California Place Names


1000 California Place Names
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Author : Erwin Gustav Gudde
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1971

1000 California Place Names written by Erwin Gustav Gudde and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with History categories.


Where did California get its name? Or for that matter where did a thousand and one cities and countries, peaks and valleys, rivers and bays get their names? This little book succinctly gives the why, how, when, and where of the more frequently encountered names on the land of California, from Abalone to Zaca. From Abadi Creek to Zzyzyx Spring, thousands of discoveries await the reader of California Place Names. This is the fourth edition, extensively revised and expanded, of a classic work of Californiana. It has been updated to incorporate the latest research on California place names published by local historians in the various parts of the state and to include new names that have been added to the California map since 1969.



Nature S Altars


Nature S Altars
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Author : Susan R. Schrepfer
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2005-05-02

Nature S Altars written by Susan R. Schrepfer and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-02 with Nature categories.


From the ancient Appalachians to the high Sierra, mountains have always symbolized wilderness for Americans. Susan Schrepfer unfolds the history of our fascination with high peaks and rugged terrain to tell how mountains have played a dramatic role in shaping American ideas about wilderness and its regulation. Delving into memoirs and histories, letters and diaries, early photos and old maps, Schrepfer especially compares male and female mountaineering narratives to show the ways in which gender affected what men and women found to value in rocky heights, and how their different perceptions together defined the wilderness preservation movement for the nation. The Sierra Club in particular popularized the mystique of America's mountains, and Schrepfer uses its history to develop a sweeping interpretation of twentieth-century wilderness perceptions and national conservation politics. Schrepfer follows men like John Muir, Wilderness Society cofounder Robert Marshall, and the Sierra Club's own David Brower into the mountains-and finds them frequently in the company of women. She tells how mountaineering women shaped their lives through high adventure well before the twentieth century, participating in Appalachian mountain clubs and joining men as "Mazamas"—mountain goats—scaling Oregon's Mount Hood. From these expeditions, Schrepfer examines how women's ideas, language, and activism helped shape American environmentalism just as much as men's, parsing the "Romantic sublime" into its respective masculine and feminine components. Tracing this history to the 1964 Wilderness Act, she also shows how the feminine sublimes continue to flourish in the form of ecofeminism and in exploits like the all-woman climb of Annapurna in 1978. By explaining why both women and men risked their lives in these landscapes, how they perceived them, and why they wanted to save them, Schrepfer also reveals the ways in which religion, social class, ethnicity, and nationality shaped the experience of the natural world. Full of engaging stories that shed new light on a history many believe they already know, her book adds subtlety and nuance to the oft-told annals of the wild and gives readers a new perspective on the wilderness movement and mountaineering.