Wilsonia-6,634' (General Grant Grove) (36.7349465, -118.9564964)
Legal: T14S, R28E, Sec 5_
| Deg | Min | Vertical Deg | Min | Distance | Visible | |
| Delilah |
117
|
59
|
2
|
34
|
10.2
|
Yes |
| Park Ridge |
315
|
33
|
-8
|
9
|
1.3
|
Yes |
| Buck Rock |
268
|
18
|
-3
|
16
|
5.4
|
No |
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It was 1916, and Woodrow Wilson was preparing to concede the election to Republican Charles E. Hughes. Just before he conceded, Wilson learned the almost dead-even voting in California was not yet over. Precinct results were delayed 12 hours by an early November snowstorm.
So Wilson waited for the last votes to be counted from a precinct on private land not far from the famed General Grant giant sequoia. Surrounded by the now-defunct General Grant National Park, the precinct area had no name.
As the story goes, people realized after votes were counted that the little precinct put Wilson over the top and probably swung the election. Afterward, residents named the area Wilsonia. From the August 31, 2015 story on the air pollution effects of the Rough Fire in the Fresno Bee.
Daniel M. Perry patented 160 acres in 1891: the exact center of sec 5, T14S, R28E (BGN). The timber was cut during the 1880's. The land was later sold to Andy Ferguson, who subdivided it in 1918 to create a colony of summer homes. (Los Tulares, no 53, Aug 1962L 4). Another source gives the date as 1921, and states that it was named for Woodrow Wilson. (White, 98) Wilsonia is private land within Kings Canyon National Park. From Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley, California: Wilderness Press, 1986. p239
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