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From Place Names of the Sierra Nevada by Francis P. Farquhar
| LEWIS CREEK | [Tehipite] |
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Monday, January 12, 1970
Place: CA-Lewis Creek (Kings Canyon)
Lewis Creek (Tehipite)
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From Place Names of the Sierra Nevada by Francis P. Farquhar
Named for the brothers, Frank M. Lewis and Jeff Lewis, pioneer stockmen,
prospectors, and hunters, of the Kings River region. Frank M. Lewis, born in
what is now Madera County, 1857; has spent most every summer in the Sierra
since 1870; prospected over Cartridge and Pinchot passes about 1875; probably
first white man over these passes. (Frank M. Lewis.)
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From Place Names of the Sierra Nevada by Francis P. Farquhar
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