Tharp's Log-6,906' (Lodgepole)
(36.5616110, -118.7414866)
Description:
Hale D. Tharp, a native of Michigan, settled in Three Rivers region in 1856; visited Giant Forest, 1858; used Giant Forest region as cattle range from 1861 to 1890; the first white man to explore this region; used a hollow sequoia log as a summer camp (hence Log Meadow), and entertained John Muir there in 1875; born 1828, died 1912. (Walter Fry, in Sequoia National Park History Bulletin no. 1, November 22, 1924; Muir: Our National Parks, 1904, pp. 304-305.) (See Alta Peak.) From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
“It is suggested that ‘Alta Peak’ be substituted as a name for what is denominated Tharp’s Peak on the present club map. It is a most conspicuous crag eastward from the Giant Forest as seen from Three Rivers. We climbed it in 1896, when, so far as we knew, it had no name. The name Alta Peak then given from the long-named Alta Meadow on its slope, has been almost universally adopted by the Three Rivers people and the frequenters of Giant Forest.” (William R. Dudley, in S.C.B., 1903, IV:4, pp. 306-307.) From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
Trips:
- February 18, 2015 - Crescent Meadows wandering
- May 30, 2018 - Meetup group traveling along the General's Highway, looking for adventure, a regular smorgasbord of trips.
- November 1, 2023 - Sherri and Gary walk around Crescent Meadow area including Circle Meadow, Log Meadow and the Trail of the Sequoias
References:
- Wikipedia - on Hale Tharp
- Wikipedia - on Tharp's Log
- Sierra Club - writings of John Muir on Hale Tharp
- Ancestry - rootsweb
- NPS Challenge of the Big Trees - Chapter Three
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