Dinkey Creek-1,240' (Patterson Mountain) (36.9021693, -119.1226158)
Dinkey Creek Trailhead-5,896' (Dinkey Creek) (37.0868907, -119.1556744)
Dinkey Dome-7,461' (Dinkey Creek) (37.1152237, -119.1328960)
Dinkey Meadow-5,594' (Dinkey Creek) (37.0430024, -119.1659523)
Dinkey Mountain-6,693' (Dinkey Creek) (37.0293913, -119.1634522)
Dinkey Trailhead-8,625' (Dinkey Creek) (37.1513343, -119.1045620)
First Dinkey Lake-9,245' (Dogtooth Peak) (37.1642004, -119.0680649)
Second Dinkey Lake-9,583' (Dogtooth Peak) (37.1550393, -119.0568041
Description:
Dinkey was a little dog owned by a quartet of hunters who had a fight with a grizzly bear at this creek in August, 1863. The dog was injured and the men called the place Dinkey. The men were Joe Medley, Marion Medley, Joe Folsom, and Al Yarborough (the correct spelling of the name given to the settlement of Auberry). Frank Dusy later built a cabin at Dinkey. (L. A. Winchell.—See, also, Elliott: History of Fresno County, 1882, p. 246.)
John Muir mentions the Dinkey Grove of sequoias on “Dinkey Creek, one of the northmost tributaries of Kings River,” in Harper’s Magazine, November, 1878. Continuing, Muir says that this grove was discovered “several years ago by a couple of hunters who were in pursuit of a wounded bear; but because of its remoteness and inaccessibility it is known only to a few mountaineers.”
From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
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References:
- Sierra Nevada Geotourism
- Wikipedia-Dinkey Lakes Wilderness
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