Gardiner Pass-11,237' (Mt Clarence King) (36.7985475, -118.4823202)
Mount Gardiner-12,903' (Mt Clarence King) (36.8061049, -118.4591182)
Gardiner Creek-5,640' (The Sphinx) (36.8118822, -118.5478766-the mouth)
Gardiner Creek-11,414' (Mt Clarence King) (36.8131544, -118.4475072)
Gardiner Basin-10,551' (Mt Clarence King) (36.8182694, -118.4637093)
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| From Up and Down California by William Brewer
James T. Gardiner |
“Two peaks lying just in front of it [the crest] are especially fine; they are between five and six miles east of Camp 180; both are probably over 14,000 feet high, the northern being a little the highest. This we named Mount King, and the southern one Mount Gardner.” (Whitney Survey: Geology, 1865, p. 392.)
The name is spelled GARDNER on Hoffmann’s map of 1873, in the official Publications of the Whitney Survey, and in the early editions of King’s Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. Nevertheless, in the official catalogue of Yale University, in the obituary notice in American Journal of Sciences (1912), and in Who’s Who in America (1910-1911), and in other reliable Publications, it is spelled Gardiner.
James Terry Gardiner, born in Troy, N. Y., 1842; attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; honorary Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, in 1905, as of 1868; inspector, U. S. Ordnance Corps, 1861-1862; accompanied Clarence King to California, 1863; after a year in construction work on San Francisco Harbor, joined California State Geological Survey (Whitney Survey), 1864, and served until 1867; member of Brewer party in Kings and San Joaquin regions, 1864; with King, made map of Yosemite Valley, 1866-1867; accompanied King on first ascent of Mount Clark, 1866; member Geological Survey of the 40th Parallel (King Survey), 1867-1872; member U. S. Geological Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey), 1872-1875; director State Survey of New York, 1876-1886; practiced as civil engineer, New York; died at Northeast Harbor, Maine, 1912. (American Journal of Science, 4th series, Vol. 34, October, 1912, p. 404; Who’s Who in America, 1910-1911; Brewster: Life and Letters of Josiah Dwight Whitney, 1909, pp. 236, 237, 306; Appalachia, 1878, I:4, pp. 233-234; Biographical Notice of Clarence King, in Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, vol. 33, 1903.)
First ascent by Joseph N. Le Conte and Bolton Coit Brown, 1896. (S.C.B., 1898, II:3, p. 81.)
From Place Names of the Sierra Nevada by Francis P. Farquhar
James Terry Gardner, or Gardiner (1842-1912), was at Sheffield Scientific School for only a brief period in 1862, but was awarded an honorary Ph.B. many years later. Largely for the benefit of his health he accompanied his boyhood friend, Clarence King, across the plains in 1863. Upon his arrival at San Francisco he entered the service of the United States Engineer Corps as a civilian assistant and was assigned to construction of fortifications at Black Point and Angel Island. In the spring of 1864 he joined the Whitney Survey and was a member of Brewer’s party that summer. During the next few years he was with King in Arizona, in the Sierra, and on the Survey of the Fortieth Parallel. From 1873 to 1875 he was a member of the Hayden Survey (U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories). He then returned to New York state, where he became director of the State Survey, 1876-86. Thereafter he practiced as a civil engineer and engaged in coal mining activities. He had a summer home at Northeast Harbor, Maine. In 1868 he married Josephine Rogers, of Oakland. California, who died in 1872. In 1881 he married Eliza Greene Doane, of Albany, New York. The family name had been spelled Gardiner until James Terry’s father dropped the “i.” James Terry used the form “Gardner” until mid-life, when he resumed the earlier form. The meeting with Brewer is described in a letter that James wrote to his mother a few months later. “By stage and cars,” he says, “we came to Sacramento and there took the steamboat. It was crowded with people from the mines. Many rough, sunburned men in flannel shirts, high boots, belts, and revolvers were around me, but among them one man attracted my attention. There was nothing peculiar about him, yet his face impressed me. Again and again I walked past him, and at last, seating myself in a chair opposite and pretending to read a paper, I deliberately studied this fascinating individual. An old felt hat, a quick eye, a sunburned face with different lines from the other mountaineers, a long weather-beaten neck protruding from a coarse grey flannel shirt and a rough coat, a heavy revolver belt, and long legs, made up the man; and yet he is an intellectual man—I know it. . ..I went to Clare, told him the case, and showed him the man. He looked at him, and, without any previous knowledge to guide him in the identification, said, from instinct: ‘That man must be Professor Brewer, the leader of Professor Whitney’s geological field-party.’ Clare had never seen a description of Brewer, but had once read a letter written by him [Brewer’s letter to Brush about Mount Shasta]. After dinner Clare walked up to this man, the roughest dressed person on the boat, and deliberately asked him if he was Professor Brewer. He was; and Clare introduced himself as a student from Yale Scientific School and was warmly received. He then introduced me and we all spent the evening together. On arriving in this city [San Francisco] Brewer took us to his hotel. The next morning we spent our last money for some decent clothes. Brewer immediately took us around to the State Geological rooms and introduced us to Professor Whitney and the gentlemen connected with the Survey. . ..Through Brewer I was introduced to some civil engineers, who have been valuable acquaintances. In three days Clare was made an Assistant Geologist.” From Up and Down California by William Brewer, Book 4 Chapter 6
From GNIS:
- Mount Gardiner:
- In Kings Canyon National Park, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) southwest of Mount Cotter and 3.2 km (2 mi) northeast of Charlotte Dome.
- Also called Mount Gardner: Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley, California: Wilderness Press, 1986. p77
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