Dorst (Muir Grove)
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Description:
Joseph Haddox Dorst, captain, 4th Cavalry, U. S. A., the first acting superintendent of Sequoia and General Grant national parks, 1891-1892; born in Kentucky, 1852; graduated U. S. Military Academy, second lieutenant, 1873; first lieutenant, 1879; captain, 1885; major, 1898; lieutenant-colonel, 1901 colonel, 1903; retired, 1911; died, 1916. From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
Trips:
References:
- NPS - Dorst Campground
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