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Place Names of the Sierra Nevada

From Abbot to Zumwalt

by Peter Browning

The first book on Sierra place names since Francis P. Farquhar's pioneering 1926 volume, Place Names of the High Sierra. Browning had access to Farquhar's extensive revision notes, and also utilized a variety of original sources—in particular, several decades of newspaper stories on microfilm, the records of the General Land Office, and the Lake Survey reports of the California Department of Fish and Game

The book gives the derivation and lore associated with each name, as well as quotes from many of the explorers and travelers of the Sierra Nevada. Also listed are the elevations of peaks, passes, and lakes, and the topographic maps on which to find these features and their names.

264 pages, 15 photos, 2 historic maps, bibliography.

This title is now out of print. A new edition is being prepared.

Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. ISBN: 0-89997-119-9. #GRWE7864 paper$15.95 TOP

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