Hoist Ridge-6,811' (Hume)
(36.7943909, -118.9884427)
Description:
There is a sign on the Indian Basin Grove Interpretive Trail which talks about a Roy Rob Hoist. Hoist operated a mechanical donkey used to drag the Sequoias to a flume so they could go down and be cut. I am assuming that Roy Rob Hoist is who this ridge is named after.
Within the Centennial of the Sequoia National Forest there is a paragraph which says: Hoists were used, along with log chutes, to transport logs to mills, rough sawn lumber to the drying yards, and to the flumes. Converse Hoist was located on Hoist Ridge. Remnants of the hoists, such as the Rob Roy hoist, and evidence of the chutes can be seen today in some areas. This indicates there may not have been a connection with the name of Roy Rob. But it does indicate that Hoist Ridge was named after the hoist which moved the logs along the ridge.
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References:
- Sequoia National Forest page on Centennial of the Sequoia National Forest
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