Letter from Frank P. Flint to John Muir, 1911 Mar 1.

Creator

Frank P. Flint

Recipient

John Muir

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2Creek to the junction of Little Kern River and Quail Creek; thence easterly along the hydrographic divide between Quail Creek and Lion Creek to the summit of the Great Western Divide; thence southeasterly along the Great Western Divide; to Coyote Peak (United States Geological Survey bench mark ten thousand nine hundred and nineteen feet); thence easterly along the hydrographic divide to the junction of Kern River and Little Creek, about one-half mile south of Kern Lake and between that lake and Little Lake; thence easterly along the main divide south of Little Creek and between Golden Trout Creek and Cold Creek (tributaries of Kern River) to the summit of Kern Peak (United States Geological Survey bench mark eleven thousand four hundred and ninety-three feet, triangulation station); thence northerly and easterly along the hydrographic divide between the South Pork of Kern River and Golden Trout Creek to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; thence northerly along the main crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Pine Creek Pass at the head of Piute Creek; thence following westerly down Piute Creek through French Canyon to the junction of the South Fork of San Joaquin River and Piute Creek; thence southerly along the main hydrographic divide to the summit of Mount Henry (twelve thousand one hundred and ninety-seven feet); thence southeasterly along the hydrographic divide between the drainage3of the South Fork of San Joaquin River and the drainage of the North Fork of Kings River to the junction with Goddard Divide; thence southerly and westerly along the hydrographic divide between Goddard Creek and the drainage of the North Fork of Kings River, and along the divide between Crown Creek and Blue Canyon Creek, along Kettle Ridge to Kettle Dome; thence southwesterly along the hydrographic divide to the junction of Crown and Fawn Creeks; thence westerly along the hydrographic divide between Fawn Creek and Rodgers Creek to Obelisk Peak; thence westerly along the main hydrographic divide south of Rodgers Creek to Spanish Mountain (triangulation station, United States Geological Survey bench mark ten thousand and forty-four feet); thence southerly along the hydrographic divide (Deer Ridge) to the junction of the South and Middle Forks of Kings River; thence southerly along the hydrographic divide between Tenmile Creek and Lockwood Creek and along the Sequoia and Big Baldy Ridges to Big Baldy (triangulation station, United States Geological Survey bench mark eight thousand two hundred and eleven feet); thence southerly along the hydrographic divide (Big Baldy Ridge) to the junction of Redwood Creek and the North Fork of Kaweah River; thence following down the east bank of the North Fork of Kaweah River to the junction with Cactus Creek; thence southeast-

Location

[Washington, D. C.]

Date Original

1911 Mar 1

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Reel 20, Image 0135

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