July-August 1873, "Alps" and Little Yosemite Image 22

Creator

John Muir

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11 Descent of Tuolumne River from head of Great Valley to Great Westward bend 200 ft Alt [altitude] 1st Meadow foot of Lyell 9170? Red Lake Bloody Canon [Canyon] has debris slope steeply to edge of water on S [south] side on the N [North] the slope is more gradual & the debris is gaily adorned with willows Where a stream trickles & with sods of well spiked [ ] & with a few shafts of Giant Larkspur & [Castillejas] & some [ ] The Main stream that feeds Lake enters at West & has as yet [formed] but a small delta

Date Original

1873

Source

Original journal dimensions: 15 x 18 cm.

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MuirReel24Journal02P11.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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