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He was the first known person to use the term “national park” and urged the state not to deed some land in Yosemite Valley to early settlers, but to keep the entire valley as a national park. Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continuous United States was named after him.
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THE YOSEMITE BOOK by Josiah D. Whitney (1869) CHAPTER V. THE...
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Josiah Dwight Whitney (November 23, 1819 – August 18, 1896) was an American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard University (from 1865), and chief of the California Geological Survey (1860–1874). Through his travels and studies in the principal mining regions of the United States, Whitney became the foremost authority of his day on ...
Aug 26, 2021 · The first non-native person to climb Mt. Hoffmann was Josiah Whitney in 1863, Chief of the California Geological Survey and the namesake of Mt. Whitney, the tallest peak in the continental United States.
Oct 31, 2023 · John Muir Trail Virtual Visit. Stretching approximately 214 miles from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney in eastern California, the John Muir Trail (JMT) was the first long-distance trail on the West Coast and arguably the first of its kind in the United States.
1 The following topographic maps may be purchased from the Director of the Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.: Yosemite National Park, on a scale of 2 mIles to the inch, 25 cents a copy unbound; 35 cents a copy folded and bound between covers; Yosemite valley, on a scale of 2,000 feet to the inch, 10 cents a copy.
Apr 8, 2024 · Mount Whitney, with an elevation of 14,494 feet, was named for Josiah Dwight Whitney, a Northeasterner and Harvard professor who headed the California Geological Survey, and its first recorded...
Aug 4, 2017 · GEOLOGY OF THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL. A journey extending 212 miles from the summit of Mount Whitney to Yosemite Valley, and admirable goal for any backpacker to achieve, and now described in detail for its geologic history. With 44 detailed trail maps and 135 figures, the story of the rocks encountered by the trail is revealed in-depth as never before.
